Even if you don’t care for the musical stylings of Ok Go (and if you don’t, I suspect you’re not even human), you have to admire their sheer earnestness and their interest in attaching themselves to cool projects. The group recently appeared on Sesame Street, explaining the finer points of color theory — namely, how primary colors — work with some great stop motion animation and a catchy pop number to boot. I’ll be humming about how you can make orange from red and yellow for the rest of the day. See the video, after the break.

In 1938, this curious device made its way through the streets of New York: A Colt 38 revolver which, when its trigger was pulled, simultaneously snapped a picture and fired a bullet. Gives a new meaning to “say cheese and die.”

(Photojojo via PetaPixel)

Battle not with ponies, lest ye become a pony yourself; and if you gaze into the herd, the herd gazes also into you.

(via Topless Robot)

Every once in a while, you’ll run into a geek and have a spirited conversation about video games, Battlestar Galactica, your man crush on Nathan Fillion … and then suddenly your conversation will turn to sports. You think the moment has ended and you’ll spend your next few minutes trying to find someone in the room weirder looking than both of you to mock. Until that nerd says, “As long as [fill in the blank football team] wins this weekend, it’ll be a good one.” And then the bonding begins.

Finding out that the sports writers at the New York Post are really Star Wars geeks at heart? That’s pretty sweet. And now, they’ve given us an epic pull-out cover featuring the ultimate rivalry between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots ahead of their equally epic playoff bout this weekend. Obviously, the Patriots are the EVIL SITH (as a NY Giants fan myself, I still revel in the Giants ruining their perfect season at the Super Bowl three years ago rather than think about the latter part of the current season — because I can) and the Jets are the JEDI HEROES. Kinda odd to see Bill Belichik as Mark Sanchez‘s father (since the former is the head coach of the latter’s ultimate rival … still works for me …), and Joe Namath as Yoda? There is all kinds of “right” with this, but for further commentary, I’ll defer to our brother site, Sportsgrid.

(Sportsgrid)

You’ve seen them around parks. Those people sitting with their laptops on their lap, enjoying the beauty of another day on Earth, working from wherever their heart desires. You’ve seen their smiles, the youthful glow that comes from happiness and time spent outside. But if you’re like me, you’ve never shared that singular joy of working comfortably while outside. The ground is uncomfortable, and frequently damp; many laptops run so hot that actually putting them anywhere near your lap is far too dangerous; and a desk offers many more options for comfortable work than your knees.

Until now.

What happens when you mashup a vintage educational film and a classic episode of Star Trek? Genius. Happiness. Pure joy. A mashup that’s definitely worth your time. File this under “Things I Really Want to Become a Thing.”

(via Miss Cellania via Bits and Pieces)

Stephen Popa, after wowing the internet with a casemod that turned a computer into a remote controlled, tank-treaded robot, has created an even more XKCD friendly computer: one that is also a ridable scooter.

Don’t just scare the people trying to rob your house – annoy them away. Thank you, Alarm Monitoring Company. Thank you, so very much.

What happens when you attach five vuvuzelas to an alarm system? The answer has arrived in the VuVutech 5000! UK security experts developed the system which unleashes “135 decibels of vuvzela fury” on intruders. It’s like taking the “most annoying sound in the world” from “Dumb and Dumber” and amplifying it with plastic and machinery. Great.

(via Engadget.)

This image is the first released shot of the main characters of Japan’s next season of Super Sentai, or, as we know it in America, Power Rangers. Your eyes do not deceive you. Those are an assortment of “futuristic” cutlasses and flintlock pistols, and a background of nautical maps.

It gets better.

This hacked Kinect plays Super Mario Bros. and its two sequels.

Using an NES emulator, YouTube user Yankeyan has created a entirely ill-advised way to play a Mario game: by actually running and jumping.  His runs turn out pretty much the same way as mine did, when I was eight years old playing Mario at my cousin’s house because we weren’t allowed to have video games and so I was terrible at it.

(via Neatorama.)