Filmmaker Francis Emerick’s fast-cut montage study of the diverse faces and places of New York City, recorded this month. Sez he:
I visited NYC for 12 days in June and brought my Canon 7D with me everywhere. I shot everthing at 60 fps and slowed it down in post using FCP X. I color graded it with VSCO using Aperture.
A ‘rare and beautiful dance’ featuring a curious oceanic whitetip shark and freediver Julie Andersen of Shark Angels. Filmmaker Paul Wildman sez:
…even Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip shark as “the most dangerous of all sharks”. Clearly they are not. And more than misunderstood, these sharks are critically endangered in many places on the globe.
Steve Mould demonstrates the very odd physics of the bead chain used in vertical blinds. He explainz:
The reason it self siphons is that the chain pulling down outside the beaker is longer (and heavier) than the chain pulling down on the inside of the beaker.The reason the chain loops up higher than the rim of the beaker is a bit of a mystery. I think it’s to do with the fact that the beads are changing direction and it can’t do that instantaneously as that would represent infinite acceleration. So a big loop is formed. I don’t know, something like that.
A romance-themed submission from the Tumblr Exploding Actresses, wherein actresses’ heads explode.
An ad for the Smart Fortwo from BBDO agency, playing on the fact that they’re as effective offroad as an offroader in the city.
Which is to say: not very.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee explained by your host Sparky Sweets PhD of Thug Notes, who drops critical summary and analysis all up in this bitch.
Unexpectedly poignant gelatinous stats from zefrank.
Free time. There’s not much of it.
Especially when you considOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfIIHs3r9TI
Dad catches son attempting to eat popsicles for breakfast.
Son manipulates situation to his adorable advantage.
Vancouver meteorologist Kristi Gordon responds spectacularly to the silhouette of a spider on an offsite weather cam.
(Hat tip: Aidan Buckley)
