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.
A nicely executed and intricate machine for turning the morning paper.
Slander by Trash Talk
An animated video for a punk band I’ve never heard of directed and animated by Jim Dirschberger the same guy who worked on Bob’s Burgers.
Dreamer/Dubstep
I’ve posted stuff by this guy before. Ignore all the set up and outro, this guy has some awesome dance moves… and on the Great Wall of China at that. Sweet!
Shit NOBODY Says
Ok. The “Shit _____ Says” phenomenon was overplayed almost immediately, but this pretty much seals the deal. Funniest on I’ve seen since the original.
Spidey vs. the Yeti
I loved these as a kid, and they were some of my first comics I ever owned. There are a ton more of these in related videos.
Jonah has loved his Here Comes Science DVD since he was tiny. We had Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s, but he was never as into them. The music is weirder and the animation is not quite as good (though maybe that’s why Corey and I didn’t like them as much and why we didn’t watch them as often).
Jonah happened to find ABCs and 123s in a box we were unpacking and put it on. The songs have grown on me and I was pretty blown away by the first two songs off the numbers album. The first, Zeros, is short but introduces children to the concept of zero. A number that means so much, but means nothing at all.
Zeros
And the second song on the video is about 1 and how there’s only one everything. And that if you thought of anything else that wasn’t included, then it also had to be included in the 1 everything that exists. Pretty high philosophy for a 3-4 year old if you ask me.
One Everything
TMBG manages to cover the concepts of everything and nothing, on and off, 0 and 1, in the first 4 minutes and makes it entertaining and intriguing to children and entertaining to adults. They certainly got my gears turning.
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.
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!
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.
Apparently it’s a thing? Sort of the robot dance for your fingers. There’s full body tutting as well. They make it look easy.
Bill Hicks on marijuana’s effect on evolution
I pretty much agree with everything this guy’s saying. I don’t know much about Bill Hicks, but I eager to look up some more. I’ve heard he was a big influence on Louis CK.
TPiR Cliffhanger Theme
My favorite. You know you know it! Yo dee oh dee Oh dee oh dee OH dee oh dee doooh OH dee oh dee doooh OH dee oh dee doooooooh
Old man shufflin’
Some old-timer got over-dubbed. Hilarity ensues. Reminds me of the Six Flags promo of the old man on the bus.
Drunk History Christmas Edition
Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Jim Carrey act out Twas the Night Before Christmas read by a very drunk historian.
Compare this to the time-lapse traffic footage from New York in Koyaanisqatsi and look at how organic and chaotic this is. Beautiful.
Black Friday Prank
Two guys make blind lists for each other and take them to Target to ask the employees for help finding the made up items. Turtle Mix? Mormon Disco Ball?
10 quick science tricks for parties!
You know… if you go to nerd parties…. like I do!
Scratch-built Lego farm equipment
This kid scratch built all the equipment on his farm out of Lego. Not only are they to scale, but this kid now knows how all the machines on his farm work. There’s a lot of talky talking in this video, but skip around to see the models.
Happy 11/11/11/11/11/11 day! Here are some videos for you to enjoy!
The GAG Quartet – le Internet Medley
This band does covers of internet memes because that’s what the internet is for. Well done medley.
First trailer for GTAV
I have no idea what system this is coming out for but I am excited to see more. I loved GTA:SA but I completely skipped playing GTA IV (not only because I didn’t have the correct system, but also because I heard it wasn’t very fun). I like the look of V from this tiny glimpse, but the realism is starting to bother me in my morals a bit perhaps because I’ve become a parent since I last played GTA. The last time I played San Andreas I stole a bike and kept showing off my tricks to the people on the streets. If they didn’t like my tricks, I’d punch ‘em. Then I jumped some cars off some ramps, but the bullet-fueled rampages just weren’t as much fun any more. #getting older
Abobo’s Big Adventure
Speaking of games I’m looking forward to, my good pal Roger and his friends put together this loving homage to classic video games staring your favorite Double Dragon baddie and mine, ABOBO (though for the record I’m a bigger fan of Abobo’s green counterpart). This game looks like amazing fun and I will be writing a full review once I’m able to play. Be warned, I suck at video games, so by full review, I probably mean a full review of the first three levels before I get frustrated and give up.
Welcome to Kitty City by Cyriak
Jonah calls the sliding glass doors behind which two extremely fat kitties sit at the other end of our apartment complex “Kitty City” when he rides his tricycle past it. I can only hope that THIS is what it looks like in his imagination.
ASIMO gets a speed boost
Robots are getting faster and are one step closer to being able to do the hokey pokey (and serve drinks afterwards). The future is here!
