This Is Brilliant
04/11/2010
Would’ve been better at xmas though. It’s an ad btw, sorry about that. Some ads are just good.
Would’ve been better at xmas though. It’s an ad btw, sorry about that. Some ads are just good.
This is for Kelvyn. Some of these are almost certainly fake – the basketball from the roof one was done by Mythbusters recently, although I haven’t seen it yet – but I’d guess most are real. You can’t really argue with the title: there’s an awful lot of dickheads out there, and “extreme” sports do very little for me, but some people are very definitely just plain awesome.
There aren’t many web videos that could hold my attention for 12 minutes, but this time-lapse of a tram junction rebuild in San Francisco just captivates. I actually went back to watch them pour the concrete a second time. :)
This is brilliant: get someone locked and get them to talk about something historical, interlace with reenactments with real actors. Unfortunately most of them are American history, but here’s a fab one about Tesla with Crispin Glover:
Caterpillars are supposed to be cute and soft! I remember watching them stroll about for hours – ok, I was 10 or so, minutes probably – during lovely summers in Garryvoe. This is just so wrong.
Boarding party retaking a ship from Somali pirates, via helmet-cam. Perhaps a few gamers will stop playing FPS games when they see what it’s actually based on? Ok, probably not. :)
I’d be surprised if any of ye haven’t seen this, but it’s brilliant so just in case…
Copyright © 2020 Adam Beecher. All Rights Reserved.