Tag: Videos

David Prowse as Vader

Despite knowing all about Prowse, I’d never actually heard his voice before today. Thank the gods for James Earl Jones!

Trusk, Meet Wall

The truck’s doing 50mph. The wall is one of those security barriers in front of secure buildings. It would appear that they work.

São Paulo Scrubbed of Outdoor Ads

What I wouldn’t give for a Cork like this!

WebUrbanist: Outdoor advertising is so ubiquitous in almost every urban setting around the world, it’s difficult to walk down a street, take an escalator or sit on a bench without getting slapped in the face with one product or another. But the city of São Paulo, Brazil is like an advertising ghost town: all of its billboards stand oddly blank and empty.

In September of 2007, the world’s fourth-largest metropolis was scrubbed of almost every type of outdoor advertising – even pamphlets. It’s all part of mayor Gilberto Kassab’s quest to eliminate visual clutter, making the city itself the focal point rather than colorful, increasingly desperate marketing campaigns.

Police Academy

The guys that fall over are midly amusing, but keep watching…

Caminito del Rey

See the line about two-thirds of the way up? Look closer.

Caminito del Rey

Now check out the video. It’s long, but it gets better as it goes on. Or scarier, depending on how you look at it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNSVcmBnt-o

That’s one brave man. Or stupid, depending on how you look at it…