In January, the fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station brought astronauts an Epic Dragon camera by RED, which is capable of shooting 6K video. In the above video, astronaut Terry Virts uses it to show what happens when you add an effervescent table to water in zero gravity. Here\’s more information on the mission from NASA.
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Watch: This Apple video from 1987 about 1997
Back in 1987, Apple made a (cheeky) video predicting what 1997 would be like. In it, Apple predicts that they will be basically the biggest company ever. Of course, we know that by 1997, they were basically bankrupt. Let\’s at least be happy that basically none of this came true, especially the glasses (or Vista Mac). Make sure you catch the Pepsi joke, as that\’s where John Scully was CEO before joining Apple.
Continue reading...Watch: This recut is the episode of ST:TNG that we all needed
In this recut video from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher finally gets what’s coming to him, and it’s brilliant. (Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it isn’t important.)
Continue reading...Watch: Earth as seen from the International Space Station
Pretty much what it says on the tin, except holy crap that\’s earth as seen from the space station. Hell of a way to start a weekend.
Continue reading...Watch: This day-by-day animation of World War I
With about the least amount of fanfare possible, yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War. It wasn’t just about the western front. Check out the above animation, which shows all the movements each day. This is a war that may take a backseat in our history classes to the other big one, but all of geopolitics was formed by this conflict, especially the middle east (remember that the countries all in conflict right now are because of the fake lines drawn on a map after the Ottoman Empire was destroyed in this very same...
Continue reading...Republican Iowa Senate Candidate Joni Ernst wants to castrate Washington’s spending and make them squeal or something
[Sadly this ad is no longer on the internet.] Oh, man, it’s finally that time in the political cycle where we get back to some quality advertisements. Here we have Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa who is running for the Senate. In this spot, she basically says that she knows how to castrate pigs, so she’ll know how to stop spending, all while we hear the squeals of pigs in the background. It’s all kinds of creepy. Enjoy. And she was just endorsed by none other than the Killa from Wasilla.
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