He's baaaaaaaaaaaack -- and with a whole new attitude! The original Keyboard Cat (1.0) might be sadly deceased (RIP Fatso), but this new KC (2.0) is ready to step in. With a slightly poppier beat and some added bongos flavor, "Bento" is living up to the KC legacy and I personally couldn't be happier that a new kitty has decided to keep the music alive. Play me off, KC 2.0!

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Finally ladies, a high fashion, high-heel, where form fully meets function. With London-based designer INSA's 10 inch elephant dung heels, you'll never have to worry about stepping in sh*t again.

These pre-dipped pumps are inspired by Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary," a controversial elephant dung rendering of the Virgin, which former NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani famously tried to ban from the Brooklyn Museum. INSA even went so far as to source her dung from the same family of elephants Ofili used more than 15 years ago. Talk about dedication.

Two years ago, Vimeo cofounder and erstwhile internet microcelebrity Jake Lodwick commissioned an art project, somewhere between album art and a music video. Fourteen days ago, that video was released online. This piece, culled from interviews with the creators, is its story.

Michael McQuilken, of the one-man rock band The Few Moments, had an idea, a one-man band rig that looks like a metal box and unfolds to reveal a drum kit, keyboard, guitar and pedals. Mike explained the philosophy to me:

I was composing loop-based music for theater and dance in Seattle, NYC. It was always difficult to transport the mess of gear, not to mention wiring it all together and then taking it apart again. The "rig" combines all of the gear I like most in such a way that it remains ever-wired, ready to play, and road-enabled. The unfolding of the device also becomes a sort of show in and of itself.

It was an elegant design principle. Jake would hire Michael to create an album-length recording that could be easily replicated by one man in a live setting.

Anyone who knows anything about the end times knows that we're living in them. ¡Fin de la tierra! The world has a little under three years left, tops. How it's going to happen is anyone's guess, and by anyone's guess we mean that the Large Hadron Collider is going to suck the earth in on itself or a giant meteor is going to destroy everything we know, love, hate and feel neutral about.

Whichever scenario plays out, one thing is for sure: The Mayans predicted it and they've never been wrong before. To see how it's all going to go down, check out the end of the world pre-enactments below.

In the purest form of internet fun, Jabba the Hutt gets mashed up with the introduction to television show, Parks and Recreation. Why, you ask?

The reason this exists is because every time we watch Parks and Recreation we sing "Jabba the Hutt" along with the theme. So naturally we had to make this video.

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mr. Artificial Sun,
Please shine down on me

It's a new take on an old classic, and for residents of the small Canadian Arctic town of Inuvik, for a few hours it was just as good as the real thing. The real thing, after all, was something they hadn't seen in 31 days. Created by Tropicana, who believe that "brighter mornings make for better days," this 36-foot wide helium balloon emitted 100,000 lumens, bringing unexpected joy (and 1,200 free cartons of Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice) to the 3,500 residents of Inuvik. Video below.