• Crazy downhill mud ride [video]

    Mountain biker Filip Polc takes to a dangerous muddy track in Colombia’s coffee country and kindly brings us along for a ride thanks to his helmet camera. Note that if you work in an environment that discourages the use of profanity then you might want to keep the speakers...
  • The trick shot Doc [video]

    This video shows a possibly fake doctor messing around with a range of stuff that you might find in a doctor’s office: x-ray film, tongue depressors and the like. It is a short video that is really worth watching all the way to the climactic conclusion – I am...
  • Did the Czech president just steal a pen?

    I don’t want to go out and impugn a national leader by claiming that he swiped a pen off a desk during a national visit to Chile – so I will let the video speak for itself. He opens the pen box and seems to like what he sees....
  • Making coffee in Afghanistan

    A group of Canadian troops made a video that details the complicated process of making coffee in a combat zone. Please note that the video makers are soldiers in a combat zone – the language that they use is savory to say the least and may offend some viewers...
  • Shooting while pepper sprayed [video]

    Everyone’s favorite Russian gun nut FPS Russia managed to bite off a little more than he could chew when he decided to shoot after being pepper sprayed. Things didn’t go quite as he had hoped but he finished the video and showed off a cool folding gun. Warning: video...
  • Big Wheel vs. New York City bus

    Mark Malkoff took to the streets of New York in a big wheel to race the city’s famously slow buses. To keep things legal (riding bicycles on sidewalks is against the law in NYC) Mark rode his big wheel through traffic....
  • Segway jousting, one of many ways you can entertain yourself if you are suddenly super rich

    If you win the lottery you can entertain yourself in ways that regularly monied folks can only imagine – like strapping on a suit of armor and abusing a couple of Segways in a test of one’s warrior mettle. ...
  • Jobs scarier than yours #001: Cobra pit cleaner

    On a scale of 1-10 I rate my bravery around level around a 6. I don’t care for roller coasters and I’m not going to take a bullet for a president or other person of merit – but I don’t flinch at earthquakes and handle extreme turbulence with ease....
  • Astonishing new images prove Earth is not round!

    Relax though, it’s not exactly flat either. This incredible computer rendition of the Earth, has been compiled using data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE). The satellite which has been in orbit for two years, has accomplished its mission to map out...