Freak tries to swallow the iPod Shuffle

Posted by Joel Johnson, April 22, 2009 11:37 AM | permalink

Jesus Diaz convinces sword-swallower Heather Holiday to try to down the iPod Shuffle.

Burroughs on Cut-Ups (Historic Audio Remixed to Fanciful Video Visuals)

Posted by Xeni Jardin, April 20, 2009 7:28 PM | permalink

Matti Niinimäki says, "I have always liked the voice of William S. Burroughs and I've always wanted to do something with the Origin and Theory of the Tape Cut-Ups clip. Now I have. Also includes a cut-up example by Brion Gysin." Cut-Ups (video, on Vimeo, thanks Richard Metzger)

Chico Science e Nação Zumbi: Maracatu Atômico

Repost from
Chemical Beats

Hamster Makes Carrot Disappear

Waking the Baby Mammoth

Posted by Alex in Animal, Science & Tech, Video Clips on April 14, 2009 at 4:35 pm

This is pretty cool: National Geographic Channel has a fantastic feature titled Waking the Baby Mammoth, about the discovery of a well-preserved body of a baby woolly mammoth:

Only a handful have ever been found before. But none like her. Her name is Lyuba. A 1-month-old baby mammoth, she walked the tundra about 40,000 years ago and then died mysteriously. Discovered by a reindeer herder, she miraculously re-appeared on a riverbank in northwestern Siberia in 2007. She is the most perfectly preserved woolly mammoth ever discovered. And she has mesmerized the scientific world with her arrival - creating headlines across the globe.

Link | More Videos - Thanks Minjae!

Previously on Neatorama: Scientists Took CT Scans of a Baby Mammoth

Loop of Disney video that rips off other Disney video

Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 13, 2009 11:48 PM |

Ren sez, "This is a smashing video that remixes scenes from Disney movies that appear to be traced from one another. The effect is super-bizarre, but it explains why I was never able to tell those princesses apart!"

Disney Templates (Thanks, Ren!)

Fake People Tell Fake Stories About The Threat Of Gay Marriage

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE NERVE OF THESE F*%$ING ASSHOLES!!! TALK ABOUT INTOLERANCE!!!
THIS IS PURE BIGOTRY I TELL YOU!!! PURE FIN' BIGOTRY!!!

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, April 9, 2009 12:22 PM |

Baratunde’s Posterous posted this unwonderful video produced by The National Organization for Marriage, describing it as "Fake People Tell Fake Stories About The Threat Of Gay Marriage."

I don't know if the people are fake or not [UPDATE: They are actors], but they are assholes. One woman whines plaintively, "My freedom will be taken away," if gays are allowed to marry. What -- her freedom to be intolerant?

Here is one of the videos of the dumb motherf*&%ers auditioning to be a part of an ad for an organization of evil fu$%ing bigots. I hope this organization rots slowly in Hell for there ignorance and intolerance. FU@K OFF NOM!!!

Workplace Safety Video

Apparently this is an actual workplace safety video.

One string diddley bow

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, April 8, 2009 9:13 PM |

I found this video of Wade playing his homemade one-string diddley bow on Cigar Box Nation. Fantastic.

Only the best pallet wood, chicken can and drywall screws money can buy to build this fine instrument. This is an off the cuff song I came up with to go with this mean piece of wood.

Be sure to check out the other videos of one, two, three, and four-stringed homemade musical instruments.

Moog Synths + Beer = an ingenious ad campaign

Legend of Zelda theme on Tesla coils

Posted by Rob Beschizza, March 26, 2009 7:21 AM |

Extreme LED-art sheepherding

Posted by Rob Beschizza, March 23, 2009 10:22 AM |



Wherein Pong is played on a hillside using LED-wrapped sheep, time-lapse photography, and very energetic dogs. And perhaps some video editing.

Short Film: GE's Principles of Electricity (1945)

Posted by Joel Johnson, March 19, 2009 11:16 AM |

Stolen directly from our betters at MAKE:, the 1945 short film "Principles of Electricity" from General Electric, full of appealing animation.

Previously: Short Film: The Electrician (1942)

The Electrician (1942)

"Shake Your Tail Feather"

Elongated skulls discovered in Russia

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, March 3, 2009 11:18 AM |

Archeologists in Siberia have found several elongated skulls in the forest. They're from the 4th century A.D.

The most likely explanation was that ancient communities deliberately deformed the skulls of infants, possibly with the intention of increasing their mental abilities.

Strange Elongated Skulls Discovered

The World's Shortest Escalator

Impress, a smooshy 3D touchscreen by Silke Hilsing

Impress, a smooshy 3D touchscreen by Silke Hilsing

Posted by Joel Johnson, February 13, 2009 10:41 AM |

I'm having a little bit of difficulty parsing the art-speak, but I'm pretty sure from the pictures that "DIS.PLAY" is a prototype projection surface that responds to not only touch in two dimensions, but smooshed down into a third.

impress - flexible display from Sillenet on Vimeo.

Oh, there's a video! Now I get it. Silke Hilsing, I like everything about this. Good job!

The Skeleton Dance (Disney 1929)

This is a great piece from Morbid Anatomy!

"The Skeleton Dance," Disney Silly Symphonies, 1929



Find out more about this animation here.
Posted by JE at 1:46 PM
Labels: animation, cartoon, Skeleton