Never let it be said that science and art are opposites: this mesmerising video is one of the results of a collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and the Rubin Museum of Art. Watch in HD!
Archive for December, 2009
A quick look at the entire universe
Posted by Martin Poulter on 18 December 2009
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Anthropological introduction to YouTube
Posted by Martin Poulter on 18 December 2009
A genuine lecture at the US Library of Congress, this 56-minute video explains how the video-sharing site (and other social media sites) transformed the media world. Includes cats, babies and Moldovan pop, but it’s for the sake of science!
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Beer, coffee, bacon and armoured pets
Posted by Martin Poulter on 18 December 2009
Matthew Inman’s distinctive, colourful cartoons as The Oatmeal are hilarious and often truly educational. A personal selection:
- How to prepare your pets for war
- How a web design goes straight to Hell (starring Miffles the dog)
- Twenty things worth knowing about beer
- How to ride a pony (“If you are carrying a running chainsaw, be sure to flip the kill switch”)
- Fifteen(ish) things worth knowing about coffee
- Why bacon is better than true love
Dave K writes, “Not only funny – but educational too. I just learnt a thing or two about coffee whilst laughing rather a lot. Am I easily pleased? Who cares – that’s just gotta be the best way to learn. “
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Name your wi-fi
Posted by Martin Poulter on 12 December 2009
A way to send a passive-aggressive message to your neighbours: name your home wi-fi something insulting.
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The Best of FAIL Blog
Posted by Martin Poulter on 12 December 2009
Follow the link and scroll down for a video compilation of the year’s top ten fails.
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Avatar versus Team America
Posted by Martin Poulter on 12 December 2009
A brilliant mashup: visuals from Team America set to audio from the Avatar trailer (with one hilarious exception).
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Gay porn prank ruins LCD television
Posted by Martin Poulter on 11 December 2009
From Chicago Craigslist, a TV available totally for free, because the owner’s room mate freeze-framed a gay porn video for two weeks while the owner was away.
EDIT: The ad has been taken down and we can’t find it in an archive. Apologies!
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Review of the Year 2009
Posted by Martin Poulter on 11 December 2009
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The Behemothian Potpourri
Posted by Paul Smith on 10 December 2009
This is a very amusing reworking of the mighty Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody by StSandersMisc. Very well synched, brilliantly surreal lyrics and just plain daft. I’m sure Freddy would have approved. Would probably make Brian May’s hair curl though.
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27b/6 – Go Away!
Posted by Vince on 10 December 2009
In the vein of Henry Root – I have just discovered 27b/6 (Click Logo for entry) “Simon’s Pie Charts” is a great place to start. I have no idea if any of the communication is authentic. Love it!
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The Kewl Doodz 'n' Chyx 