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February 3, 2012

Friday Five: 2/3/12

Wanna Know How I Made This Dress

An insane piece of improvised audio written & performed by Katie Crown. Designs by Julia Vickerman.

10 Misconceptions Rundown

I hope this clears everything up.

Shit Blowing up in Microwaves

Yeah, this is a commercial but shite blowing up in microwaves looks awesome.

Apple Scotland

Siri has problems understanding the local dialect. I don’t think there’s a better accent for scathing strings of profanity than Scottish.

Run For Your Lives 5K Zombie Run

Run For Your Lives 2011 from Alexander Turoff on Vimeo.

This seems like great fun. Could be improved with paintball guns and more aggressive zombies. Or maybe some hallucinogenics.

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January 20, 2012

Friday Five 1/20/11

Anti-Ninja Turtle propaganda

Some Canadian anti-fun group shows us all the dangers of today’s toys. Today being the 80s and the toys being TMNT action figures.

In the heart of Trantor – 3D fractal trip

A fractal trip into infinity. I’m not quite smart enough to know exactly what I’m looking at here, but for what I can gather, computing power has gotten good enough to allow you to fly through an infinite fractal. Pretty cool!

Glitches in the Sims

Here’s a collection of glitches in the Matrix… I mean the Sims. I have a lot to say about how the We play the Sims and the Sims can even play the Sims, but who is playing our Sims?

Boob Puppet Theater (sNSFW for side boob)

Someone found a loop-hole to be able to put boobs onto Youtube. Even though it’s a cheap gag, they did a good job with the facial expressions and puppeteering (such as it is).

Paranormal Sounds from the Earth

These certainly sound creepy and it would be neat if they were real, but my money is on viral video campaign for some new disaster movie.

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January 6, 2012

Friday Five: 1/6/12

Senseless Graffiti Robot

SENSELESS DRAWING BOT from yang02 on Vimeo.

I love machines that make art. We had to build some in college and one guy stuck paint in a disassembled tame measure and blew paint all over the class room.

Siri Argument

This has been making the rounds but it’s a pretty good win for College Humor.

Proteigon

PROTEIGON from BURAYAN on Vimeo.

A sweet animation about a paper cube. Well executed!

Mars Dentistry Holiday Commercial

Sure, this is a holiday message, but it’s lateness here at todorrobot sort of fits the bill. Brilliantly “bad” commercial.

araabMUZIK dubstep live

As a drummer, I’m not a big fan of the drum solo. This guy, however, is the sickest drum machine player I’ve ever seen. Shit gets real around the 1:15 mark. :O

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December 30, 2011

Friday Five: 12/29/11

The ensemble “Birch” – “Pryalitsa” (google translated)

A hypnotic Russian folk dance with a wonderful color palette and a song as catchy as Trololo. In parts it doesn’t look like their legs are moving and the ladies are strapped to skateboards. Sort of the opposite of the Rockettes. There’s an “in Soviet Russia…” joke there somewhere but I’m too lazy to make it.

Three Cubes Colliding

Three Cubes Colliding from Jimandtonic on Vimeo.

This is a really cool 3-D printed art project. Some neat shifting focus shots in the beginning but the real money is at the 2:00 mark where they actually get the thing floating.

One bag’s journey through Delta

Follow a bag with 6 cameras through the mysterious black flaps at Delta Airlines.

Don Cherry’s Piano Desk

Nice execution of a simple concept. I only with there was a sustained note from the piano when the OTHER announcer pounds his fist on the desk. A duet!

Time-lapse Christmas Crowd

X-Mas Zoo from Ben Lean on Vimeo.

By Ben Lean filmed in Distillery District and Eaton Centre, Toronto Ontario. I love time-lapse stuff and this guy seems to have a bunch of it. Check out South Meadows from related videos too.

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October 7, 2011

Friday Five: 10/7/11

Alice in Wonderland Sound Tests

Look how serious those animators were.

1000 piece stick bomb

over and over in a variety of speeds and directions. Wheee!

Pikachu Short by Pen Ward

From the makers of Adventure Time. Covering up farts with Pikachu!

Vespa in a Skate Park

Aside from all the posturing, this video is really neat!

The Best Invention

Hey! Faak Uuuuuu!

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August 5, 2011

Friday Five: 8/5/11

You only get 20 birthdays: Patton Oswalt

5 years of Riff-Trax

Unlimited Detail Computer Graphics

holy shit!

Metropolis II by Chris Burden

1,200 matchbox cars in this kinetic sculpture

It’s MuthaFuckin Luchables!

In the vein of the “banned” porn-style Skittles commercial, this fake knock-off hardcore rap lunchables commercial kinda nails the genre. (NSFW for language and cultural insensitivity). The song is pretty good though. reminds me of the GTA: San Andreas soundtrack.

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July 29, 2011

Friday Five 7/29/11

2-D photography Rube Goldberg Machine

Amazing Police Motorcycle skills

Credit where credit is due!

The Barfing Cup!

With hilarious sound effects.

Carol Burnett and friends Bloopers and Bust ups

I grew up watching this show.

Flash Gordon Cartoon Intro

We’ve been watching the ’67 Spider-man cartoons on Netflix recently and it reminded me of watching the Flash Gordon cartoon with my dad as a kid. I think it came on super early and the weird creatures scared me (I can’t have been more than 5 or 6 when it originally aired), but I still remember being really into it.

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July 22, 2011

Friday Five 7/22/11

1970s NASA video about colonizing space

This is so real deal it’s awesome. That opening soundtrack and graphic is what irony-laden bands are striving for these days.

Kittens on DJ equipment

I want to believe this is real. Looks like this would be a lot harder to fake than actually letting some kittens go hog-wild on your equipment. They’re pretty good though.

Dubstep Mime – Dr P Big Boss

Weird lipsync with stock digital effect and the craziest teeth ever seen in a music video. This guy looks like he should be on Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.

Speed pipe-smoking competition

Put this in your pipe and smoke it.

Creepy Scene from David Lynch’s Lost Highway

I’ve never seen this movie, nor have I seen much of David Lynch’s filmography, but this scene was indeed instantly chilling especially for what is essentially just a three minute conversation. Now I must track down and watch this movie before I hear anything else about it since the time-limit to not expect spoilers has long since expired.

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July 15, 2011

Friday Five 7/15/11

Creepy distorted face Illusions

These unaltered photos combine in your peripherals to create some truly horrifying shapes and faces. This could be an interesting training tool for caricatures.

Holy Robin Compilation

Holy Editing Excellence Batman!

Abandoned Amusement Park in Kansas

No Joy from Mike Petty on Vimeo.

Love it.

Painting a bowl

Strap a spray can to the bottom of your board and skate the bowl. Nice patterns emerge. Well executed.

Christopher Walken reads The Three Little Pigs

Also dig that Cosby sweater.

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July 8, 2011

Friday Five: 7/8/11

Seagull steals video camera

Did this guy have his camera stuffed inside a churro?

Beautiful solstice lantern festival

just watch.

Fluttershy sings Pinkie Pie’s song: Reggie Watts’ “Fuck Shit Stack.”

Fuckshit is magic!

Two Ugly Dogs on Swings

Enough said.

Bite the Bag!

Forget planking, there’s a new game in town sweeping America! Bite the bag! Pick up the bag with your teeth while standing on one foot. You get three tries. If you fall; you’re out! Wheeeee!

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