Jake of the Web Time Wasters And Then Some

Yarn Art

Terrible, violent sculptures (or perhaps the aftermath of violence), knitted out of yarn and stuffed with cotton. It's OK, though - it's cartoonish violence.
A unicorn with a dead and bloody teddy bear impaled on its horn, or a shark with a human leg in its mouth. A rabbit impaled on a carrot, or a rubber ducky with an arrow in its head. Very, very odd.

http://inventorspot.com/articles/yarn_art_26037

Recommended by Atropos

Moosebutter: the real talent

This song is several John Williams film themes with words placed to them - all of the lyrics are about Star Wars.

Many people have probably already heard this song by Moosebutter or seen this video:

That second video is just a guy (Corey, I guess) lipsynching four times to pre-recorded music by Moosebutter that he had NOTHING to do with. It's the first video that has the real talents - singing their song live.

Recommended by Noah

wha? Strangest video I’ve seen in a long time – yet still very cool

Set to interesting, odd rhythmic music, is an interesting, odd animation (it's difficult to describe exactly what is taking place in the animation other than that they seem to like scissors and forceps). Consisting of red, black and white animated images, simple shapes and motions move across the screen. The thing about this video is you can see about 60 frames of the animation simultaneously, each frame linearly scrolling by. So, watching only 1/60th of the screen closely will show a more traditional animation - but seeing the whole screen at once creates its own surreal experience as well. Ultimately, my words will fail to adequately describe this video - just watch it.

http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=22&cols=15&id=617ANIA5Rqs&startZoom=1

Recommended by Mark K

The geography of jobs: When and where job growth – or loss – is occurring

Going back to 2004, this site shows with green and red circles spread across a map, the job growth and/or loss for any given location and time.

Above: post-Hurricane Katrina job losses recorded in the gulf coast.

http://tipstrategies.com/archive/geography-of-jobs/

Recommended by Kimberly Beck

Reincarnation Bank: Really?

They'll hold on to your possessions for you until you are reincarnated. No word as to how you will let them know it's really you.

http://www.reincarnationbank.com/index.html
Recommended by Atropos

"Donald Rumsfeld" messing around at the podium

Using fairly low-tech methods, they superimpose arms in front of Donald Rumsfeld videos to make it appear he is doing various things that Rummy would never ever really do in public - making a paper crane, drawing insulting pictures, and rolling a joint just to name a few.

This is actually pretty old - it originates from the Craig Ferguson show in late 2006, and I first saw it as a gif.  Somehow the lack of context or sound made it even funnier.  Nevertheless, here's the hilarious video:

Thanks to Ryan Hawley

Awkward Family Photos: True to freakin’ form

A couple and their two sons all straddling a tree branch together in a row.

A entire family whose hair inspiration was the collected works of Def Leppard and Poison.

There seem to be quite a few Oedipal variations on this site:

If you're in the middle of a fight, reschedule the photo shoot.

So... confu... wha?

awkwardfamilyphotos.com

Subservient Chicken: weird, not useful, wastes ones time, yet I love him

A not-too-subtly disguised ad for Burger King Tendercrisps, this is kind of an webcam for a guy in a chicken costume standing in his front room. Type a command into the provided field and watch the chicken perform most of the assigned tasks. A freaky timewaster, to be sure, perhaps the allure is finding what outlandish commands these guys actually were prepared for.

www.subservientchicken.com

Emily Johnson

Face In Hole: Add yourself to any of thousand of scenarios

Pick from thousands of scenarios - pictures, videos, cartoons, etc. to place you likeness in. Quick, simple, yet surprisingly versatile tools to add and perfect images. If you have a web cam, you can even use live images from your webcam to get the angles and positioning just right.

I didn't get any of these images 'just right' but will show them anyway:

Bill the cowardly lion

Gina the graffiti

Kerry the music teacher

And Richie as, um, a "sexy" nurse (thanks to Emily Johnson for this creation):
www.faceinhole.com

Recommended by Emily Johnson and Scott Urry

The Slap Chop Rap

This is my wife's current favorite song. The Slap Chop rap - an infomercial where the pitch man's voice has been sped up, slowed down, raised and lowered to make him rap/sing to an infectious groove. 1980s street dancers make a guest appearance.

Recommended by James Snyder