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Star Wars Main Title Theme (Vocal Cover)

Star Wars Main Title Theme (Vocal Cover)

Epic.

Thanks for the link, Tim!

May 10, 2012 Posted by | Movies, Music, Video | , , | 1 Comment

Walk off the Earth

Okay, I’m hooked on this group’s sound, skill and hijinks.

“Little Boxes”
“Somebody That I Used to Know”
“From Me To You” (Beatles)

Thanks for sharing this, Darren!

April 27, 2012 Posted by | Music, Video | , , | Leave a Comment

30-story Hotel Assembled in Two Weeks

30-story Hotel Assembled in Two Weeks

To say this is an incredible feat of engineering approaches understatement. I purposefully used the term “assembled” in the title since the parts of the hotel are prefabricated elsewhere. I’m sure that the prefabrication process will add a significant amount to the total time required for this 30-story hotel to come into existence.

Still, though, imagine living in that area, going on vacation for a few weeks and then returning home to see a 30-story hotel.

via Los Angeles Times

March 8, 2012 Posted by | Science and Technology, Video | , , , , | Comments Off

I Want To Live!

Project KARA (tech demo from Quantic Dream)

Though this is only a tech demo showing the “emotive capabilities” of a game engine on the PS3, it is an amazingly succinct and poignant narrative on the birth of self-awareness within a “newborn” android.

I also thought that embracing the “uncanny valley” within this context was a smart move. Since the featured character is an android, our expectations are lower for lifelike emotion—we are pleasantly surprised and in awe when we do see emotion. That subtlety drives the power behind this short film.

Enough of my chatter. Watch this film!

via BoingBoing via EuroGamer.net

March 8, 2012 Posted by | Movies, Science and Technology, Video | , , , , | 1 Comment

The Drunken Recount of Superman’s Death and Resurrection

The Drunken Recount of Superman’s Death and Resurrection

From nerdapproved.com:

If you’ve ever wanted to see a film version of death and resurrection of Superman as told by the 1992 DC Comic, this may be the closest you’ll ever get.

Max Landis, son of famed Animal House director John Landis, has created this live-action, drunken short film entitled “The Death and Return of Superman”, which mocks the concept of the story and stars Mandy Moore as Lois Lane, Elijah Wood as Hank Henshaw and Simon Pegg as John Landis (among other surprises).

This had me in tears. Tears! The cameos are awesome.

Head’s up on language and some NSFW-ish scenes.

via Nerd Approved

February 7, 2012 Posted by | Humor, Movies, Television, Video | , , | Comments Off

High Speed Video of Canon DSLR Shutter

The action begins at the 60 second mark.

Here’s a great video showing the mirror and shutter mechanism in a Canon DSLR. The action begins 60 seconds in.

Keep in mind that the entire real-time duration of the mirror swinging up, the shutter coming down, the exposure, the shutter coming back up and the mirror swinging down is .213 seconds.

Great find, Tom!

January 26, 2012 Posted by | Photography, Science and Technology, Video | , , , , | Comments Off

Glass Harp

Sugar Plum Fairy by P. Tchaikovsky performed by the Glass Duo

Ever since I was introduced to wine glasses and champagne flutes, I’ve always tried to make them sing a tone (maybe after a few drinks).

The Glass Duo takes this up a magnitude. I didn’t even realize this was a thing until I saw this on YouTube and saw the great swathes of related videos.

Awesome stuff.

December 16, 2011 Posted by | Music, Video | , , , , | Comments Off

World’s Smallest V-12 Engine

World’s Smallest V-12 Engine

What an amazing feat of handcraftsmanship!

via BoingBoing

November 28, 2011 Posted by | Geeks and Gadgetry, Video | , , , | Comments Off

Happy 25th Anniversary, Legend of Zelda!

The Recording of The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD

November 14, 2011 Posted by | Games and Gaming, Music, Video | , , | Comments Off

Symphony of Science

The Quantum World–Symphony of Science

I approve the use of auto-tuning in these brilliant videos.

Thanks for the link, Angelo!

November 10, 2011 Posted by | Music, Science and Technology, Video | , | Comments Off

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