Yakko’s World (Via the Movies)
For those of you familiar with Yakko’s World, this is a variation on the original… with all the countries spoken through dialog found in movies.
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The Six Forgotten Giants
Thomas Dambo is an artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and works primarily with recycled materials. His “Forgotten Giants” series consists of six, large-scale sculptures that are hidden in the woods.
The Other Liz and Felix
When the site loaded up, I looked at it and thought “Wait, this isn’t right.” This is… someone else’s wedding? A whole host of thoughts ran through my mind. Did my domain expire? Did someone take over my site, replacing my images with theirs? Where did all our wedding photos go?
Ten Meter Tower: A Short Film About a Big Jump
Ten Meter Tower is a fascinating, short documentary about decision and doubt. A part of the New York Times’s Op-Docs, the project found 67 people from an online ad, who had never been on a 10-meter (33 feet) diving tower before.
Daisy Gets Overly Ambitious With the Parsley
We noticed this thing with Daisy, though. When she starts eating, she grabs a big mouthful and just goes to town. She won’t try to pick out a modest piece – she’ll grab as much as she can manage, and then wrestle the whole thing in the air as she slowly chews it down.
LEGO Sisyphus Automata
Watching Adam and Norm create this machine from scratch was a delight. There is something great about watching nerds in their nerd zone, totally nerding it up. It’s amazing.
Whitman, Alabama
For two years, filmmaker Jennifer Crandall has crisscrossed this deep Southern state, inviting people to look into a camera and share a part of themselves through the words of Walt Whitman. The 19th century poet’s “Song of Myself” is a quintessential reflection of our American identities.
Astro Teller: Monkeys, Shakespeare, and the Fast Learning of Failure
I happened across this short clip of Astro Teller, talking about failure. Teller, whose name wasn’t cool enough and so needed an even cooler job title, is currently “Captain of Moonshots” at X (which is a very cool company).
Hebocon: A Robot Contest for Crappy Robots
“All the entrants are people who neither have the technical expertise, determination, nor the focus it takes to build an actual robot. That is why the robots in this contest can barely even move forward, and why they put on stunningly crappy sumo matches.”
Astronaut: YouTube Videos with Nearly Zero Views
Astronaut is a joint project by James Thompson and Andrew Wong, where users can get a glimpse of YouTube videos with nearly zero views.
The Poison Garden
I also love Jones’ incredibly dry descriptions, like when he just nonchalantly says “This is atropa belladonna. Four berries are enough to kill a child.”
Andrew McAfee: Are Droids Taking Our Jobs?
Thanks to Liz, I found out about this great TEDxBoston talk by Andrew McAffee on robots and jobs. It’s a nice companion piece to the recent news/announcement about the automated Amazon Go grocery store.
Amazon Go: Grocery Store with No Checkout Lines
Whenever we’re at the grocery store, I would oftentimes mention to Liz how inefficient the checkout lines were. I mean – there we are, standing there clutching our food, waiting for someone to manually scan each and every item.
Lazy Sunday: Pancakes, Dr. Strange, and Some Coding
Liz and I are both Benefict Cumberbatch fans, after getting hooked on Sherlock. I think he did a great job, and the movie was absolutely fantastic.
20×2 Chicago: What Do You Want?
Over the weekend, I got to participate in 20×2 Chicago – an event where 20 creatives are all given the same question. Each participant can answer however they like (presentation, reciting a poem, singing a song), so long as they do so in two minutes or less.