swimming freestyle

Constructing the ultimate TED talk

Sebastian Wernicke analyzed scores of TED lectures and viewer comments and statistically modeled the ultimate and, conversely, a bad TED lecture.

Judge Judy reams oil company execs at Congressional hearing

The U.S. heads of BP, Transocean and Halliburton appeared before Congress yesterday to answer questions about the Gulf oil spill.  Good thing there's a hardass heading up the Senate committee to call the executives out.  From Jimmy Kimmel's show.

Combining worker's rights, flashmob, and Lady Gaga

Hotel workers in San Francisco use Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" as a jumping off point to protest the St. Francis Hotel's unwillingness to negotiate for more affordable health care benefits.

Damien Walters is very agile

Heh, this doesn't look so hard.  (Just kidding).

I particularly like the jump sequence where he dresses himself.

(h/t Daily Dish)

Happy Mother's Day from Mr. T

Sunday is Mother's Day.  Take Mr. T's sage advise and "treat your mother right".

'Get outta there"

Maybe the second most used line in movies.

Glenn Beck makes sense...

...with some serious editing.

Get your commemorative BP t-shirt

Hurry while supplies last.

(h/t Boing Boing)

Paul Rudd's computer

Paul Rudd is a very funny guy.  With a very cool computer.

The Deprofiler

From Deprofiler.com

Being brown was never easy.  But now, due to SB 1070, it can get you thrown in jail.  Deprofiler.com allows you to print a mask of a friendly white person's face to wear while you're in Arizona.  Now you can bask in the freedom and confidence of knowing you'll never be hassled by the police.