Rider unknown.
His legend abides.
Category Archives: Video
A very pleasing experimental 4k CGI short by Maxim Zhestkov exploring the nature of the Universe formed by coalescing matter thrown out by exploding stars. To wit:
Everything around and inside us was conceived in a huge explosion of a star billions of years ago… and, probably, recycled from other matrices myriad times. In this eternal carousel of matter, particles gather, form complicated structures and then burst into all directions fusing atoms together and producing new elements and points of view, new colours and patterns of perception.
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A fascinating time-lapse video by Chinese videographer Wenting Zhu for the ongoing Beauty of Science series, exploring the dramatic crystallization of salts like potassium nitrate and sodium sulphate.
Not all chalk is the same. But you knew that.
As it turns out, the chalk that leading mathematicians, theoretical physicists and other blackboard monkeys put their faith in is Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk – a Japanese brand that, some claim, not only delivers a smooth and elegant line but possesses ‘mystical’ qualities.
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Bulk Handling Systems’ sorting robot Max-AI AQC-C – designed to operate safely alongside human co-workers on the sorting lines of recycling plants.
Ah yeah.
Plastic packaging today, skulls tomorrow.
https://vimeo.com/306739628
A toy designer tries to please his boss by resuscitating her dog in an accomplished short by CalArts student animator Andrea Reyes.
Footage (which would, in fairness, have been geeky and recondite even at the time) of a 1991 meeting of 8-track aficionados, including obligatory Eric Estrada fangirl and 8-track auteur Russ Furster at Delilah’s of Chicago.
The 8-track format was popular from the 1960s to the early 1980s, when it was replaced by cassette tapes.
You know, cassette tapes.
Rattle, rattle. Where the ribbon used to get snagged on the yoke and you had to stick in a pencil and wind the…
Never mind.
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Sundry remarkable people and their remarkable exploits. None of whom were you. Or done by you. exurb1a sez:
Please note that this wasn’t intended to be a diatribe against critics or experts. They obviously play an important role. It was more directed at the recreational cynicism one comes across in daily life from time to time, generally pointed at young artists. I have had the privilege to meet plenty of people 1000x more talented than me, who are simultaneously doubting their abilities because of some stupid comment made by an unpleasant teacher or jaded family member.
Previously: The Last Humans Left
