Jake of the Web Time Wasters And Then Some

A chimp watching magic tricks – great reactions

From a Japanese TV show, a chimp watches magic tricks (illusions) and reacts as any adolescent primate would. I kept waiting for the chimp to go, uh, ape on the magician when he hid food from the chimp.

Recommended by Kerry

Salt Lake County property assessments online

Find historical prices for any home in Salt Lake County. Most listings include photos of the dwelling just after construction, and often more recent photos. Items about the house are given grades by the county as well, from quality of materials used in parts of the home to the outward appearance. Square footage, Central air or not, and so on. They even have an 'effective year built' listed, with a more recent year in this field meaning the home is expected by the county to last longer than older 'effective year' homes. This site is excellent if you are looking into purchasing a specific house to see its history, and always fun to look up your house or the houses of your friends (or enemies).

http://www.assessor.slco.org/cfml/query/query2.cfm

Recommended by Emily Johnson

StringSpin

Sketch on a rotating 3 dimensional plane 9or more likely a transparent cylinder). Hypnotic.

http://www.zefrank.com/memory/stringspin/

Recommended by Justin Martin

A study in animal friendliness

Which animal would you expect to be violent against another animal? A fox or a rabbit?

Here's the fox:

Here's the rabbit:

The first video is particularly interesting in the fact that it is literally a quick brown fox jumping over a lazy dog... it reminds me of one of my favorite Roald Dahl books, Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is is being released as a Wes Anderson-directed film in just a few months!

The 7oo Billion Dollar Dress Shirt?

$735,989,490,305.00 - $735,989,490,510.00 is the price listing for this shirt... how long before they fix the price?

http://www.amazon.com/Geoffrey-Beene-Fitted-Dress-Button/dp/B000M028XU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1250701696&sr=8-3

Thanks to Wooties.net for this link!

A Walk On The Wild Side

Very funny British humor delivered in conjunction with archival wildlife footage. Friends of the program will likely already recognize "Alan! Al! Alan! Alan!" from the 5 minute mark of this video.

Little Kid Stunt Driving

This reminds me of a tiny version of the stunt-car show they have down in Disney World. Just a little one-point parallel parking for ya.

Insanewiches: Sandwich Sculptures for the Modern Man

If Iron Chef America has taught me anything, it's that food can't only be delicious, it must also be entertaining. And simultaneously prepared using a drill and a blast chiller.
Where Insanewiches fails on the blast chiller, it delivers on the entertaining; or at least really really weird.

http://www.insanewiches.com/

Time lapse of Disneyland Construction

Old footage set up by Walt himself of the construction of Disneyland. Time lapse, crane shots, other "behind the scenes" clips round out a wonderful set of videos about the creation of "The Happiest Place on Earth". The clips include commentary from three Disney employees who really know their stuff.

Radio From Hell Timewasters for 8-18-09

Celebrity sculptures made from phone books

Make your own Girl Scout cookies

Crappy Taxidermy

A Capella Cantina Band

Translation Party!

How not to be seen

RC Southern Belles