Time Treasure

"Time Treasure: They have returned" is a location based augmented reality game that overlays game characters over objects in the real world. This awesome idea along with augmented reality applications like Layar and SixthSense, demonstrates the great potential of augmented reality applications.

The English Language In 24 Accents

This is probably the fastest growing viral video of all times: it gathered more than 2 million views since September 18, 2010, which is less then a month.



The guy is absolutely amazing - everyone who saw this video were amazed by how precise he is in faking those accents.

And the kudos go to Vahideh jaaaaan who shared this "must see" masterpiece with me :)

Armless Pianist Wins 'China's Got Talent'

Liu Wei, a 23 years old armless pianist who lost both arms in a childhood accident and plays the piano with his toes, has won China's Got Talent. Liu Wei performed his version of James Blunt's love song You're Beautiful to a packed audience at the Shanghai Stadium.



Liu's arms were amputated after he suffered an electrical shock while playing hide-and-seek when he was 10.

At the age of 18, he decided to pursue a career in music, using his feet to play the piano, much as he uses them to navigate on the computer, eat, dress and brush his teeth.

Source: The Independent: Armless pianist wins 'China's got talent'

Fruit and Vegetable Decomposition

If you like time-lapse photography as much as I do, you'll certainly enjoy this video:



The author of this video took a picture every ten minutes initially. but the playback at 30 frames per second was too long, so he used a quarter of the images, making it 1 picture every 40 minutes. The video spans 74 days. The growth at the end of the video is from the potato. Also, the hundreds or thousands of little specks you see buzzing around are fruit flies.

Source: Henry's Webiocosm Blog: Fruit and Vegetables Decomposing, Time-lapse

Thanks to Roozbeh for sharing this nice time-lapse.

Barefooting

Never thought this would be possible until Heather shared this awesome video...



Turns out barefooting was invented back in 1947 and currently has its own World Barefoot Council within International Water Ski Federation

Jedi Mind

This amazing technology, developed by Jedi Mind, Inc., allows the user to interact with the computer and other machines through the power of the mind!



The technology involves the use of a wireless headset, which detects brainwaves on both the conscious and non-conscious level. This revolutionary neural processing technology makes it possible for computers to interact directly with the human brain.

Surely enough George Lucas has sued 'Jedi Mind' for $5 million for alleged trademark infringement.

Saw Guillaume watching this video in Le Monde's article "Pour George Lucas, la guerre des clones aura bien lieu", so kudos to him for reading it regularly.

What different sorting algorithms sound like

This particular audibilization is just one of many ways to generate sound from running sorting algorithms. Here on every comparison of two numbers (elements) the author plays (mixing) sin waves with frequencies modulated by values of these numbers...



See also:

• Author's comments to the video
  
• but what does it SOUND like?
  
• Musical Sorting Algorithms
  
• Musical Chess
• Sorting algorithms: quite boring until you add sound effects
  

Thanks to Aws for this "Awsome" "audibilization" ;)

Indian Pole Dancing

A very interesting pole dancing competition in India ...



The dance is called Mallakhamb (or Malkhamb) and is a traditional Indian sport in which a gymnast performs feats and poses while hanging from a vertical wooden pole or rope. Mallakhamb also refers to the pole used in the sport.

Typewriter Orchestra

Viennese Percussionist Martin Breinschmid with his version of the "Typewriter"...



Live at the BASF concert hall Ludwigshafen,Germany 2008,Strauß Festival Orchestra Vienna. Thanks to Dima for sharing.

Male Satisfaction

Here is male version of Benny Benassi's famous masterpiece :)



Shared with the world by my lil brother :)

Check also Benny Benassi's: Official Website, YouTube Channel, Facebook Page & Twitter Page

Play Soccer Go to Hell

In this hilarious masterpiece BillyBobNeck explains why Soccer is America's surest path to socialism :)



This in turn reminded me of John Cleese's hilarious take on American football :) Cudos to Grisha for sharing!

See also:

• Billy Bob Neck's Website of Bein' Good
  
• Billy Bob Neck's Hour of Bein' Good on Blog Talk Radio
  
• The USA Patriotic Freedom Channel
  
• Billy Bob Neck's Facebook page
  
• Billy Bob Neck's Twitter

P.S. And for those who still thinks this is real, here is a quote from NC Comedy Arts Festival:

In 2004, Paul Day got asked to take part in a comedy night to raise funds for John Kerry's presidential bid. Rather than be just another comic telling "Bush is stupid" jokes, he came up with the character of Billy Bob Neck, Billy Bob is bleeding edge satire on those in the Christian Conservative Movement who believe that "George Bush is the greatest president since Winston Churchill" and that President Obama wants to personally kill your grandmother...

North Korea beats Brazil

You wouldn't believe it, but this is an actual footage from the news broadcast on North Korean State Television, recorded from a TV set in Pyongyang 36 hours after the game finished... Accordingly to the broadcast North Korea beats Brazil 1-0! In reality, Brazil won 2-1, but North Korea surely claimed the victory B-)



This reminded me of an anecdote in which the General Secretary of the USSR and President of the USA compete in running. The US president wins, but the news in the Soviet Union say: "Our General Secretary came second, but the US president came one before last" :-)

Thanks to Meena for sharing!

A strange relationship between dogs and bears

Polar bears are the largest living land carnivores and are very aggressive. Nevertheless, they seem to have develop a deep relationship with the dogs in the Arctic.



Taken from the show "Jailed Polar Bear" on http://www.firstscience.com/. Thanks to Rustem for sharing!

Creative Viral Ad

Everybody was reposting this awesome video on Facebook today, so I'm sure you'll love it too :) Well, try to guess what the ad is all about anyways...

СВ-шоу з ВВ

СВ шоу завжди приваблювало тим, що жартувати Сердючці доводилось не по заготованому сценарію і часто з людьми, які їй зовсім в цьому не помагали, як це було з Людмилою Гурченко. Ця передача такою проте не була, і на мою думку була одною з кращих в СВ-шоу, оскільки запрошені самі були непоганими приколістами. Зустрічайте вибухонебезпечну суміш: ВЄРКА СЕРДЮЧКА і ВОПЛІ ВІДОПЛЯСОВА!

Do It Anyway

Found this really great quote on the wall of someone i don't even know, who added me on Facebook anyway :)

Do It Anyway

• People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
• If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
• If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
• If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
• What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
• If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
• The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
• Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
• In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

--Mother Teresa

These verses reportedly were written on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, India, and are widely attributed to her. They seem to be based on a composition originally by Kent Keith, but much of the second half has been re-written in a more spiritual way:

The Paradoxical Commandments

• People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
• If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
• If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
• The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
• Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
• The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
• People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
• What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
• People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.
• Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

--Dr. Kent M. Keith
© 1968, 2001

"The Paradoxical Commandments" were written by Kent M. Keith in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders.

Source: Mother Teresa: "Do It Anyway"

Liquid Mountaineering

Liquid Mountaineering is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. We are developing the sport from scratch. By accident we found out that with the right water repellent equipment you can run across bodies of water, just like a stone skimming the surface.



See also:

• Liquid Mountaineering's Blog
• Liquid Mountaineering's YouTube channel

Thanks to Veena for sharing!

Domestic Transformer

In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the "Domestic Transformer"...



Thanks to Meg for sharing!

Europe is a country and everyone speaks French there

Kellie Pickler is surely the blondest blond ever ;-)



Thanks to the brainiest brunette ever for sharing ;-)

Phobias Workshop

Probably the most hilarious sketch I've seen since Monty Python ;-) Five patients come to a phobias workshop with phobias that include a fear of the word "Aagh!", a fear of apologies, a fear of repetition, and awkward silences...



Performed by the original lineup of Lee Mack, Jim Tavare, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor and Ronni Ancona, it was aired at The Sketch Show in UK in 2001.

Blue Buckets Society

Awesome flesh-mob in Moscow to protest against the use of emergency lights on the cars of government officials, who simply use them to drive in the opposite lane during traffic congestions...



See also:

• Livejournal of The Blue Buckets Society
• English Russia: Blue Pails Community
• Google News on The Blue Buckets Society

A quoi ça sert l’amour?

A quoi ça sert l’amour? is a charming animation by French production house Cube about the trials and tribulations of love set to the tune of a wonderful duet between Edith Piaf and Theo Sarapo.



Louis Clichy is a former student of Gobelins, where he graduated with the short movie Juranessic in 2002.

Shared as usual, by the connoisseur of cartoons of mine ;)

Депортация

Прикольное видео, только не пойму кто прикалывается: русские или эстонцы :)



За прикол спасибо Диме :)

Mission Impossible Squirrel

This ninja squirrel surely makes Tom Cruise an Austin Pussy :-)



Thanks to Usman for sharing!

Polar Bear

Was always wondering what Mumiy Troll wanted to say when they created a Facebook page Can the band inside the pickle get more fans than the pickle? I guess I do know now :)



The song is awesome and the video surely comes close to Prodigy's 'Smack my bitch up' in terms of "naughtiness" -=8-)

P.S. Ah, yes, I guess I should have warned you at the very beginning: Kids DON'T WATCH IT AT WORK, you may lose it! ;-)

Get Out

This French cartoon may seem to be frightening at first, but hang in there for the surprise ending you would have never imagined yourself ;-)



The film has been nominated and won multiple prestigious awards, so be sure to check its website. Definitely check The Making Of there ;-)

I bet Hamed is kin on short films as this must have been at least the third one I stole from him.

Minuet for Piano in Nu

Awesome sketch of an interesting way to play piano ;-)



As usual all the dirty jokes are provided by my awesome lil brother ;-)

Procrastination

Lev has a lot of stuff to get done. He will start getting his stuff done... in a minute.



This reminded me of one of the very first posts that were made to this blog on the same subject: Structured Procrastination :)

See more from Lev:

• Lev Yilmaz' YouTube channel
• Sunny Side Down
• Tales Of Mere Existence

Hotel California in A Cappella

This a'cappella version of "Hotel California" by Vocal Sampling will surely blow your mind once you get to the guitar part (2:36) ...



Cudos to Jorge for sharing!

Memiors of a Scanner

This short experimental film produced by a group of USC students and graduates reveals the dramatic life of an office scanner. It was presented at the 3rd annual Disposable Film Festival in San Francisco on March 4-7, 2010. Festival participants shoot their video with anything that can possibly be used to film a sequence of frames: cell phones, disposable photo cameras and now scanners ...

Sources:

• Wired: Memiors of a Scanner
• 3DNews: Короткометражка, снятая… планшетным сканером

Thanks to my kum Ilyich for sharing this weird piece of art with me ;-)

i wanna grow old with you

Surely the most romantic song I've ever heard -=8-) I love the video too, whoever made it must have felt the same :)



The song is from the 1998 movie "The Wedding Singer", which is definitely going to be the next movie on my list ;-)



and I'd surely love to watch it with someone who shared this song with me :)

El Empleo

El Empleo is a short animated film directed and produced by Santiago "Bou" Grasso. A man on his usual journey to work is immersed into a world where the use of people as objects is a daily occurrence...



See video on ARTE if it becomes unavailable on YouTube. Check also film's description at
2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Thanks to Hamed for sharing this award-winning animation!

Недоторкані: Один місяць Гетьманщини

Найкращий епізод комедійного серіалу "Недоторкані" з тих що я встиг подивитися :-) Дивитись в першу чергу!



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Struck

On his way to work one day, Joel (Bodhi Elfman) is impaled through the chest by a three-foot arrow. But it doesn't harm him. And it wont come out. So Joel has to learn to deal both with his new-found protrusion, and his own painful loneliness. He tries to go to work, to date women, but no one seems ready to accept his strange flaw. Little does he know, his life is about to change forever...



P.S. After you check the website of the movie, make sure to see their Behind The Scenes section as it is going to be the most weird "Behind The Scenes" you've ever seen ;-)

The Orangutan and the Hound

When Surya, the orangutan, meets a hound dog by the river, the two carry on like long lost friends...



Thanks to Laurie for sharing!

Source: Natonal Geographic Channel