Archive for the 'Video' Category

Christian the friendly lion

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I’ve posted about this friendly lion before, but at the time I didn’t have any background information on the lion or the two men in the video.
It turns out that the lion’s name is Christian and that he was adopted by two men — John Rendall and Ace Berg — in 1969 as a cub [...]

Pennsylvania’s wooden rollercoasters

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I’m in Pennsylvania at the moment and I’ll be going back home later today. But in less than a week, I’ll be back in Pennsylvania again to ride some rollercoasters at Hershey Park.
This video report from The New York Times by Cindy Price talks about Pennsylvania abundance of wooden rollercoasters. The state officially has 15 [...]

My Drive Thru by Santogold, Julian Casablancas, and N.E.R.D.

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Santogold, Julian Casablancas, and N.E.R.D. have joined forces with Converse in a song entitled “My Drive Thru” (produced by Pharrell) that celebrates a century of the classic Converse brand in existence.
To help celebrate, Converse has put together a website that is full of paper cut-outs of some very big artists. The music video is equally [...]

The sound of jello wobbling

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

University College London has recorded the sound of jello wobbling by placing it inside an anechoic chamber, a special room whose walls are lined with sound-absorbent material. [via]
The jello recording was made so that it could be included in a “architectural jelly banquet” where leading architects from various firms will compete to construct the ultimate [...]

Western Spaghetti by PES

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

PES is back with yet another stunning stop-motion animation, this time in a video called “Western Spaghetti”.
The video shows the preparation and cooking of a bowl of spaghetti with various household items. At the end, you’re left with a wonderful looking fake dinner! YUM!

Replacing a MacBook Pro HDD is a complicated task

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Macbook Pro HDD switch in HD from max milion on Vimeo.
I’m posting this for future reference.
But also, I’m posting this because I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that it takes about 40 minutes just to switch out a HDD on the MacBook Pro.

Korean history channel

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

If you are Korean and you get angry, do not watch this.
ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL!
Thanks Eric!