You've got to be a real pro to compete in Russian National Drinking Competition. Check out the drill you've got to make yourself familiar with before you can give it a try :-)
There's patience, and then there's the patience. Like shooting a 4:15 music video using nothing but the 45,000 images you captured with a Nikon D200 DSLR camera.
That's exactly what director Cesar Kuriyama did for the band Fat City Reprise.
Source: GIZMODO: Director Creates Music Video with Nothing But 45,000 Nikon D200 DSLR Digital Images
Highly Skilled Air Traffic Controllers for FedEx route airplanes around a thunderstorm approaching the terminal.
Take the red pill. Get the blue screen... :-)
P.S. Quite a masterpiece as for the video joke: they managed to reproduce most of the Matrix special effects of the time!
"A startup named Mgestyk Technologies claims that they have an affordable solution for 'Minority Report'-like PC control. They have released a video in which they use hand gestures to play games like Halo and Guitar Hero, as well as perform 'multi-touch' interactions for applications like Google Earth. Engadget and Gizmodo discuss the potential of the technology but point out that the system has visible lag when used for gaming. Will camera-based interfaces ever meet the low-latency demands of gaming? For how much longer will we still be using keyboards, mice and joysticks?"
See also:
BBC: Say goodbye to the computer mouse
Company's website
Facebook App based on the control
Валентин Стрыкало из села Брыльцево, что в Житомирской области...
This is a famous Ukrainian folk song, sung by Milla Jovovich in her Divine Comedy album.
Milla Jovovich was born in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine to Bogdanovitch Jovovich (father, Serbian doctor), and Galina Loginova Jovovich (mother, Russian actress). In 1981, Milla and her family left the Soviet Union and moved to London, England and then to Sacramento, California, ultimately settling in Los Angeles.
Hillary Clinton shows no love for Bill as she leaves him hangin for a kiss and then turns and kisses Obama instead.
Somehow Bill Clinton gets more attention in videos these days, see my recent post on: Bill Clinton's Last Days in the Office
"American football is played like a series of advertisement jingles, while soccer is played like Jazz"
--John Cleese
President Clinton's critically acclaimed lame-duck video, in which a film crew documented how he spent his final days in office.
There's no trick to being a humourist when you have the whole government working for you.--Will Rogers
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today, September 26, 2008 Yves "Fusion-man" Rossi has won his bet: the bird-man crossed the English channel on his reactive wing. He landed in Dover at 13:19 (London time, BST)
Press service, Yves Rossy
Madame, Monsieur,
Aujourd'hui 26 Septembre 2008, Yves "FusionMan" Rossy a réussi son pari: l'homme-oiseau a traversé la Manche avec son aile à réaction.
Il a atterri à Douvres à 13:19 (heure de Londres, BST).
Service de presse Yves Rossy
Yves Rossy is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is both the first person to build and the first person successfully to fly a jet engine-powered wing strapped to the back. The flight occurred in November 2006 in Bex, lasting nearly six minutes. While work with jet packs to propel humans dates back as far as World War II, his is the first one to have wings.
Source: http://www.jet-man.com/
Somebody's nice remix on my favorite cartoon: Treasure Island
and in case you really like it, here is the whole cartoon:
This is one of only 100,000 issues of Esquire to feature the new E-Ink cover, the first use of such technology for magazine covers...
A really sensual Bachata dance, by Jacki @ the Orlando Social, from Salsa Heat studios...
Somebody has created a really nice music video based on "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain" ...
Author has also provided a high quality version of the clip
Credit card companies successfully nixed a Mythbusters segment exposing RFID's security flaws, according to Arbiter of Truth and Mythbusters co-host, Adam Savage.
Morale: Mass Media that lives from advertisement rather than from subscription can never be unbiased...
Source: Mythbusters Gagged: Credit Card Companies Kill Episode Exposing RFID Security Flaws
Alex under
Sir gay evil each
Pussy can
You look a more yeah!
Doo-bop sale only
Sly tired saved now
Doo-bop Tom
I'd know and no chew
Coat ouch only
So cold it pass E.P.
crew go
Idiot no Levi's
Peace save or did
No private sky school
go award it
Tom shoe desert
Tom Lee shave broad it
Root sale cow no
wet back CD
Tom now never do mix
Door age car
Slim diner video nick
Is Buch car?
Tom now cool Rich
no-spa
Stop it be is Akon
Edward A.
Tom sourse
cash a note
Sly Tom check it
Tom root sky doc
Tome root sew
pack net
Ilya, Tom, Bill
Me add pay way pill
Pose I'm tick low
Wrote new purple, o!
P.S. If you don't get it - watch the video first! :-)
Ever wondered what's new GUI of your favorite OS going to look like? Check it out!
Real fans of Rodney Carrington that really love their country...
P.S. Rated PG13 -=8-)
The UK's premier beatboxers Nathan "Flutebox" Lee and Beardyman performing live at the Google offices in London.
This is some crazy music video for a Russian Metal Band ANJ. It's a mix of Russian History allegory as told through an old zombie movie made in the Soviet Union, plus half animated Soviet Propaganda posters...
Source: Author's post of the video
Well, the bonus track to office space was just a masterpiece ad campaign to the movie Wanted.
Source: Про погром в офисе для фильма “Особо опасен”, Tema: Нас наебали
Freddie Mercury seems to have reincarnated in this young talented British singer of Lebanese origin...
Unfortunately gridy YouTube let's one play only 3 videos in an embedded playlist, so please see the whole Life in Cartoon Motion album. There are the following songs in the playlist:
14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands...
Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he'd saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.
A few months into his trip, a travel buddy gave Matt an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do that dance. I'll record it." He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It's actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.
разбудила детей, накормила, отвезла в школу;
наточила косу, пошла в чисто-поле, накосила травы;
уехала в офис, уволила идиотов, обналичила деньги;
прибежала домой, нарубила дров, приготовила обед, накормила детей, отправила отчет в налоговую;
побежала в поле, косила до темна;
час в салоне красоты;
привела корову, подоила; приготовила ужин, накормила детей, искупала, уложила спать, помылась, зашла
в интернет, схватила со стола краюху хлеба, перекусила и довольная - спать;
вскакиваю: УЖАС!!!
Мужик-то, нетраханный весь день на диване пролежал!!!
This is one of the most hilarious jokes about developers I have ever seen -=B-)
Don't you think so? ;-) Then share yours in comments :-P
Source: Code for eternity !!!
Have you every been put on hold? Here is what we do at Microsoft while waiting :-)
Manager of a Russian company went nuts...
Same saga from a different perspective:
Source: Заразные мысли
Here is yet another clever idea and excellent engineering by Polish students from Krakow. It was implemented through a microprocessor that controls all the lights in the building, which was then programmed to play this marvelous game.
P.S. The only thing that still bothers me is how did they do red and yellow light?
P.P.S. In January I've been posting about a similar idea to play Tetris.
A sneak preview of my life in the frozen Microsoft...
Here in the frozen Microsoft, life is tough.
The code, the wizards...
But the biggest enemy is Google
In this wilderness
You can go crazy by yourself
It's hard not to give up
Not to let yourself become a victim of your own dogfooding
Every day the same bugs happen to me
All evenings look alike two M&Ms
The nights are getting coder
... and coder
And in every morning, the history repeats itself
And I know that nothing is going to change
in the frozen Microsoft
But I got used to it
My secret?
Vodka Microsoft! My Russian comrade
If you ever doubted who invented the breakdance, just check out this video from silent movies era :-)
Music cover by Run DMC - "It's Like That"
Breakdancing by the Soviet Army Choir -=8-)
An ambiguous animation painted on public walls...
This amazing masterpiece by Blu was made on the streets of Buenos Aires and Baden. The music credit is by Andrea Martignoni, film produced by Mercurio Film and assisted by Sibe. Please visit author's website for more truly amazing works!
P.S. Thanks to Luke for sharing this
Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats. None of the cats, humans, or engineers were mistreated in the making of this film. They were however, slightly annoyed.
Song on ending credits is called "Sparky's New Bike" from Shockwave-sound.com royalty free music website.
Nu, pogodi! (Well, Just You Wait) is the most known Soviet cartoon produced by Soyuzmultfilm. The series was started in 1969 and brought up many generations of kids all over the world ever since.
Все серии самого извсетного мультфильма Советского Союза - "Ну, Погоди!".
Fucking Short Version
I have never seen the movie, but am certainly going to after this f*cking hilarious preview :-)
“Lyapis Trubetskoy” (in Russian: "Ляпис Трубецкой") is one of the strangest bands of the post-soviet show business. In 1998-1999 their songs could be heard on any major radio station, their videos were shown on every top TV channel both in Russia and CIS countries. Until now their legendary hits like “Au”, “Ti kinula” (“You Gave Me Up”), “Zelenolazoye taksi” (“Green-eyed Taxi”), “V plat’ye belom” (“In A White Dress”) and “Yabloni” (“Apple-trees”) are still popular among all Russian karaoke singers. Isn’t it the obvious sign of public acknowledgement?
See also:
- Official Website
- Lyapis on MySpace
- Fan Club
She previously appeared in Vincenzo Natali's five-minute contribution "Quartier de la Madeleine" to the European omnibus film "Paris, Je T'Aime" (2006) playing the creepy, unnamed vampire who enters into a blood-soaked love affair with a young American tourist played by Elijah Wood. Beside this, she appeared as Sofia in "Le Serpent" (2006), as Russian beauty Nika Boronina in "Hitman" (2007) and as Mina Harud in the indy surveillance-thriller "Tyranny" (2008). To recognize her achievements, Olga's native city Berdyansk is going to name a street in her honor.
Sources:
Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Some of them are black as night all over with light organs (called photophores) in strategic places on their bodies, including one on a long dorsal fin that serves as a lure for the fish it preys upon. Some don't have any pigment (color) at all - they're "see through", some have enlarged eyes, presumably for gathering as much light as possible where there is little or no light at all. The light organs create lights by using a chemical process called bioluminescence...
Text adopted from Life in the Deep
When you marry a great imagination with an ingenious engineering the result is an absolutely marvellous coffee plotter :-)
In 2004, Ashley Revell of London sold all of his possessions, clothing included, and brought US$135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas and put it all on "Red" at the roulette table in a double-or-nothing bet...
See also: Interview with Ashley Revell
Have you ever seen an elephant paint his self-portrait? Could you even think of a gallery of elphant art before? Well, here it is ...
Still can't believe it? Than follow the above link to read about elephant art, and meet the elephants yourself.
Film maker and writer Terry Jones discovers a colony of penguins, which, unlike any other penguins in the world, can fly...
And here is a behind the scenes look at how the BBC created the most funny April Fools' Day comercial :-)
Вінницький гурт «Тверезість і Культура» заспівав «найтихішу пісню», слова якої фронтмент гурту Вітя Бронюк почув ще у дитячому віці від однієї бабусі.
Для тих, хто не зрозумів жарту, ось власне слова пісні:
«Тихая»
Побудила ой мати нас рано
Ой нас рано, ой нас рано
Побудила ой мати нас рано (2р)
А це ж діти твої сам і бав їх
Наробив цих дітей сам і бав їх
Сам і бав їх, сам і бав їх
Наробив цих дітей сам і бав їх (2р)
Ой піду я на гору крутую
Заспіваю я пісню тихую
Ой тихую, ой тихую
Заспіваю я пісню тихую (2р)
Have you ever wondered why men on average are taller, more aggressive, more competitive and earn more than women do? And why death penalty would not stop them from committing a crime? Or why woman would rather prefer flowers and diamonds to a material gift of an equal value? How about this: why man likes porn and woman doesn't (unless everybody gets married at the end :-) Well, there is a perfect theoretic explanation to all these behavioral tendencies.
Why do Men Like Blonde Bombshells (and Why do Women Want to Look Like Them)?
Why is Beauty not in the Eye of the Beholder or Skin-Deep?
Why is Prostitution the World's Oldest Profession, and Why is Pornography a Billion-Dollar Industry?
Why Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but not Lauren Bacall and Brad Pitt?
Why do Men and Women Perceive the Same Situation Differently?
Why are There Virtually No Polyandrous Societies?
Why (and How) are Contemporary Westerners Polygynous?
Why does Having Sons Reduce the Likelihood of Divorce?
Why are Diamonds a Girl's Best Friend?
Why might Handsome Men Make Bad Husbands?
Boy or Girl? What Influences the Sex of Your Child?
Why does the Baby Have Daddy's Eyes, but Not Mommy's?
Why are There So Many Deadbeat Dads but So Few Deadbeat Moms?
Why is Family More Important to Women than to Men?
Why do Girls of Divorced Parents Experience Puberty Earlier than Girls Whose Parents Remain Married?
Why are Almost All Violent Criminals Men?
What do Bill Gates and Paul McCartney Have in Common with Criminals?
Why does Marriage "Settle" Men Down?
Why do Some Men Beat Up their Wives and Girlfriends?
Why do Politicians Risk Everything by Having an Affair (but Only if They are Male)?
Why do Men Earn More Money and Attain Higher Status than Women?
Why are Most Neurosurgeons Male and Most Kindergarten Teachers Female?
Why is Sexual Harassment So Persistent?
Where does Religion Come from?
Why are Women More Religious than Men?
Why is Ethnic and Nationalist Conflict So Persistent throughout the World?
Why are Single Women More Likely to Travel Abroad -- and Why are Young Single Men More Likely to be Xenophobic?
If you prefer listening to reading, the book is also available on an MP3 CD as audio book.
And if you got as interested in the book as I did, you may want to read a critique of some of the facts from the book.
Кто умнее: Американцы или Русские? Обычно в таких состязаниях берут лучших людей одной и другой страны и пытаются задавать им умные вопросы. За этих людей можно болеть но выглядит это обычно не смешно ибо кто-то таки проиграет. А посему журналисты решили поступить по другому: они стали задавать простые вопросы людям на улице:
You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world" using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop. Asian countries, as colorful bubbles, float across the grid -- toward better national health and wealth. Animated bell curves representing national income distribution squish and flatten. In Rosling's hands, global trends -- life expectancy, child mortality, poverty rates -- become clear, intuitive and even playful.
See also:
Goodbye to the Normals is a British short film, which follows a fictional story about a small boy running away from home. The film was originally broadcast in the UK by Channel 4 and is currently touring the film festival circuit, either on its own or as part of the British Council Festival Submission Scheme. The song you can hear during the film is "Burslem Normals", written and performed by Robbie Williams.
This is a very funny sequel to the Rocking Parrot post in which Sea Lion dances to Michael Jackson's song.
An amazing short film about ex-president of Russia catching a taxi to get to Kremlin.
Here is the dialog:
[Mariachi music plays loud when Putin opens the door...]
01:24 Putin: Good evening, would you mind giving me a lift to Kremlin? I have lagged behind my escort...
01:29 Driver: Chu now da road?
01:30 Putin: Not very well, I'm from Saint Petersburgh
01:34 Driver: 'ow much?
01:35 Putin: Mmmm, I don't really know, 200 rubles...
01:39 Driver: Escucha, you gimme 300 and we go
01:42 Putin: No, I'm not going for 300, I'm sorry
02:06 Driver: Bueno, let's go
02:12 Putin: I'm sorry, may we?
02:16 Driver: 's ok, I got my own
P.S. Gracias a Luke por making Georgian sound like Spanglish :-)
Food Fight by Stefan Nadelman is an abridged history of American-centric war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smorgasbord of aggression.
See also:
Dear Ladies,
My warmest wishes on the International Women Day! You rock, rule and cool this world and here is a very special gift for you for such an occasion ;-)
In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form of artificial life.
We wanted to revive this golden era, and went on to create our first computer virus. We chose to do it for mac as the platform is still a virgin territory ;-)
Spice up your colleagues' day with our Newton Virus, the first virus to introduce gravity to your laptop, causing the desktop icons to fall down as if subject to the gravitational pull from the real world. 
The virus will then hit at random, but only once. It will not replicate itself, mail itself to your friends or destroy any of your files, but instead provides you with moments of blissful surprise and magic.
Credits:
Concept & Design: Troika
Programming: Mauritius Seeger - Dr Mo
Source: Newton Virus by Troika
If you thought what I thought every time he started a new drawing, you need to see a doctor :-) A very funny speed drawing by Mauricio Ricardo under the cover of Os Seminovos...
P.S. "Ao mestre com Carinho" apparently means "To the master with Affection" whatever that one means :-)
Chip and PIN was supposed to help protect us all from card fraud. But Cambridge researchers, Steven Murdoch and Saar Drimer, have found a number of ways that the criminally-minded could crack it - and extract your account number and PIN and all the details needed to create a cloned card.
See also: PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities, Author's technical report
P.S. If you are a victim of a credit card fraud accused by your bank, show them this video!
P.P.S. Check also these articles about ATM skimmers:
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the West has purposefully ignored the devastation which resulted. The West merely shrugged it's shoulders or pulled faces in 2005 when Putin called it "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century."
A once great country is now nearing terminal collapse. By 2050 Russia may have lost 50% of its population. Male life expectancy has plummeted like no time in recorded human history (now 56).
In this chaos opportunism has reached new depths. Oligarchs stole billions of dollars of assets which under Soviet times had belonged to all people. These are like new tzars, embraced by church and state.
Violence and the rise of the far-right is turning Russian against Russian on the basis of ethnic origin.
Drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide, abject depression flow from a people who once worked together for a better and brighter Communist future. In its place is emptiness.
"The rise in mortality is unprecedented in a developed country. Its as though the country is at war"
P.S. Film consists of six parts. At the end of the part, move mouse cursor over the video window to select other parts.
Преподаватель вождения в ПТУ просто отдыхает перед бабкой :-)
P.S. Если мат - это непроизвольный стих, то бабуся воистину достигла вершин поэзии!
Nice remix of a soundtrack to famous soviet movie "Guest from the future". My best attempt at translating the name of the song "Прекрасное далеко" would probably be "Marvelous far"...
A very interesting video by Philip Scott Johnson that portrais artistic trends in depicting women over a period of 500 years...
Music: Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma. To see the list of the portraits used in this video, visit author's web page
Here is a nice test of which side of your brain is more developed. If you see the girl rotating clockwise, right semi-sphere of your brain is more developed. If you see her rotating counterclockwise, you've got brain with more developed left semi-sphere. If you can force yourself to see her rotating in both directions, you've got a really high IQ.
Если вы забыли как у нас сдают на права, то эта видео-ностальгия именно для вас :-)
Amazing song, incredible music video and outstanding dancing by Basement Jaxx...
See also: Basement Jaxx Official Website, Take Me Back To Your House Lyrics
P.S. If you can't play the video, see this YouTube post of it. Unfortunately it is in mono, which is why I keep here stereo version in Windows Media.
Apparently February 1 is also known as the V-Day - a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. I learned about it after I saw that many of the universities were staging a play with an intriguing and contoversial name "Vagina Monologues". Unless you are sensitive to hearing V-word 5 times in every sentense, you've got to see this masterpiece and better in real than on youtube if you get a chance...
In the most conservative university of the most conservative state, the show was sold out completely for both days. When I was walking from the parking lot to the show (late as usual), a woman stopped her car by and asked conspiratively if I am a student and if I know where a building with a strange name she couldn't remember is. She was obviously looking for MSC and I guasked her if she was going to Vagina monologues? She blushed, then smiled, and then said: "Yes, actually" :-)
Dear friends and colleagues,
Beginning today, you may log onto http://www.monopoly.com/ to cast your vote online. In fact, you may continue to do so each day until the cut-off of the contest on February 28, 2008. At the close of the online voting, the twenty cities that receive the most votes will become part of Monopoly history as the first cities selected to be on the World Edition game board. These cities will appear on the Monopoly board from highest rent property to lowest based upon the total number of votes received.
This is a significant development as this World Edition board game will be sold in over a hundred countries around the world and manufactured in 37 languages (including Ukrainian). This is a great (albeit symbolic) way to get Ukraine on the international map!
Please forward this e-mail to anyone that you feel would be interested in supporting this initiative. Should you have any questions about this contest, feel free to send me an e-mail at lbezo@hotmail.com.
Remember: You may vote online each day from January 22 to February 28. If you peruse the leading countries as of today (the start of the contest which opened approximately 8 hours ago), Ukraine is presently in 57th position out of 68 countries. Poor showings indeed...please help to do your online part in raising the country's profile.
Slava Ukrayini!
После спектакля, на глазах пожарных были слезы, русский адмирал подарил ему свой кортик, потомки немецкого адмирала дали званый обед в его честь, а я сидел и хлопал в ладоши перед экраном лэптопа... Браво!
Евгений Гришковец о своем спектакле:
Спектакль "Дредноуты" имеет подзаголовок "спектакль для женщин или спектакль, который не получился". Я работал над ним, наверное, дольше всего. Больше года. Изучил всю историю военно-морских сражений Первой мировой войны. И, мне кажется, знаю практически всех участников тех боев по именам. И в этом спектакле я пытаюсь от имени мужчин хоть что-нибудь объяснить женщинам о тех мужских иллюзиях, фантазиях, которые в итоге лежат на дне Северного моря, Атлантического океана... да и вообще лежат на дне. Я хочу рассказать о том состоянии мужчин, в каком женщины их никогда не видели, то есть о том, как мужчины умирают... где-то там, далеко от дома. Об этом написано очень много книг, я имею в виду не романов и прочей беллетристики, а исторической и справочной литературы. Также в разных городах стоят разные музеи... но эти книги женщины не берут в руки и в эти музеи не заходят. А ведь в этих музеях и книжках гораздо больше информации о мужчинах, чем в каких угодно романах. И понятно же, что ничего объяснить мне не удастся. Но попытка уже сделана. И эта попытка называется: "Спектакль, который не получился или Дредноуты". А в целом это, конечно же, спектакль для женщин"
Can you imagine Alanis Morissette singing "My Humps"? Neither did I until I saw this:
Simply amasing visualisation of the mission to Mars...
P.S. And don't miss this cut scene that shows how it was in reality ;-)
A nice visualisation that demonstrates the relative sizes of planets and stars...
She’s divorcing him right now, while he is suing 1-800-flowers for $ 1,000,000.
Sources: Veni Markovski Blog, MSNBC, ABC
P.S. Don't use Internet when you cheat - big brother is watching you ;-)
P.P.S. Think he is cheating on you? Send him this "Thank you" note ;-)
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. By Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University.
For more information and software visit http://johnnylee.net/
