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Last night, pranksters from CalTech dolled up the famous Alamo sculpture in Manhattan's Astor Place with the exterior of an Aperture Science Companion Cube. Here's the note they left to boot. Prediction: cosplaying public art will be the next big trend come 2012.

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This is so unapologetically stupid, but I can't help but applaud these guys for carrying a boombox around New York blasting the Immortals' always hilarious rave theme. (Random fact: The Mortal Kombat soundtrack has Orbital's "Halcyon" on it. Man, that song really got around.) Anyway, this video goes on for approximately eight minutes and has more critical merit than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. More »
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On November 22, 1987, Chicago-area Doctor Who fans experienced a crossover with Max Headroom that would go down in the history books. The only problem? Neither show had signed up for this clash of universes, and Max ended up getting his naked ass smacked on a PBS station. More »
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We anticipate lot of things from dark rooms — cobwebs, lack of light, assorted pieces of matter we wish to acquire — but what we don't expect is a goddamn Skeksis from The Dark Crystal lurking silently. Last Halloween, YouTuber Augsburgdie1530 built a snazzy Skeksis costume and mostly used it for the powers of evil. This thing'll make you hate obscure Muppets. More »
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A three-acre abandoned lot in Seattle promises to be the site of a Seussian new urban development. According to an official-looking sign posted at the site of a former Vitamilk Dairy plant, an epic ball pit will be moving into the neighborhood. More »
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The stalwart zombie-road-sign prank recently befuddled drivers outside of St. John's, Canada. Anonymous pranksters set it up to inform unwitting Newfoundlanders/Labradorians of a necrotic outbreak. Walking dead and those darn space rays, griefing the roadways of North America. More »
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After successfully putting a scale model TARDIS (with lights!) on top of a building at MIT, the CalTech pranksters behind the caper took their show on the road. In this video, they reveal how they set up the giant structure on top of a UC Berkeley building (it's hard to tell for sure, but I think it's LeConte Hall or maybe Birge?). I hope this encourages more geek pranks at my beloved alma mater. More »
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In this clip from a Japanese candid camera program, a fellow sits down to use a mirror and is immediately harassed by angry ghosts straight out of Ringu (or perhaps Hausu). Shit gets extremely real around the 30-second mark. More »
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For this candid camera stunt on Spanish television, a disheveled little girl stood in a hotel corridor and waited for guests to walk by (and wig out). More »
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Last week, pranksters dyed the Goldstream River on Vancouver Island bright green using the dye fluorescein. Apparently the river was so bright that it was painful to look at. Here's footage of this roiling ectoplasmic channel. More »
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Here's something for the annals of entertaining (albeit dubiously safe) street art. A group of Hamburg artists were unimpressed with a tower in the city's Hafencity neighborhood, so they turned it into a flame-belching dragon. Don't try this at home. More »
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An anonymous hacker wearing a Guy Fawkes mask took over classroom projection screens at Washington State University on the fifth of November, to broadcast a prerecorded message adapted from V For Vendetta. More »
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William Geerhart, a Los Angeles record producer, started writing prank letters to famous people years ago, as a fictitious third-grader named Little Billy, and now the results are collected in a book. Among other things, Little Billy wrote to then-Attorney General Janet Reno to ask who's the better crime-fighter, Batman or the Terminator? Replies Reno, "I read Batman comics when I was your age so I know of his efforts to fight crime better than I know of the Terminator's work." Also, "Little Billy" wrote to feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem to ask, "If the Six Million Dollar Man hit the Bionic Woman in a fight, would that be wrong?" Replied Steinem's aide: "The short answer to your question is yes. As Gloria explained to me, it would only be fair if it was done in self-defense." [Salt Lake Tribune] More »
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Kiddies, I remember the days when flying penises could only attack public figures in virtual world Second Life. Who doesn't remember the day when virtual real estate mogul Anshe Chung, the richest lady in Second Life, was attacked during a virtual press conference by giant virtual penises (left)? Clearly, Russian protesters haven't forgotten. A group of pro-government rabble-rousers sent a peniscopter (right) into the air recently during an anti-Putin speech from former chess champ and political activist Victor Kasparov. More »
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