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Jumping Robot Video

Christo — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:26:24 +0000

The nerdcore ninjas at Boston Dynamics, famous for bringing the robot invasion ever closer with creepy military research robots like big dog, recently demonstrated a mega jumping wheeled robot, Sand Flea.

Check how high it can jump in this freaky video.

Push button for instant pizza : fridge magnet

Nicholas — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:22:19 +0000

In a pitch-a-palooza we hold at least every year at work, one of the guys came up with “All I want to do is hit a button and BAM! my favorite food comes to me.” If pizza is your favorite, here you go

Read the full story at Mashable via laist.com.

Andrew Dickey – Black Bike in Melbourne

Nicholas — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:27:45 +0000

Andrew Dickey riding freestyle through the streets of Melbourne. This is amazing. The height and insano distance Andrew Dickey gets in this video… incredible. Sweet track Attack Ships on Fire by Architect too…

The video is published as volume 1. Can’t wait for Vol. 2

Starwars Theme Played by Floppy Drives

Christo — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:54:20 +0000

Many of our readers will remember that there used to be a kind of technology, a bit like a huge, flat, noisy slow USB key that stored less than 2 Megs of data. Not gigs, megs.

So anyway, these were called Floppy Disks (even though they were square and rigid (the actual disk is inside the casing) and the floppy drives that each computer had back in the before time, well they were NEVER ever used to make music like this, except by extreme geeks with too much time on their hands:

The sound comes from getting the disk to “seek” by moving the read/write “head” with its little motor to read different parts of the disk, but moving in a stuttering, stepping fashion. The stuttering speed is fast enough to make a “tone”. The tones can be “played” by (somehow) converting a midi file into commands that cause the floppy drives to move in just the right way when it’s their turn to play the “note”. Freak!

World of Warcraft in Minecraft

Nicholas — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:39:22 +0000

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String Quartet or One Street Musician?

Christo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:53:48 +0000

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THATS How You Dance to Dubstep

Christo — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:00:36 +0000

Marquese Scott - Pumped Up Kicks

I’ve looked closely and can’t see any tricks. Yet this is the kind of dancing that could never have been conceived without modern digital video production technology as a reference point. Note the extended reversal.

via @seancurtis

Video – How to Change the World – from Nutcase to Crowd Leader in 3 mins

Christo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:00:42 +0000

How does one person change a whole mass of people? This amazing video shows one man going from nutcase to leader of a large crowd in about three minutes.

As the commentary says, note the role of the first follower. This person changes a nutcase who is acting alone into a leader. The leader must adopt the first follower as an equal and not exert superiority. The first follower is also a kind of leader.

Interestingly it doesn’t seem to matter that the first follower is possibly mocking the lone nutcase, to me it’s not clear if this is happening actually, but that’s probably mostly thanks to the reaction of the leader. The leader adopts and includes the follower and the follower turns to call his friends.

At some point there is an inflection point where the non-conformance of the breakaway group becomes conformance to a new dominant behaviour. People not following start looking more conspicuous than the followers.

Please excuse the poor video quality, I think the raw capture of a real, unscripted social effect is worth putting up with a wobbly camera.

My favourite bit is the girl at the very end saying from off camera:

“How did he do that?”

Dubstep Baby

Christo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:13:02 +0000

This baby is getting filthy with the dubstep… and the chilli.

There are other dubstep babies, sure. Babies have a natural affinity with both grime and wobbles. But this baby is truly feeling it.. you can see it in her face.

CIA Facebook

Christo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:10:07 +0000

Special report from FACT ZONE!

p.s. just so we’re clear, if you don’t understand satire, please leave an outraged comment.

Bruce Lee on Time

Christo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:28:16 +0000

Bruce lee

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

– Bruce Lee

Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites on Acoustic Guitar

Christo — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:50:43 +0000

Like attracts like. My good friend Dan Rosen (who is not merely very interesting to talk to) hit me with a link to this the other day and I have been debating whether to tip the Strong Like Water ship one more notch towards Skrillex’ direction and relay it to you my subscribers.

As you can see by this cute acoustic version of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, I have won the debate and so have you:

You can download that from the artist’s facebook page (for the grand price of one like) here: http://on.fb.me/qXb7yp

Palindrom – Northbound (Dub Version)

Christo — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:29:50 +0000

Awesome stripped back minimal techno dub has always been a style I love. Monolake, Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound are stand outs.

If you like that, check out this one from Palindrom. Monster production. Enough said.

Aphex Twin Girl Boy on Guitar

Christo — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:52:54 +0000

Andrew Flanders appears to be practicing Aphex Twin covers on acoustic guitar. An ex-rock guitarist, he’s challenging himself by playing technical music like this, practicing his finger work. A self-confessed lover of Aphex Twin’s music, this time he capably delivers an incredible take on Girl/Boy from the gorgeous Richard D. James Album.

Bruce Lee on Technique

Christo — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:42:55 +0000

"The highest technique is to have no technique."

“The highest technique is to have no technique.” — Bruce Lee