Crazy Tech Countdown: week of 12/19/2010 - crazy video edition

Welcome once again to Crazy Tech Countdown, the weekly column where we count down the craziest and freakiest stories of the week. This week we’ll look at the week’s freakiest and most interesting videos. So without further ado, let’s count ‘em down!

5. An iPad game for cats - iPad games are everywhere but I bet Steve Jobs predicted cats would be playing it. Get the mouse!

4. Spider Santa - How does Santa get to your chimney? He crawls his way up.

3. Augmented reality translator - Augmented reality has been around for quite a while already, but this takes it to a whole new level. Imagine yourself travelling with this:

2. Physical IM status lights - This Microsoft nerd (and I mean that in the nicest way possible) has come up with the best way to manage a contact list

LED Christmas Lights as IM presence indicators from Andrej Kyselica on Vimeo.

1. Vuvuzelas = best car alarm in the world?

That’s it for this week guys. Be sure to check back next week for more crazy stories and check out our thread on SPOTM. Geek out!