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WWWrap-Up - Beatboxing Birds, Extreme Pen Spinning and Hammer Time

It's the Fourth of July! Tomorrow! Which means instead of reading this, you should be drinking beer on a beach somewhere setting off fireworks and grilling while draped in an American flag. So as you get yourself mentally prepared for the festivities, here's what happened this week:


  • These beatboxing birds laid down the dope beats. We bobbed our heads accordingly.
  • It's really funny to hear MC Hammer say the word 'Urlesque.' Cuz we invented it.
  • Wait, don't boring reaction videos kind of defy the whole point of watching a reaction video? How postmodern!



 

There, I Fixed It

There, I Fixed It is a user-submitted photo blog that spotlights the jury-rigged genius that results when people try to fix their broken stuff with duct tape and whatever else they can find lying around. In this economy, it's downright motivational. DIY will save us all.




  • For hot water:


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Stop Motion Lunch



With today's hectic schedules, many people find themselves eating a quick lunch on the go. But what about lunch on the stop-and-go? What about a stop motion lunch? Sure it's a little less filling, but...
  • Think of all the time you'll save eating a sandwich that makes itself.

Stop Motion 02 - Lunch from Benjamin Schmanke on Vimeo.


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Cute Kids Celebrate July 4th



As you might know, I haven't been at Urlesque for too long and often find myself cruising the archives, checking out some of the awesome stuff current and former bloggers have done in the past year. When I stumbled upon last year's July 4th tribute, I knew I had to bring it back for new readers to enjoy and old readers to re-live (thanks for sticking around, guys!) I'll even include the original blurb, which is really too good to leave out:

This July 4th it's time to check your political disillusionment at the door! Instead of sitting around grumbling about staggering gas prices and the plummeting economy, we challenge you to think back to the days when you were just a wee tot staring up at a firework streaming sky and livin' the star-spangled dream. With this vision in mind, we proudly present Cute Kids Doing Patriotic Things -- grab a couple extra hankies (severe heartstring tug alerts ahead!) and get ready to fall back in love with the land of the free faster than a giddy teenager on a warm summer night.


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Today's Cry - 99 Balloons for Eliot

99 balloons eliotBaby Eliot (love that name!) was born with "an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body." His parents, in an act that took an immeasurable amount of bravery, closely documented every day of his short yet miraculous life, ending with a funeral in which attendees each let a balloon into the air (99 in total) for each day Eliot had with his mom and dad.

This video has been a huge view-grabber on the Internet for the past couple of years, and rightly so, although it recently regained traction after Eliot's proud parents were featured on some show hosted by lady named Opera? Ooprah? (Ed note: I believe her name is Oprah.)




 

Url-y Riser: Foreign Toilets, July 4th Traditions and Moonwalking Animals


24 Most Ridiculously Thought Out Storefront Signs [Design Cave]


Just in case you need it this rainy weekend: how to build an arc!
[Boston.com via joanietobin]




Seven July 4th Traditions from Around the Nation
[Mental Floss]


Let's play guess the origin of this toilet!
[BuzzFeed]




We may have lost MJ, but we still have these Moonwalking animals.
[Huffington Post]