This is a video of AP exam taker Wyatt Howell finally managing to finally submit his test with only four seconds left due to a crappy internet connection and the presumably large photo files he’d attached. Obviously, it reminds me a lot of the time I didn’t turn in my AP test at all because I thought it was next Saturday.
Keep going for the nail-biter.
Source: Geekologie – Down To The Wire: Video Of Guy Submitting AP Exam With 4 Seconds Left Due To Slow Internet
This is a video of former NASA engineer Mark Rober discussing and demonstrating his Ninja Warrior style obstacle course squirrel-proof bird feeder. The gauntlet consists of eight different challenges designed to return to squirrels to the ground before they can access the bird seed. It was pretty entertaining to watch, and not just because the only sport that’s been on in recent history was that celebrity golf match over the weekend, but you have to admit Tom Brady sinking a shot from the fairway then ripping the back of his pants retrieving his ball from the cup is reminiscent of the time I won a spelling bee in third grade then farted so violently Mrs. Hindman had to excuse herself from the room she was laughing so hard.
Keep going for the video.
Source: Geekologie – Guy Builds Ninja Warrior Style Obstacle Course To Challenge Bird Seed Stealing Squirrels
This is a video of London-based cellist Samara Ginsberg performing a multitrack cover of the Knight Rider theme on cello. I also included her same-style cover of the Imperial March. You may recall Samara’s previously posted cover of the Inspector Gadget theme a couple weeks ago, or you may not because your brain is garbage like mine just waiting get ransacked by a family of raccoons tonight.
Keep going for the videos (including the original Knight Rider theme for reference) while I suggest Gilligan’s Island next.
Source: Geekologie – Get It, KITT: A Multitrack Cover Of The Knight Rider Theme On Cello
This is the Seat of Death Grim Reaper Throne Chair created by Design Tuscano. It weighs 84-pounds, costs $1,200 and looks like Death asked you to sit on his lap like Santa and tell him what you want for your last meal. Obviously, I believe it was designed to serve as social commentary about how sitting is a silent killer that has serious health ramifications. And what more serious health ramification is there than death? “I think you’re reading too deep into this.” Too deep, or not deep enough? “Speaking of — how deep do you think those skull armrest eye sockets are?” Alright, that’s enough out of you, pervert.
Keep going for a few more shots. Honestly, I was already tiptoeing into my roommate’s room to borrow his wallet until I saw the chair’s profile and realized how flat it is. That was a deal breaker for me, I demand realism.
Source: Geekologie – The Bone Throne: Finally, A Decent Grim Reaper Chair
This is a video created by Youtuber GetRektNoob (thank you, I think I will!) of Nemesis replaced with Shrek in the Resident Evil 3 remake. Depending on how you feel about ogres, you may even find it scarier than the original game. I didn’t even bother showing my nephews the Shrek version though, they already thought the Nemesis version was scary enough. “You convinced them it was a real video from just a couple blocks away.” I did. I did do that.
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Source: Geekologie – Nemesis Replaced With Shrek In Resident Evil 3 Remake
This is a series of illustrations by artist Ed Harrington in the style of wordless IKEA furniture instructions for creating a bunch of famous movie monsters and villains (plus a few good guys). As you can see, they all require the ol’ IKEA assembly tool (part # 100001). And, if you have a mind like an elephant who isn’t constantly getting drunk on peanut liquor, you may recall we actually posted the beginning of this series all the way back in 2015. But, just like your problems in 2020, now there are a whole bunch more of them.
Keep going for 25 more.
Source: Geekologie – A Gallery Of IKEA Style Instructions For How To Create Famous Movie Monsters And Villains
Are you the world’s biggest Rubik’s Cube fan? Well now you can prove it with this Rubik’s Cube style toilet paper dispenser from getDigital and available on Amazon ($26). It looks like a Rubik’s Cube and dispenses the paper you’re about to wipe your butt with, and, occasionally, the paper you’re about to kill a bug with. Me? I don’t kill bugs, I catch them and let them outside because there’s a good chance I’ll be demoted come my next reincarnation, and I’d like to think someone won’t just squash me in a wad of double-ply, toss me in the toilet, and pee on me before flushing. “How did you–” It’s what everyone does.
Keep going for a couple more shots.
Source: Geekologie – Real Products That Exist: A Rubik’s Cube Toilet Paper Dispenser
This is a video from Latvia of what appears to be a house crow (aka Indian crow) urging a hedgehog across the street so it doesn’t get run over. Or at least that’s what it seems like. Are they actually friends? Or did the crow just want to eat it? It must suck not knowing if somebody is actually trying to help you or just wants to eat you. *ahem* Witch in the woods with the candy house! “How’d you get away, GW?” The same way Hansel and Gretel did. “Closing her in the oven when she crawled in to show you how?!” Oh no wait I thought they stabbed her. Because I stabbed her then ate my way out of the house. “But the door was unlocked.” It was a personal challenge.
Keep going for the full video.
Source: Geekologie – Animal Crossing: Crow Nudges Hedgehog Across The Street To Safety
This is an ever-changing bar graph visualization of the most watched television series from 1951 to 2019. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t depressing to watch, and not just because most of the modern shows suck, but because I knew I didn’t have anything better to do with my time than watch all twelve minutes. “It’s five o’clock somewhere.” It’s eight o’clock somewhere too. “What do you mean?” I’m already drunk, let’s order pizza.
Keep going for the video.
Source: Geekologie – Visualization Of The Most Watched Television Series From 1951 – 2019
Isn’t the board supposed to come with you? Also that back storage room is giving me anxiety.
This is a video of a poor decision making birthday boy who drunkenly decides he’s going to make his birthday and deathday the same and attempts to drop into his invisible backyard halfpipe via the roof. Now as a man who’s broken his arm twice in his life (snowboarding, then skateboarding), just watching this video sent a lightning bolt through my arm. “Thank God you weren’t holding your penis!” Right? It would look like a hotdog that fell through the grill.
Keep going for the full video, complete with “You gonna hurt yourself!” and “You’re gonna die!” and this man’s desire to try the stunt a second time.
Source: Geekologie – Poor Decision Making: Guy Tries To Skateboard Off His Roof
This is a short video of a trainee at China’s Naval Aviation University failing to get his grenade over the hill and his instructor having to grab him and roll them both into a foxhole to avoid the explosion. Now I’m not sure if this was a graded exercise, but if it was I can’t imagine Lobby McCantthrowtoofar making the dean’s list after this performance.
Keep going for the video, complete with zoom and enhance.
Source: Geekologie – Yikes: Navy Trainee Fails To Throw Grenade Far Enough, Instructor Saves Them Both
This is a video of Youtuber DesignMaker designing and building a motion-activated face mask that closes its mouth vent when people are detected nearby, or you aren’t standing perfectly still. That sounds practical. Plus it makes you look like the lovechild of a wild threesome between Darth Vader, General Grievous, Bane, and that guy from Mad Max: Fury Road, so– “That’s a foursome.” That goes to show just how wild a threesome it was.
Keep going for the video.
Source: Geekologie – Guy Builds Motion-Detecting Face Mask That Closes When People Are Nearby (Or You Move At All)
In news that that shouldn’t surprise anybody who knows pee is golden for a reason, some researchers believe that future moon settlers may use their own urine to help make concrete and build structures on our natural satellite. Some more info while I make something with pee. “My guess is a mess on the floor beside the toilet.” It’s like you’re washing your hands and watching me in the mirror:
This high cost of transport [~$10,000/pound from earth to orbit] means that researchers are seeking alternative building material to construct a lunar settlement, including raw materials found on the moon or ones generated by the astronauts themselves, like their pee, for instance.
Researchers have devised a way to use urea, an organic compound found in human urine, to create better “lunar concrete,” the European Space Agency announced statement.
Urea, the most abundant component in human urine after water, can break down hydrogen bonds and reduce the viscosities of fluid mixtures, per the Associated Press. Researchers mixed water, urea and lunar regolith–a powdery soil found on the moon’s surface–together and 3-D printed geopolymer cylinders of the mixture, Jake Parks reports for Astronomy. When urea was used in the mixture, the results were malleable and easy to shape.
And here I’ve just been splattering it all over my flip-flopped feet and flushing it down the toilet. I’m going to start selling my pee to NASA! “I think that would defeat the purpose.” Plus to anybody who needs to pass a drug test. “How much?” $80 but I will still tell your parents.
Thanks to Thaylor H, who agrees who’s laughing now for saving all these urine-filled jars?
Source: Geekologie – Astronauts May Use Their Own Urine To Mix Space Concrete, Build Moon Base
This is a short video of a group of fun-loving dingalings hanging out in the tarp pool they constructed in the back of a pickup truck and took for a ride to the local McDonald’s drive-thru. After receiving their order, the driver then accelerates and stops hard, leading at least one unwell-wisher to hope the McFlurry machine wasn’t the only thing broken that day.
Keep going for the video with a much more watchable frame rate.
Source: Geekologie – Dudes In Pickup Truck Bed Pool Get Wave Pooled Hard In McDonald’s Drive-Thru
This is a violinist of Japanese violinist Teppei Okada performing both the theme and sound effects for Super Mario Bros. levels 1-1 and 8-4, and the sound effect for the koopa shell against the stairs 1-up trick in level 3-1. Man, I still remember when my brother and I were playing Super Mario Bros. one time growing up and I managed to convince him one of the pits in a water level was actually a warp zone. Then he died and it was my turn again. Honestly, it’s probably still one of the greatest moments of my life. I also used to attack him with my Game Boy like it was a brick and whip him with the connector cord whenever he’d beat me in 2-player linked Tetris.
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Source: Geekologie – Violinist Performs Both The Theme And Sound Effects For Super Mario Bros.
This is a video of Anthony of West Coast Custom Concrete (“The Best In The West”) narrating and discussing the build of the long concrete staircase his company constructed from the street to a home’s backyard far below, as its being built. It was surprisingly satisfying to watch. Me? If that had been my company building those stairs it would look a lot less like a job well done and a lot more like a muddy slope and me south of the border with the half cost of the project I requested up front. “You wouldn’t!” *twisting ends of fake mustache* Dos cervezas por favor.
Keep going for the video, which really was enjoyable to watch and I don’t even have a concrete fetish.
Source: Geekologie – Satisfying Video Of A Long Concrete Staircase Being Built
This is a video of Spanish classically trained soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal giving a surprise performance of the original Star Trek theme with orchestral backing to a delighted audience during a concert by the Rainer Hersch Orkestra. Now those are some golden pipes. My pipes? My pipes are concrete and have sludge and Ninja Turtles running through them.
Keep going for the video, actual performance begins at 1:15.
Source: Geekologie – Classically Trained Soprano Belts Out Original Star Trek Theme Backed By Orchestra
In real mature news, Mississippi governor Tate Reeves was pranked into reading ‘Harry Azcrac’ as a name during a Facebook Live virtual graduation ceremony for Florence High School, his alma mater. Some more info while I painfully relive tripping and falling on stage during my own high school graduation and the principal whispering “You’re a dork” in my ear while accepting my diploma:
A video clip became the butt of jokes on Twitter, and the governor handled it with good humor.
“Harry’s submitter has a bright future as a Simpson’s writer!” Reeves tweeted, also noting that he would be back online reading more graduates’ names: “Maybe even Ben — the pride of the Dover family.”
Well it’s nice he handled it with good humor. There’s nothing worse than somebody taking a lighthearted prank and not handling it well. Take my last prank for example. “You duct-taped your roommate to the dresser and set his bed on fire. To my credit though I did think we had a fire extinguisher.
Keep going for the video while I light some incense and write another roommate wanted ad.
Source: Geekologie – Classic: Mississippi Governor Pranked Into Reading ‘Harry Azcrac’ Name During Virtual Graduation Ceremony
This is the diagram accompanying Ford’s patent application for a roof-retractable “cocoon” that blankets a parked vehicle with a solar panel array to steal the sun’s energy and use it for its own. Some more details while I yell at the sun for being so bright when it knows I forgot my sunglasses today:
The tarp, made from a shape-memory polymer, would protect the car from the elements, while harnessing energy from the sun.
Since the flexible solar tarp would dramatically increase the surface area compared to a simple roof panel, it could capture much more solar power. The patent application also describes a variant of the invention which could automatically retract when it receives a signal that the driver is ready to retrieve their car from its parking space.
Interesting, but do you think the concept *putting on cool guy shades* will ever see the light of day? “I thought you said you forgot your sunglasses.” I did, I’m actually just holding up magnifying glasses. “You blind yet?” Definitely getting close.
Thanks to Mark B, who agrees plus you can get freaky under there without anybody seeing.
Source: Geekologie – Ford Files Patent For Roof-Retractable Cover That Blankets Car In Solar Panels When Parked
This is a two hour Twitch video of user GrahamDunning playing Half-Life with all the in-game sounds replaced with various 90’s rave music samples, basically making it a two hour impromptu rave concert. Not a very good one, mind you, but I’ve paid to see far, far worse. Mostly friends’ shitty bands.
Keep going for the video, but definitely feel free to skip around while I shut the blinds, turn off all the lights in my office and start swinging glow sticks on shoestrings.
Source: Geekologie – Playing Half-Life With All Sounds Replaced With Samples From 90’s Rave Tracks And Sample CDs