Paranoid US: Nike - Here I Am

Here is an ad that is as strange as it is well put together. The body parts of a runner communicate in this weird mix of CG and composited live-action elements. So intriguing. Well worth a couple minutes of your time. Happy Halloween.

Squirrel Underpants

Here's a site where you can buy squirrel underpants. They look like little tiny tighty-whities. I'm sure there are some "nuts" puns in there, but I just don't have it in me to let them out. I feature a lot of sites that have products that aren't actually for sale, but as far as I can tell, you can really buy these. If you want.

Portable Rotary Phone

The description for this one comes from the site itself:

Description: The infamous Portable Rotary Phone is an original rotary phone that has been modified to be a cellular phone. The Port-O-Rotary has a functional rotary dial, rings the original, loud metallic bells when a call is received, and even has a dial tone.

Couldn't put it in your pocket, but that doesn't mean it's not stylish. Thanks to Morgen for the link.

Down For Everyone or Just Me

And incredibly useful and simple utility site that I can't believe I haven't heard of before. Down For Everyone or Just Me lets you enter a url and checks itself, that way you can see if the site you're checking is down to the whole world or if it's a problem that is specific to you. Everything I could think of was either up, or made up, but I plan to use this next time one of the sites I frequent goes down.

Hotel 626

Here is a creepy web-game brought to you by...Doritos? It does a great job of being creepy, and the snack is never mentioned in the game aside from a small logo in the lower right corner. There are also some cool reality based things going on in the game. Aside from the standard mouse input, there is one level requires you to use a webcam, and another asks you to sing into a microphone. The final one calls you on your phone for an even more surreal experience. In time for Halloween and definitely worth a few minutes of your time.

PG Porn

James Gunn's (director of Slither) new project. This is a web series that puts actors across from porn stars in situations that would normally lead up to steamy encounters in their XXX counterparts. Only one is up now, but it ends abruptly, and not in any sort of intamacy. I'm definitely looking forward to more. Fair warning: It doesn't feature explicit sex, but it's definitely stronger that PG.

Z-Rox

It's a flash game that gives you view a letter or shape, but you have to view it as it slides past a very thin window. If you can do this and correctly enter whatever is being viewed, then you can get to the next level. I was able to get up to 33. If you can get farther, let me know how! This link is also thanks to Dave.

Web Urbanist

The tagline for this blog is Urban Street Art, Abandoned Places and Amazing Designs, it I'd say it lives up to its name. When I checked the front page it covered everything from crazy tables to ghost towns to artistic cakes. Lots of cool stuff to see here. Thanks to Morgen for the link.

Palin As President

Here's some more topical political humor at the expense of the easiest punching bag involved in the current presidential election. I'm not saying she doesn't deserve it, it's just that it sometimes seems too easy. Fortunately this site does a lot of funny things in a really slick and interactive way. Exploration yields many jokes.

Upside Down Dogs

Here's another site with a very self-explanatory URL. People post pictures of their dogs laying on their backs with their heads on the ground, just flipped over. Weird how much gravity takes over. A lot of extra skin on those dogs. Thanks to Dave for the link, and for those of you who can't get enough of looking at dogs on the internet, here's a bonus video:

It's about time to wind this thing down.

You dozen loyal readers may have noticed that I missed posting for the entirety of last week. It turns out that these days I'm just too busy to keep up a daily schedule. I'm not disappearing right away, though. I'll be posting daily until the end of the year, which is when I will hang it up. After that I'll be blogging is some other incarnation, but nothing with so a set schedule. More on that when it's time. If you come across any awesome links before the first, please send them my way so I can send this thing out in style.

Mash SF

These bikers seem heavy on speed, light on brakes, and huge on balls. Check out their vids of them riding through traffic at breakneck speeds. I haven't checked out the site too much, but from their videos it looks like there may be a documentary in the works. At the very least they've got some extremely gutsy riding catalogued in short clips.

Cats That Look Like Hitler

Here is a place that collects pictures of cats that look like Hitler. I had no idea there were so many, but it seems that there are lots and lots of kitties out there with coloring that suggests a small, square mustache. Kitlers, they are known as. Definitely worth a browse.

Balloon String

So in this one a ball is tethered to your mouse by an elastic string, sort of like the way a paddle-ball is attached to a paddle. The goal is to click the ball. It's kind of fun. Thanks to Dave for the link.

I Wanna Be The Guy

This is a retro-styled game that is incredibly difficult. The creators themselves admit that they wanted the game to be "nail-rippingly difficult," and is filled with many "sadistic deathtraps." Seriously, though, this is really hard. I downloaded the demo and gave up after about 6 minutes. Let me know if you have better luck.

Notorious MSG

Here's a gangster rap group that purports to be straight out of Chinatown. The beats are good, the English is broken and the whole thing is polished and entertaining. Just because stereotypes are perpetuated doesn't mean that it's not a pretty funny novelty act.

White Gold is White Gold

Here is a viral campaign launched by the California Milk Processor Board to promote milk. It features an awesome rocker named White Gold and his band rocking songs about how great milk is. Songs include "One Gallon Axe," "Tame the White Tiger," and "Is it me, or do you love my hair." Reportedly they were cowritten by Electric 6, one of the most rocking bands ever. Check it out! Thanks to Bryan for the link.

Flash Fabrica - Brain

Here's a game that's written in Japanese but simple enough to figure out anyway, and fun enough to waste a few moments on. Each level will flash a few numbers for a brief second. Then the numbers are replaced by circles and you have to order them based on what you were able to glimpse. Kinda fun.

Am I Annoying?

It's sort of like hot or not, but for celebrities and instead of rating attractiveness it rates how annoying the people are. Osama Bin Laden currently ranks as most annoying and James Gandolfini rates as least annoying. Random voting is allowed, and there are tons of public figures, many of whom are so obscure I've never heard of them. If you find someone annoying, good chance they're in here.