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July 29, 2011

Friday Five 7/29/11

Filed under: animation,Budge,cool tricks,F-ed up!,nerds,stunt,stupid,technology,Uncategorized — Tags: 70s, Barf, cartoons, cup, flash gordon, motorcycle, obstacle course, police, soda — Tod @ 9:35 am

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 1, 2011

Friday Five: 7/1/11

Filed under: animals,Budge,cool art,cool tricks,Drugs,F-ed up!,robot,science,technology — Tags: abandoned buildings, Aerojet, bark, cassini, cat, catch, dog, high-speed, juggle, meow, robots, rocket, space, urban exploration — Tod @ 9:30 am

High-speed robot hand

Oh for fuck’s sake. when these things take over we are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!

Cassini mission set to music

CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.

I could watch this for forever. space is fun!

Abandoned Aerojet Rocket Factory in Florida

Space Miami – Aerojet-Dade Rocket Site Documentary from Coffee and Celluloid on Vimeo.

As an urban exploration nut, this is the fascination to me. I especially love the voice over historical narration to give some depth to the images.

Cat that gets busted barking like a dog

Here’s that damned cat that everyone has seen already barking like a dog until it gets caught by its owner and then… meow!

Freakoutman – Only you make my dreams come true

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April 22, 2011

Friday Five: 4/22/11

Filed under: animals,animation,technology,Uncategorized — Tags: boxing, cats, china, ghost town, japan, jim mahfood, kittens, marijuanna, radiolab, robots, symmetry — Tod @ 9:38 am

Real life Rock ‘em Sock ‘em

What could go wrong with teaching robots to punch humans? I kept expecting the robot’s head to go “sproing”

Ghost towns and malls in China

A whole empty city to explore! fun!

Symmetry

Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.

WOW! A short film about life by Everynone in collaboration with WNYC | Radiolab. Brilliant!

Jim Mahfood’s Marijuana Man

This is a little late for 4/20, but i think it looks really neat. I haven’t been excited about new books in a while, but i will totally give my money to Image for this.

Kittens in cups!

Or bowls… whatever. They’re crazy over there in Japan!

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April 15, 2011

Friday Five: 4/15/11

Filed under: animals,science,technology,Uncategorized — Tags: AR, augmented reality, bluegrass, careless whisper, radiohead, rube goldberg, saxophone — Tod @ 10:00 am

Suwappu! Augmented reality toys

This looks really neat. I’d love a chance to play around with some of this.

Bluegrass Radiohead Cover

The Punch Brothers cover 2+2=5 at the 2010 Pick-a-thon

Sexy Sax Man (Careless Whisper)

This guy is pretty douch-y, but he’s good at what he does. and what he does is play Careless Whisper over and over again to the chagrin of security guards everywhere.

Rube Goldberg Photo booth

Rube Goldberg Photobooth from Crawford & Nelson on Vimeo.

Granted it’s not a continuous take, but i still love machines like this.

How round are your circles?

Where Mathematics and engineering meet. Precision machines.

Listen to this while watching the Circles video

I recently learned the actual definitions of Dubsteb and have been digging some deep bass wobbles. Use this as a soundtrack for the mathy goodness above.

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April 8, 2011

Friday Five: 4/8/2011

Filed under: animals,cool tricks,technology,Uncategorized — Tags: cars, cat, Comics, differential gear, ice, mahfood, marley — Tod @ 9:20 am

Riots in Richmond VA after the VCU basketball loss to Butler

VCU Riot after 2011 Final Four from MONDIAL on Vimeo.

Brilliantly edited and if this had been a political event instead of a sports loss, this would be a really powerful and inspiring video. instead it’s just creepy and chilling. It’s weird to see my old campus with cops in riot gear marching down broad street.

Boingboing’s Cory Doctorow TED talk

On privacy, kids, facebook and the technology to get around it all.

How a differential gear works

i had no idea. yeah science!

Best of a Normal Day

I love videos like this, but i always shudder at the amount of failed attempts that must be on the cutting room floor.

Cat confused by fish under ice

no explanation needed.

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April 1, 2011

Friday Five: 04/01/2011

Filed under: animals,cool art,cool tricks,F-ed up!,Flash games,nerds,science,stupid,technology,TV,Uncategorized — Tags: babies, battle, DJO, dogs, eating, finger, hands, overdub, star trek, twins — Tod @ 9:31 am

Two Dogs enjoying dinner

This never gets old to me.

Star Trek Overdub: DJO Chocolate Slut

For Jay on his birthday!

Finger Battle

Best new game for your touch sensitive device!

Classic Video Game Deaths

via boingboingvideo complete with a chip-tune version of Gary Jules’ Mad World.

Twin Babies Having a Conversation (Creepy!)

blah blah blah? Blah blah blah!

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March 11, 2011

Friday Five: 3/11/2011

Filed under: animation,music video,robot,science,technology — Tags: 8-bit, harpo, indie game, lance burton, magic, marx brothers, milton berle, segway, sleight of hand, solo wheel, superbrothers, swords and sworcery — Tod @ 10:31 am

Superbrothers: Swords & Sworcery

Audience Calibration Procedure from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery on Vimeo.

This looks amazing. I love the 8-bit style but they’re really bringing something new to it too. Look for more around the vernal equinox.

Nostromo – Binary Overdrive

Not sure what this is from, but it’s gorgeous. Not so into the song but the animation is amazing. Thanks Wattana for the tip!

Solowheel

Hey, it’s those little wheelie things from the comic B.C. For the low low price of $1500 you can have this truncated segway that’s far more portable (if maybe a little less comfortable to ride).

Harpo Marx vs. Milton Berle

That Harpo is a talented guy. Note the Kraft Kitchens plug at the very end!

Lance Burton Magic

I’m a sucker for sleight of hand and this routine is amazing.

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January 14, 2011

Friday Five: 1/14/2011

Filed under: animation,cool tricks,music video,nerds,robot,science,stupid,technology,Uncategorized — Tags: 80s, advertainment, beck, commercials, debt, drummer, drums, friday five, inxs, jellyfish, Mtv, ping pong, roanoke, robot, speed, spending, st vincent, super delicious ingredient force, superheroes, taco bell, time warp, turd — Tod @ 10:05 am

Drummer on high-speed

From Time Warp. I miss that show. Also this guy is sick fast.

Never Tear Us Apart

One of my favorite INXS songs covered by Beck and Annie from St. Vincent

Turdbusters

This 100% legit and real commercial is from the town i grew up in. Stay classy guys.

Super Delicious Ingredient Force

Holy crap. For advertainment, this is awesome!

Debtris

A well done info-graphic about the size and scale of our worldwide spending.

Jellyfish – The MTV theme

Heard this the other day and it brought back major flashbacks. I remember watching MTV at the neighbor’s house when i would visit my grandparents LONG before I had cable of my own. They had one of those big click-button boxes for changing the channels. Thanks to Jason for pointing me to the band responsible for this piece of television history.