Move, Eat, Learn
MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..
Via Rick Mereki
Footage from Cassini orbiter set to music
This video montage from the Cassini orbiter was compiled into a video montage by Chris Abbas. Crazy amazing.
CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.
Via BoingBoing
Steampunk laptop
Datamancer is taking preorders for the Steampunk Laptop. More at datamancer.
SEAL Photos
I love these shots of the Navy SEAL hopefuls shot by Joe Mcnally. He has more shots and descriptions at his site. I remember seeing these in the National Geographic years ago. Well done.
If it weren’t for your wedding dress, I wouldn’t be here
In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over Yowata, Japan, when their engine caught fire. The crew was forced to bail out. Suffering from only minor injuries, Hensinger used the parachute as a pillow and blanket as he waited to be rescued. He kept the parachute that had saved his life. He later proposed to his girlfriend Ruth in 1947, offering her the material for a gown.
Ruth wanted to create a dress similar to one in the movie Gone with the Wind. She hired a local seamstress, Hilda Buck, to make the bodice and veil. Ruth made the skirt herself; she pulled up the strings on the parachute so that the dress would be shorter in the front and have a train in the back. The couple married July 19, 1947. The dress was also worn by the their daughter and by their son’s bride before being gifted to the Smithsonian.
And another:
Star Wars Lego 10,000 piece Sandcrawler
Marshal Banana‘s 10,000 piece Lego Sandcrawler. Apparently this took him 9 months to complete. It’s some super awesome nerd art.
