This Irish man takes on the sport of sailing (and it’s spectators) in grand fashion.
UPDATE: Video has been taken down because the IOC hate awesomeness existing on the internet. Mirror video available here.
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s “View from the Window at Le Gras” was taken in 1826 and is considered the world’s oldest surviving photograph. Starting September 9, the photo, which is usually housed in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, will be on display at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim.
A slideshow by renowned animal photographer Tim Flach with annotations about their body language
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Following on from Boris Johnson’s Olympic Welcome, is cassetteboy’s re-edit of 15 editions of The BBC’s News at Six. Brilliant.
Using actual 1970’s Carl Zeiss Super Speed lenses, this music video successfully recreates the retro look and feel of 70s/80s action shows and with great tongue in cheek humor.
There’s also a great interview with the makers via Watch the Titles (also great).
The latest from the great SoundWorks Collection website.
With two prior DUIs, David Wheaton led cops along highways around western and northern Houston, at one point reaching 92 mph, the official limit for the micro-vehicle. Eventually Wheaton drove all the way to his driveway, where police arrested him without fuss.
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Also, Google Maps is teaming up with NASA to add street view of the Kennedy Space Center. Awesome.
To hell with kids after a dentist visit, doped up cat videos are the future.
