Yet another Cain campaign ad parody

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's recent campaign video has sparked controversy, curiosity and more than a litle parody. In the original video, Cain's mustachioed chief of staff, Mark Block, extols his boss before dragging a cigarette in the clip's final seconds. Late-night talk show hosts David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel all took a playful swipe at Cain last week.

Now, Jon Huntsman, who's also running for the Republican nomination, is appropriating the video for a little fun of his own. Huntsman's three daughters appear with fake, Blockian mustaches, talking up their father, tongue-in-cheek.

"We strongly believe that our dad has the experience and proven track record to revive America's economy and create jobs," one daughter says. "Even if we didn't believe that, we'd still have to be here."

The future is ... incomprehensible

Welcome to a future where our lives can be scheduled, managed and organized with intuitive touch screen technology. And it looks like this future will be controlled by Microsoft -- take that Apple!

The Microsoft Office YouTube channel recently rolled out a montage of how ordinary people will use technology to "make better use of their time, focus their attention, and strengthen relationships while getting things done at work, home, and on the go."

No words are spoken, no explanation is given. Instead, we're guided through a series of esoteric images of urbane professionals pressing buttons, swiping text across a screen and watching as 2-D diagrams enter the third dimension.

It all looks very cool, but Lord knows what's actually going on.

iPad 2 cum Halloween costume

Here's an idea that could down in the annals of greatest Halloween costumes ever. This guy, a mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has fastened one iPad 2 to his stomach and one to his back, cut out holes in his shirt around the screen and washed the periphery in fake blood. Using FaceTime chat, he's created the illusion of having a hole through his torso. The one problem? Finding two iPad 2s.

"For the Win": Last-minute Halloween costumes

Halloween is less than 12 hours away and if you're still scrounging for costume ideas, well, have no fear. Fortunately, not much effort is needed to whip together a stellar costume. Mike Capes over at YouTube's "Made Man" channel has you covered. Couldn't spring for a pre-packaged Harry Potter costume from Wal-Mart? Then improvise! Wrap a pair of sweatpants around your neck and draw a lightning bolt on your forehead with a piece of charcoal. Grab a dusty broom and you're ready to fly.

Taming the river wild

Only through the wonders of video can mankind bear witness to an incredible project that likely took months to plan and hours to execute and watch it all in less than two minutes.

This time-lapse video, courtesy of National Geographic, shows the moment a lake was emptied and a dam partially destroyed.

Pacific Corp., which owns the Condit Dam on White Salmon River in Washington State, set off explosives last week in a drain tunnel to destroy it in order to restore vital fish runs. The dam, built in 1913, was blocking salmon and other fish species from spawning in the river.

The breathtaking video captures the every moment of the ambitious project, which took two hours to complete, starting from the moment the explosive are detonated to the finale where the lake is completely drained and the river at the base is flooded with water.

The energy firm will now take the next 11 months to restore the natural stream-bed, opening up 53 kilometres of new habitat for the fish.

And in other poop news

Kackel Dackel, the pooping dog, is said to be the hottest Christmas toy this year. Seriously.

 

They did WHAT to win Bills tickets?

CAUTION: This video is not for people with weak stomachs.

This video is from Kingston radio station K-Rock 105.7, which held a contest for Buffalo Bills fans to win tickets for this week’s game in Toronto. The only catch is that they had to dig through Buffalo poop to get the goods. The best part is the play-by-play hostess almost losing her lunch. What some people will do for a freebie, is well, rather down and dirty.

 

LMFAO Halloween House rocks

Since it was posted to YouTube.com earlier this week, this video of a Halloween lightshow set to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" has been racking up the hits by the millions. And while we aim to ahead of the viral curve on this blog (to be fair, we posted this video on Tuesday when we had already deemed it old news), we can't ignore this kind of attention. So once again .....

 

Don't fear, Tank Dog is here

Is this the best dog Halloween costume ever or the most useless video posted on YouTube?

A 25-second video of a woman walking a Chihuahua wearing an armoured tank (seriously) has viewers accusing her of animal cruelty and also congratulating her on the rad costume.

Although the video itself is underwhelming, the costume is a work of art. So much so that it garnered “Tank Dog” the first place trophy at their local PetSmart, she says.

The costume is made with cardboard and paper clips and has a gun-handle trigger to control the lights and sounds.

Those concerned about dog cruelty shouldn’t worry. Tank Dog is rewarded with lots of treats, its owner assures.

 

104-year-old uses Twitter for first time

George Higgs knows how to use the Internet. The 104-year-old writes his memoirs, emails his family and shops online.

But he couldn’t hide his amazement at the power of the web when the BBC’s Richard Westcott introduced Higgs and his 87-year partner Stella Fawcett to Twitter and video messaging.

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“I’m astonished. I’ve lived a long time … but this is a revelation to me,” said Higgs after the trio tweeted a video message to Sir Brucie Forsyth, a presenter on Strictly Come Dancing, U.K.’s version of Dancing with the Stars.

The segment was filmed as part of the BBC’s Give an hour and change a life campaign. Higgs, who hails from Birstall in Leicestershire, had volunteered an hour to show Fawcett, who doesn’t own a computer, the benefits of getting online.

Fawcett was able to locate the window of the room in which she was born using Google Streetview.

“Just look! I can’t believe that!,” she says when the townhouse comes into view. “Wow, out of this world.”