Mark Jenkins: Packing Tape Sculptures
Using something as innocuous as tape, Mark Jenkins is able to incredibly lifelike figures. His public installation pieces are whimsical, funny, and even a little unsettling.
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The Amazing Tape Art of Max Zorn
Max Zorn does some amazing things with some ordinary tools. He’s able to make incredibly textured and detailed images using just plexi-glass, tape and a plain razor. He then places these works high above the street, using street lamps as both a canvas and a source of illumination.
Clay Shirky Video: Why SOPA is a Bad Idea
Shirky does a remarkable job articulating the history and the problem of copyright violation, and why measures like SOPA/PIPA are incredibly problematic. He is clear, concise, and is able to summarize a complex topic and make it digestible. More than that, he’s able to describe the inherent problems way better than anyone else I’ve read or heard.
Lionel Richie’s “Hello,” Set To Movie Dialogue
Matthijs Vlot does a masterful job stitching in dialogue across tons of movies, all to the lyrics of Lionel Richie’s classic 80’s song Hello.
Recursive Google Image Search, Starting with a Transparent Image
Sebastian Schmieg found a novel way to use Google’s Image Search: he started with a transparent .png file, asked Google to return similar images, and kept feeding the top result back into Google for another search. For those who don’t work with image files every day, a transparent .png file is comparable to a pane of glass. It is nothing more than a square of transparency… which makes the search results all the more fascinating.
TED: Luis von Ahn on CAPTCHAs and Massive-Scale Online Collaboration
Whenever you’re filling out a CAPTCHA (those blurry, wavy words they sometimes force you to type on web pages), you should think of Luis von Ahn. He was involved in the early days of CAPTCHAs, but ended up starting a company called reCAPTCHA that revolutionized this seemingly mundane task.
Snape, Snape, Severus Snape
Liz and I watched this video with Paige and Audrey several times. This was one of their favorites, and it was uncanny (and a little scary) how well they knew all the words.
Moran Cerf: On Robbing Banks and Saying Yes
Moran Cerf had an incredibly interesting day job: breaking into banks. I don’t want to say anymore, so I strongly, strongly encourage you to watch this video and to listen to his story. Say “yes” to watching this – I promise, it’s well worth your time.
The Nicest Place on the Internet: Hugs From People You’ve Never Met
Having one of those days full of sad rainclouds, where nothing’s quite going right? Well swing on over to the nicest place on the internet, and we’ll see if we can’t make you feel a little better.
Made entirely from user submissions, the site features a rolling display of people hugging their webcams – and is surprisingly moving. Users can also create their own videos on YouTube and submit them to the site for possible inclusion.
Helmet Cam: Mieders Alpine Coaster, No Brakes
Shot by David Ellis, this first person view of an alpine coaster in Mieders, Austria is pretty spectacular. If you can, I highly recommend watching it full-screen – you’ll be gripping your seat as he careens down hillsides, over and through bridges and tunnels.
Statler and Waldorf vs. Milton Berle
“Hey. Hey Berle.”
Saw this on MetaFilter and it just made me laugh and laugh. I forgot how funny Statler and Waldorf are, and how they’re even more so when paired with a good comedian like Berle.
On the Set: Movie Clips Juxtaposed With Real Life Videos
I love that someone as crazy and as dedicated as Hervé Attia exists. Taking older, iconic films… he revisits the original filming locations, juxtaposing snippets of the film with contemporary footage. It’s hard to describe – it’s a bit like watching a movie age, before your eyes. And since he tends to favor movies from over 20 years ago… the aging effect is doubly so.
Skinemax
Though not exactly “Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes,” Smash TV’s Skinemax definitely triggers a lot of memories from the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
60 Second Adventures in Thought
The Grandfather Paradox is part of a six video series by the Open University, entitled 60 Second Adventures in Thought. The clips are a bit like the Post-It Note Diaries – but themed around concepts of philosophy and physics. It’s pretty great stuff.
El Camino Del Rey: The World’s Most Dangerous Walkway
El Camino del Rey runs along a gorge in El Chorro, Spain. And it is, in a word: terrifying.