Jake of the Web

Hilarious photos and video of things just not working out right:


Video of a semi-truck pulling away from a loading dock with the back open and all of the contents spilling everywhere.


Someone missing a windshield wiper has replaced it with a dish sponge. At least the abrasive side is 'up.'


A video of a cop tazing himself at a traffic stop.


"Hands on History" display with added sign: "Please do not touch"


Ice Cream flavor 'Viagra'


"Little Angel" Razor blades in adorable packaging with hearts and flowers


Someone who taped change on to a letter because they didn't have time to buy a stamp - plus "5 cents for your troubles"


The weather forecast that called for a low of 42 and a high of 5660


A video of a firetruck getting t-boned by another firetruck at an intersection

http://failblog.org

Design a custom ugly sweater, view the creations other people have made, and email either to your friends.






http://weloveholidaysweaters.wehatesheep.com/

Make your own Muppett ($90 to buy it, $130 for them to mail you the planning kit)

http://www.fao.com/catalog/factories/muppets.jsp#

A webcam (& mic) that keeps us up to date with 6 adorable Shiba Inu puppies. Sleeping, playing, fighting, & probably pooping. Watch the live stream or take a trip down memory lane with "Puppy Classics".



Recommended by Kim in Wisconsin

My last election site/video, I promise! (uh, except for the one below this one) A well-faked dance-off between Barack Obama and John McCain and one surprise guest... a possibly Not Safe For Work Sarah Palin shaking her groove thang.



Recommended by "Matt the Whip"

Every Obama supporter button that can be found, and some that can't (there's some fakes). Pretty immersive Obama experience, nonetheless.

http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/barack_obama_campaign_buttons_p1.html

A Finnish Disco dancing lesson, ending with all out Finnish Disco Madness! The track is called Moskau by a German group called 'Dschinghis Khan'.



More videos of the band behind the dance sensation sweeping the Finnish Nation!:



Being the dancing guy in the middle here is Richie's ultimate dream job.


Recommended by Kerry

An absolutely brilliant and revelatory collection of music videos - from when music videos were new, cutting edge and very exciting. And, in hindsight, really really crappy.







80smusicvids.com

Recommended by Mathew Randall

To reiterate from last year, a heads up on upcoming Holiday sales. These two are still the best Holiday ad sites out there, with consistent updates and as many actual scans of ads as possible.


http://bfads.net/





http://www.blackfriday.info/

Purchase and then build (using a soldering iron and the like) a small electronic device that, when its two sensors are placed in the dirt surrounding a plant, will let your plant send you a Twitter when it needs to be watered, or when it has been given too much water, as well as updates in between waterings.






http://www.botanicalls.com/kits/

Recommended by James Snyder

For those blogs or websites that do not tell you (or even to test those that do), this site will scan the page of any blog/website and tell you if it was written by a man or a woman.
From the blogs of Kerry, Bill, Gina and Richie:

We think Kerry's Blog is written by a man (85%). - Overall blog
We have strong indicators that Kerry's most recent post is written by a man (97%). - Most recent post
We think Bill's Blog is written by a man (88%). - Most recent post
Gina's Blog appears to be gender neutral (a slight preference for male). - Overall blog
We have strong indicators that Gina's most recent post is written by a man (95%). - Most recent post
We have strong indicators that Richie's Blog is written by a man (94%).




http://genderanalyzer.com/

Hundreds of Polaroids of people met at random who are them asked to briefly answer one question at the bottom of the photo: "What do you want to do before you die?" The answers people give - and the high diversity of their answers is revelatory and fascinating. So far, taken in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, L.A., and Boston.

Before I die I want to:


"To feel like I figured IT out - even if just for a second"



"Have a traveling family band"


"I would like to run through a field naked and write a book by the sea"



"Find my birth mother"



"Meet the Jonas Brothers"



"Hit the loterry (sic)"


beforeidieiwantto.org

Recommended by Misty Brough

The guys from 'MythBusters' Paint the Mona Lisa in 80 Milliseconds using 1100 Paintball Guns and 2100 Gallons of compressed air.



Higher quality and longer version:

A virtual See 'n Say that, instead of things like 'The Cow Says: Moooooo', contains clips of Ralph Wiggum:
"Principal Skinner is an old man who lives at the school. (Indicating it is her turn to speak) Lisa?"
"Me fail English? That's unpossible!"
"The doctor said I wouldn't get so many nosebleeds if I kept my finger out of there."



http://ralphwiggumsays.com/

Recommended by Andy

Using simple mechanisms: clockwise or counterclockwise spinning wheels, and bits of wood to hold them together, you must get a specified object from point A to point B, with various obstacles in your way.
Fun, infuriating, and totally addicting.



http://fantasticcontraption.com/

Recommended by Jason Wartchow

Where to go to lunch? An argument I face with my coworkers nearly every day. This site will either relieve your decision-making frustration or make it much, much worse.
Enter your zip code and a query: 'lunch' or 'pizza' or 'chinese', and the wheel of lunch will select several restaurants near you that fit that query and places them on a 'Wheel of Fortune'-like wheel. It then spins the wheel, randomly selecting where you are going to lunch that day. Of course, if you strongly disagree with the random choice, you can grab a hold of the wheel and spin it again.


Wheel of Lunch

Recommended by Chris Brooks

Adorable footage of a baby pony and a dog playing. Mostly, the pony just nibbles on the dog's ear. Still adorable.

Adorable

Adorable

Repulsive, yet somehow adorable and endearing. These are pictures taken of dogs while they are upside-down, with the image later set right-side up to reveal how weird dogs look when all the loose skin on their face is hanging in the wrong direction. Somehow, these pictures just make me happy. Also, a lot of them look like Sigourney Weaver's character on Ghostbusters after she's tuned into that demon dog: THERE IS NO DANA, ONLY ZUUL!


















http://upsidedowndogs.com/

Recommended by Kerry

'China Channel Toolbar':
See what it's like to be a Chinese internet user. This FireFox add-on forwards your IP address through a proxy server that is behind China's censorship: The Chinese Government literally sees your web browsing as taking place on a computer in China, and filters your traffic accordingly. If you go to a site they don't approve of, your internet connection will be blocked for 15 minutes. Fortunately, you can quickly and easily go back to your normal way of browsing to continue what you were doing.

http://chinachannel.hk/

Recommended by Chris Brooks

http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/
Recommended by Emily Johnson
Actual cross-stitches with less than traditional exclamations on them:



'Happy F*cking Holidays'


'Truthiness' adorned with an eagle


'Babies Suck'



'Don't make me cut you'



'Bite Me'



'People are cattle'



'Go F*ck Yourself'


You can enjoy the apathy from afar, or join in by purchasing a pattern or a complete kit and create one of your own.