A replica of the original 23rd century Star Trek communicator ($40 plus shipping from Thinkgeek) complete with lights, beeps and voiceclips but no orbiting starship to which you can be beamed to avoid a hiding, having activated the device in public.
Category Archives: Video
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A video highlighting the difficulties faced by members of the transgender community across Europe seeking gender recognition made for Transgender EU .
Bob Gallagher writes:
Proud to say the video was shot in Dublin with a talented mixture of Irish and international cast in front of the camera, and a very dedicated and brilliant crew behind it.
The video was made through an Irish production company called Invisible Thread, commissioned by TGEU in Berlin.
FIND OUT MORE: 34 Countries in Europe make this nightmare a reality (Transgender EU)
(Additional H/T: Jim Redmond)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgSieJU70BQ
A cockatoo runs around yelling incoherently.
There’s a metaphor here somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfH9oAiPH0
Guitarist Randy Bachman (even he, in a 2011 clip from his radio show) deconstructs the mysterious opening clang of the Beatle’s 1964 hit.
We always thought it was an A polytriad ii7/V in Ab major.
*strums yukulele abstractedly*
(Pic: filmforum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmYc1MNJaQc
Adobe celebrates a quarter century of creative layering.
Animator Bard Edlund visualises the paltry diversity of Oscar winners over the years (including his own advance predictions for 2015). He sez:
A lot of noise has been made about the lack of diversity among nominees for the Oscars this year. This video shows how many black, hispanic, and asian winners there have been throughout history, across four main categories — best actor/actress, supporting actor/actress, writing (original and adapted screenplays), and directing.
The Giggles
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In case you missed it (it’s been around since last year), behold one of many iterations of the El Risitas meme – based on this original video of Spanish comedy actor El Risitas (The Giggles) on a talkshow in 2007 relating a story about throwing pans into the sea during his earlier career working at a beach restaurant.
Multi-applicable infectious laughter for any occasion.
It is impossible to keep a straight face watching these.
Here’s one for the Nvidia 970 video card fiasco and another for the ridiculous American civil war game, The Order 1886.
via @glinner
A trailer for an upcoming film called Porgrave by Italian documentary filmmaker Sandro Bocci featuring coral, sponges and other undersea exotica under ulraviolet light.
Full screen, darkened room, surround sound, mystery pill and dragon-print kimono recommended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyG56NN6EEU
Mashed, what produced this, writes:
Do you remember that 90’s sitcom about a shark that was also a sofa?
Of course we do. Why do they never show repeats of that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F4zDVktElE
This just out – a compilation of live, prime time swooning.