Sand Animation

Ukraine's Got Talent again - this time not as young, but surely as amazing!

«The show was prepared for the 9th of May, in honor of the opening of the memorial "Krasnaya Gorka" in Evpatoria, where 12.5 thousand residents were executed during WWII.»



The young artist Xenia Simonoff is only 24 years old and is one of only 4 people in the world involved in this form of art...

See also:

Xenia's YouTube channel
KP: Ксения Симонова: «Если выиграю миллион – потрачу его на благотворительность!»

P.S. There is something divine about this masterpiece: yesterday I was showing it to my friends, right after which we left. As soon as I got into the car and started it, there was "Nothing else matters" playing on the radio - the last part from the music accompaniment in the sand animation...

P.P.S. She actually became the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent"!

Ukraine's Got Talent

Karina Rudnytska and Yuriy Kuzynskyy are 6 and 7 year old raising stars that became world-famous overnight after their incredible performance at "Ukraine's Got Talent"...



An interview with the stars, their parents, teachers as well as their subsequent performance on the show:



P.S. Translation of the dialogs into English will appear here soon.

A Real Human Interface

Finally a good take on what a real Human Interface (HI) should look like ;-)



Thanks to my brother for sharing!

Fairytale

Alexander Rybak representing Norway with his own song "Fairytale" won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest

No Time for JAVA

Lyrics by Herb Sutter

I've tried Pascal, time after time
I've done my COBOL but committed no crime
C pointer mistakes, I've made a few
I've had my share of Lisp and Haskel and Scheme but I still haven't a Clu
(and on and on and on and on)

We are the champions, O Bjarne!
And we'll keep compiling till the end
You've made us champions, we are the champions
No time for Java 'cause we are the champions
Of the world!

I've taken my macros, and my function calls
I've enjoyed speed and performance and everything that goes with C, I love them all
But C's been no bed of roses, and Ada's no pleasure cruise
I want abstraction and optimization both, so I ain't gonna use...
(and on and on and on and on)

Leopard and a Baby Baboon

Nature is quite amazing...



Which reminded me of another amazing wild nature video about animals' team work...

Bill Gates just bought Azerbaijan!

This is a really funny take on Bill Gates' Facebook Page ;-) Click on the image to enlarge and be sure to read everything including ads :-)



A round of applause to the author and my kum Illyich for sharing this with me :-)

Obama-Palin Salsa

Barack Obama and Sarah Palin dance Salsa :-)



Thanks to Elena Kuznetsova for sharing this awesome photo :-)

Red Bull Crashed Ice

Red Bull Crashed Ice smashed into Quebec for the city's third edition of the fastest sport on skates! Finland's Artu Pihlainen took home the top prize while 85,000 fans lined the course - and undoubtedly snapped over 85,000 pictures - of a jaw drop course that wowed spectators and thrilled/punished the athletes...



P.S. Kudos to Valentin David for sharing this awesome bit with me!

Letters to God

My personal favorites:

Dear God,
I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that ok? --Neil

Dear God,
I think the stapler is one of your greatest invention. --Ruth M

Dear God,
We read Thomas Edison made light, but in Sun. school they said you did it. So I bet he stoled your idea. --Sincerely Donna

Dear God,
Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother. --Larry