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.
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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...Watch: Supercut of 80s computer hacking
Man, computer hacking in the 80s was really cool.
Continue reading...Watch: A sleeping pig wakes up to the smell of a cookie placed by its nose
Because it’s only friggin’ Tuesday.
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.
Continue reading...A Complete History of the Soviet Union Arraged to the Melody of Tetris
This is pretty great. From the YouTube description: Buy the whole album at http://www.pigfaceboy.co.uk Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pigfaceboy A Complete History Of The Soviet Union Through The Eyes Of A Humble Worker, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris. Music by “Pig With The Face Of A Boy” Written and performed by DONALD NEWHOLM and DAN WOODS, with MALCOLM GAYNER & ROBIN HARRIS Photographed by TIM JORDAN Costumes by LUCY NEWHOLM Production assistant NICOLA LINCÉ Special thanks to JAMES LAMONT and REMY LAMONT Produced by CHRIS LINCÉ and DAN WOODS for the ‘Musical Comedy Lab\’ Directed, animated, and edited by...
Continue reading...Illustrating the 21st Century Enlightenment
From the RSAnimate series, in this video, Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment and how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today. It’s probably the smartest 11 minutes on YouTube.
Continue reading...Was President Obama in the "Whoomp (There It Is)" video?
Via Gawker: Finally, a Barack Obama conspiracy theory for the rest of us! Everyone from Tea Partiers to hip hop message boardsthinks Obama was an extra in the music video for Tag Team’s single “Whoomp (There It Is)”. Before you do anything else, check out 1:01 of the music video for Tag Team’s 1993 smash hit “Whoomp (There It Is)”. A tipster sent in the video along with a note: Barack [is] in the Tag Team “Whoomp there it is” video. Don’t believe me? Judge for yourself. We were highly skeptical, since “Judge for yourself” sounds like something from a multi-colored...
Continue reading...Yes, this is a Lego printer.
From the YouTube description: “Lego felt tip 110” printer connected to an Apple Mac. This is not a kit you can buy and does not use mindstorms. I designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board.”
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