Timelapse Montage from Mike Flores on Vimeo.

There are plenty of amazing time lapse videos. This is one. But when you see it paired with Hans Zimmer’s “Dream is collapsing”—from Inception’s soundtrack—it goes from amazingto holy-fuck-the-Universe-is-about-to-collapse-and-we-are-all-gonna-die amazing. Play the HD full screen. Use headphones.

This makes both my jaw drop and and fills me with envy – I wanted to make this but they beat me to it (next time!). [Via Gizmodo.]

My favourite Youtube videos tend to be the spoofs that have so high production values and well, effort put into them that they can stand along as their own song. This video makes me proud to be a nerd and is more than a little inspiring. Viral or not, it’s pretty kickass.

Mercury Thiocyanate decomposition… by flame! Otherwise known as “The Bog Monster Cometh.” Viewed surprisingly well to mellow techno.

I wonder if it would be possible to make some kind of fast-growing building out of that stuff. I mean, you see it enough in the cartoons; someone throws out a capsule, and something appears right out of thin air.

Wait, never mind; that’s mercury. It probably wouldn’t be too good for your health.

Check out Blu’s website for more original artistic creations!

This one was put together by the American Museum of Natural History. Awesome.

“Michael Steele was a good attempt at finding a new kind of face for the party. So was Bobby Jindal. But in the end they just didn’t represent the Republican ideals as well as a 100-year-old dead man.”

Episode 7: Zach sits down with the host of the Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien, and his announcer, Andy Richter.