Featured in the December issue: Grumpy Cat, IKEA Monkey, The Hawkeye Initiative, Actual Advice Mallard, “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” Hoax Video and more inside!
Monthly Review: December 2012
New Year's Eve Fireworks in Reverse
Ever wondered what fireworks would look like in reverse slow motion? Watch this mesmerizing footage of New Year’s Eve Fireworks from Melbourne, Australia.
Caine's Arcade
At age of nine, Caine Monroy opened up a cardboard arcade in his father’s auto parts shop. His very first customer Nirvan Mullick, a Los Angeles filmmaker, became so inspired by the boy’s creativity that he organized a flash mob event and made a documentary about it, helping to raise more than $150,000 for Caine’s college fund in the process.
Arkham Asylum
DeviantArt user Phostex illustrated this alternate universe depiction of Arkham Asylum from the Batman comic series.
Fiscal Cliff: WTVY Viewer's Opinion
Alabama’s local news station WTVY surveys what the viewers on Facebook think about the fiscal cliff debacle and ends up featuring a very profound quote from a guy named Robby. Well played, Robby. Well played.
New Years Resolutions: Cats Edition
Pleated Jeans counts down ten of the most commonly sought after New Year’s resolutions, as illustrated by the Internet’s favorite cats!
RSA Animate
This series of animations are drawn to go along with lectures on a variety of topics, including education, economics, science and history.
University Compliment Facebook Pages
After a group of four young women from Queen’s College in Ontario started a Facebook community for students at the school to send anonymous compliments to each other in September, the trend spread to dozens of other colleges and universities across the globe.
Bird Reacts to Dubstep
YouTuber Hyder Salem shows off how his parrotlet rocks out to some dubstep.
Balloon Solid Snake
Balloon artist Bruce Carr created this sculpture of Metal Gear‘s Solid Snake for a friend’s birthday. However, its poor resemblance to the actual character made it the subject of photoshopped images on 4chan.
Cannot Unsee: British Coins Edition
If placed correctly, the British coin denominations form the shield of the U.K. Royal coat of arms.
Super Mario Meets Metal
YouTuber 331Erock adds some sweet metal riffs to the Super Mario Bros. main theme.
Deep Web
The deep Web represents a large part of the Internet that is not indexed by conventional search engines, which includes websites containing black markets for drugs, assassins and other illegal activities.
Dance Like Nobody is Watching in LAX
In the latest episode of “Dance Like Nobody is Watching,” dancer Angela Trimbur gets down like it’s nobody’s business at the Los Angeles airport baggage claim area while listening to the song “Telephone” by The Black Angels.
Happy Birthday, Nicolas Cage
American actor Nicolas Cage turned 49 today.
Alternate Universe: Pokemon Aladdin
DeviantArt user Avaele painted this alternate universe version of Disney’s Aladdin as a Pokémon master.
Texas A&M Fans Love Football
These two young ladies had a little too much to drink during the Cotton Bowl this weekend, railroading this interview by talking about how much they love Heisman trophy winner Johnny Football.
#OpRollRedRoll
In late December, the offshoot Anonymous group KnightSec set out to get justice for a sixteen year old who claims she was sexually assaulted this past August by a group of Stubenville High School football players who live-tweeted the night’s events.
Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank
Magician Rahat built a car seat shaped costume to make it look like no one was driving his car. He then filmed the reactions of drive-thru employees as he pulled up to retrieve ordered food.
Parkour
This type of physical training involves navigating through and clear obstacles by using a variety of methods, including running, climbing, jumping and balancing.