The cartilage pulverising downhill jump course of Heaven’s Gate at Tianman Mountain in China – a 999 step, 45 degree descent that freerunner Calen Chan completes with a GoPro camera clamped in his mouth.
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An award-winning short from British animator Ollie Magee. To wit:
A falling man finds peace in his fate as a he learns to let go of emotion, sensation and his physical body. His impact on the city and people below is felt if only for a brief moment.
A wonderful, surreal, bonkers short by Kieran Sugrue featuring James – a boy brought back from the dead to fight ‘demon ghosts’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntG9rLiEhfU
In a new installment of his “Don’t Be A Dummy’ series, Johnny T laments the fact that new media does not observe old rules.
Previously: Don’t Google Your Illness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2FOUE0N3MU
a compilation of celebrations gone wrong (and occasionally right) from Fail Army.
Previously: Truck Ups
The trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) recut by Mashable Watercooler as a comedy wherein Jonesy wreaks adorable havoc on board the Nostromo.
https://vimeo.com/219216194
Photos (colourised by mathematician and software pro Gerald Eichstädt) taken by the Juno Spacecraft during its last transit of Jupiter brought to life by Sean Doran.
Juno flies over the surface of the gaseous planet every 53 days, recording six megabytes of data for two hours which takes 36 hours days to download
Insane Cherry’s cover of Haddaway’s What Is Love? using animal sounds sampled from YouTube videos.
Just the thing to start your day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju83joQi9gk
Joe – the wonderfully squirrelised uncle of one of the Glove and Boots’ team – tells the tale of his tail.
Warning: Uncle Joe’s tale, while darkly hilarious, is not for the squeamish
Previously: Don’t Google Your Illness