What happens when you take a bunch of nude female mannequins and attach them to skateboards? You get a strangely fascinating video. The subititle is perfect: “Mannequins on skateboards. With predictable results. Somehow captivating.” Oh, the humanity. (But not the huge manatee.) link via me-fi
Posts Tagged: video
The Muppet Matrix
This is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on YouTube. It’s The Matrix, starring Kermit the Frog as Neo.
NBC Wakes Up
Now, instead of searching the web for “borrowed” NBC highlights, you can go to the source! We’ve taken your viral favorites and gathered them into one convenient location. Watch. React. Tell a friend. In an incredible burst of sanity, NBC has decided to do something sensible. My flabber is gasted. PS: Yes, the Natalie Portman… Read more »
Video Blog Business Models: SXSW 2006
On Tuesday I attended a panel at SXSW titled “Video Blog Business Models“. The description of the panel — from the SXSW website — was “We have the technology, but where is the money? Learn the newest ideas for pulling revenue from the new world of blogged video content.” It was moderated by (MOD) Chris… Read more »
Democratization of the Moving Image: SXSW 2006
On Tuesday I attended a panel at the SXSW Day Stage titled “Democratization of the Moving Image” featuring Andrew Baron (AB) and Amanda Congdon (AC) of rocketboom. I’ve been downloading the show ever since TiVo recommended it to me, and I love it, so it was great to get to see these two explain their… Read more »
My Evil Twin
Suspect: That Burglar Is My Evil Twin Brother! William Earl Dykes, 40, says a convenience store’s surveillance video doesn’t show him breaking into the store — it’s his “evil twin brother” who’s carrying out the crime. Police aren’t buying the story, which has been debunked by the man’s sister. Dykes has a brother, she says,… Read more »
SuperBowl Video Sets Record for Sales
The plot held no secrets, the characters were familiar, and yet neither the players nor fans who gathered at the premiere of the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl highlight video seemed to care that they saw most of the material before. Although it first went on sale this week, the video has already set a… Read more »
WebCam Movie
I stole an idea from Bry and decided to run a little “best of” movie in place of my regular cam shot. Don’t despair. You can still click on the photo to pop open a floating window to see what I’m doing at the moment (as long as the cam is recording). I used a… Read more »
organization
On organizing movies: That’s interesting. I hadn’t even noticed that I meticulously order all my CDs, but not the stacks and stacks of VHS tapes that we’ve collected. They are *almost* completely random. At the old place in G-ville there was one rack where I put the best of the best (Star Wars trilogy, Indiana… Read more »