The Coolest Thing Ever Today

…is this fantastic mashup of Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The link above takes you to the maker, Jonathan McIntosh’s essay about the whys and wherefores of the mashup’s making over at WIMNOnline.

(“Buffy vs Edward” debuted over the summer and got some impressive traction in the analog and digital media worlds. So I’m a little slow. It’s still awesome.)

The Coolest Thing Ever Today

(an occasional continuing series of the absolutely best things ever of a given 24-hour period)

Anyway. The Coolest Thing Ever Today is this brilliant ASL version of Jonathan Coulton’s “Re: Your Brains.”

Mr. CaptainValor has an extensive channel list of other sign-interpreted songs. It might be the extreme sleep dep talking, but I have an uber insta-crush on this guy now.

…I have to stop doing that.

The Coolest Thing Ever Today

Hot on the heels of my recent discovery of/obsession with Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video comes this spot on parody of her song and video “Poker Face,” off her first album. Chase with the Lady Gaga’s official “Poker Face” video for full surreality effect. It also helps if you’re a complete font/design junkie.

Neutra Face: An Ode on a Typeface

I don’t know who these people are, but they are awesome.

EDIT: Tracked down their website here. I was right, they do appear to be awesome.