Kites in India

September 3, 2009 @ 6:28 pm

Kites in India from Macgregor on Vimeo.

Miguel de Olaso brought a RED ONE to India and filmed this beautiful video of what life is like in some parts of that country.

What if life was drawn on lined paper?

September 3, 2009 @ 5:42 pm

SCRIBE MUNDO DE PAPEL from ladies on Vimeo.

This ad called “Scribe” is made by CRU DE LADIES and shows what life might be like if everything was made on lined paper.

Man cut in half by train and lives to tell about it

July 20, 2009 @ 6:49 pm

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In June 2006, Truman Duncan, a railroad switch operator at the Gunderson Southwest yard in Cleburne, TX, fell onto the tracks and was run over by a moving train. The incident caused Truman’s body to be taken under the wheels of the train car which weighed about 20,000 pounds. As you can guess, Truman’s body was literally sliced in two, but amazingly, he did not die and was in the right mind to call 911 himself for assistance.

Today, Truman is alive and well and speaking out about the accident and how his life is still rich and full despite the loss of his left leg, pelvis, and kidney. He hopes that his inspiring words will convince war veterans that it is still worth living even if you are seriously injured in war.

In 2008, Truman Duncan and one of the doctors that is credited with saving his life (after 23 surgeries!) sat down with Matt Lauer on the Today Show to talk about the accident and how Duncan is keeping his spirits up and well with family and friends supporting him.

Video embedded below.

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Unknown life form in the sewers

June 30, 2009 @ 5:30 pm

This is supposedly video from a sewer cam (or pipe cam) that shows some sort of moving organism attached to the seams in the pipe. Freaky!!!

UPDATE: Gizmodo confirms that this life form is indeed real. Dr. Timothy S. Wood, an expert on freshwater bryozoa and an officer with the International Bryozoology Association says:

Thanks for the video – I had not see it before. No, these are not bryozoans! They are clumps of annelid worms, almost certainly tubificids (Naididae, probably genus Tubifex). Normally these occur in soil and sediment, especially at the bottom and edges of polluted streams. In the photo they have apparently entered a pipeline somehow, and in the absence of soil they are coiling around each other. The contractions you see are the result of a single worm contracting and then stimulating all the others to do the same almost simultaneously, so it looks like a single big muscle contracting. Interesting video.

And then Gizmodo posted this video of the worms in a lab. Gross.

Growing Up

June 28, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

Growing Up from Jr.canest on Vimeo.

This is a wonderful video about the fears some of us face as we grow up. But fear not because life is full of surprises!

A day with 3sixteen

June 2, 2009 @ 9:12 pm

A Day with 3sixteen from 3sixteen on Vimeo.

Hilton Carter directed, filmed, and edited this fabulous looking video that takes a look at the inner workings of men’s clothing company, 3sixteen.

I used to help 3sixteen out with stuff here and there, but that’s not why I’m posting this video. I’m posting it because it’s a good looking video (and the song is great!). Fo’sho.