Guy takes a standardized Euro-pallet, modifies it a bit to run on tracks, puts it on the tram tracks in Bratislava and takes a ride around the city…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/86508660]
Hat-tip to Tomáš Moravec for an awesome hack!
Tag: awesome
The Gunfighter
As if the story wasn’t good enough, it’s told by Ron Swanson Nick Offerman…
If you have 9 minutes to spare, switch to fullscreen, lean back and enjoy.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/79306807]
Why Thinkpads rock
So you’re in the market for a new notebook and wondering which one to get… Sure, those Macbooks are shiny and generally well built. Hell, even my heavily used and somewhat mistreated 8 year iBook G4 still works like a charm, albeit “a bit” slow by today’s standards. But if you’re concerned about durability, yet don’t want to log around a fully rugged Toughbook – nothing beats a IBM Lenovo Thinkpad.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXsDfuVctFk]
Built like a freaking tank!
Sushi, in Space!
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/34854673 w=640&h=360]
This was shot for a small chain of restaurants called Sticky Rice. They have a long history of doing marketing their own way and we knew they would love this idea. Email [email protected] for more info.
In collaboration with RVA TV and Bark Marketing, Sticky Rice launched a sushi plate of their popular Godzirra roll on January 1st of this year. Six months of planning and testing went into this project as a lot of variables were at play: -60F in space, FAA regulations, overheating or freezing batteries, GPS issues, stabilization, and how to make the damn sushi stay together in high winds.
Our team is hoping for national attention and plan to make a shorter commercial for local air play. We loved the Toshiba ‘Chair in Space’ commercial and it was the basis of this project wondering if it could happen on a shoe-string budget for a small business.
Technically, it was only near-space, but still… Great work guys – now I’m hungry. Mission accomplished.
So you think know how to ride a bike…
Unless you can do it like this guy, you don’t…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbC5yVqOdI]
Industrial Revolutions is the amazing new film from street trials riding star Danny Macaskill. Filmed and edited for Channel 4 ‘s documentary Concrete Circus.
Industrial Revolutions sees Danny take his incredible bike skills into an industrial train yard and some derelict buildings.’ Filmed in the beautiful Scottish countryside Danny Macaskill’s latest film was directed by Stu Thomson (Cut Media/MTBcut) for Channel 4’s documentary Concrete Circus.
www.CutMedia.com
www.DannyMacaskill.com
Music is ‘The Wolves’ by Ben Howard courtesy of Universal Island Records
How many continents are there?
Turns out, there’s no easy answer. Or right answer for that matter.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34]
Science! Making supposedly simple things complicated since… always.
Hayek vs. Keynes
Awesome YouTube discovery of the day:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk]
In Fear the Boom and Bust, John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek, two of the great economists of the 20th century, come back to life to attend an economics conference on the economic crisis. Before the conference begins, and at the insistence of Lord Keynes, they go out for a night on the town and sing about why there’s a “boom and bust” cycle in modern economies and good reason to fear it.
Get the full lyrics, story and free download of the song in high quality MP3 and AAC files at:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc]
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession ended almost two years ago, in the summer of 2009. Yet we’re all uneasy. Job growth has been disappointing. The recovery seems fragile. Where should we head from here? Is that question even meaningful? Can the government steer the economy or have past attempts helped create the mess we’re still in?
In “Fight of the Century”, Keynes and Hayek weigh in on these central questions. Do we need more government spending or less? What’s the evidence that government spending promotes prosperity in troubled times? Can war or natural disasters paradoxically be good for an economy in a slump? Should more spending come from the top down or from the bottom up? What are the ultimate sources of prosperity?
Keynes and Hayek never agreed on the answers to these questions and they still don’t. Let’s listen to the greats. See Keynes and Hayek throwing down in “Fight of the Century”!