There Is No Cake

These are the sites that our editors are so enamored with (for good or bad) that we share amongst ourselves. Now we have decided to share with you.

Here we are. Smack dab in the middle of the winter doldrums. The time of year where we all start getting just a little crazy with the thoughts of spring. Wonderful warm sunny days start popping up just a little more frequently. Only to be followed by blizzards and freezing rain. Sapping our hope and reminding us just how much more “winter” we have left to endure.

Here are just a few more fun links to help you pass the time until we can all start leaving the house without fear of falling on our ass on the ice…

Enjoy!

No one’s gonna eat your eyes…

Singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton has recently made his mark on pop culture by penning the song that made us all finally know that the cake was, in fact, a lie. The surprise success of the game Portal shocked everyone. It was included as a bonus in the Orange Box, a collectors edition of the huge hit Half-Life 2. The little add-in bonus game then went on to win several awards including some game of the year honors. If you haven’t played it yet, please do. A simple little puzzle game that becomes so much more than the sum of its parts. But what really stands out is the music. One simple song that plays during the closing credits was so much fun that it caused all of us video game geeks to go out and find out who wrote it.

And upon finding him, we found joy. Jonathan Coulton has been writing songs for geeks for quite a while. Simple little folky numbers with him and a guitar which contain some of the funniest, catchiest lyrics and hooks since TMBG. What makes Coulton really special is his absolute understanding of how geeks get music. Anyone semiliterate with a PC can find music for free. Coulton gets that, and he is cool with it. Just understand that writing songs is how this guy eats.

Check out his music and videos here: Jonathan Coulton

My highlights include: “Re:Your Brains” and his cover of “Baby Got Back”

Note: Jonathan Coulton will be in the area on April 3rd.  He will be performing at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton MA. Tickets

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Stuff Blows Up

Face it. You like watching stuff blow up. You like watching stuff melt. You like watching stuff burn.

Good. Now that we’re all on the same page. Here is an entire website dedicated to doing all of those things and more. This site is like taking all of the “Cool” days in chemistry class and condensing them down to one spectacularly dangerous and entertaining sitting.

Kent’s Video Chemical Demonstrations

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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

I will admit it. Unless you really, really like Daft Punk, the first half of this video is going to be supremely boring. The second half will blow your mind.

I cannot even imagine how long it took the star of the video to get this right in one take.

Watch and be impressed.

Daft Hands

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Tired of this Shit? Then send in your own links to the funniest, strangest, or most interesting things you have found on the interwebs. If we like them, we will add them to our next installment.

Chris Nopper is tired of the weather. He wants nothing more than to be able to take his bike out of storage, give it a good tune-up, and start working off the beer gut he has aquired over the winter.