Nike Air's Secret

Did you know Nike has finally revealed its shoe secrets? It might astound you. (Or considering the date it might not...)

The Future of Music

Here's a cool way of visualizing music. Or is it a cool way of driving music with visuals?! Its the chicken and the egg thing, but with TRON lasers and future music.

If You Dream, The Terrorists Win

Aside from the fact this video is just over the top, take a moment to step back and appreciate how much can be conveyed by a good sound artist. In this day and age we focus so much on the visuals of movies and games, but don't forget about that sound technician who brought it all together. Those guys are fucking sweet!

... but us visual guys are still more important of course...

Galactic Empire State of Mind

Well if YouTube is to be used as a cultural thermometer (or perhaps barometer would be more appropriate?) then Jay-Z's song "Empire State of Mind" with well over 60 million views is something you've already seen. You know, the one where he awkwardly avoids making eye contact with the camera even when he's the only thing on screen?

Anyway, as with all big things it turns out they're better with Star Wars. Heck, this one even has an awesome title for it.

Ben Folds and Chat Roulette

So hopefully everyone here already knows what Chat Roulette is because you're all so internet savvy. Sadly its mostly filled with pervs and other such undesirables. However a man named Merton took a stand and did something totally sweet; he improved music to the people he encountered. Its hilarious in of itself (and immensely popular), but it gets better.



People were speculating who he was, and many people decided he was Ben Fold the famous musician. Well, he's not but Ben Fold loved the idea so much he ended up doing it live in concert! Whats better, he's good at it too!

Virigin's First Spacecraft Test Flight

Oh man, I've been following Virgin Galactic ever since they seriously started pursuing commercial space flight. Well they've certainly taken another massive step forward as they flew the combined mothership and spacecraft together in a test flight (though they remained connected for this one, no actual space flight). If nothing else you have to admit that the craft look damned sexy.

For those of you who don't know, the basic idea is to have the mothership fly the spacecraft up high into the air, where it then ignites and propels itself the rest of the way into space. With the entire setup being entirely reusable it should hopefully usher in a new era where you can buy tickets to space for a "reasonable" price!

Skeleton Jack Visits St. Patty's Day

Did you ever wonder what Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas would have thought of all those other holidays he missed out on? How about Saint Patrick's Day? Well look no further as Jack ponders the mystery of this booze soaked celebration.

Die Hardly Working

I'm constantly impressed at visual quality of the movies the guys at CH can put out. This action film isn't exactly highbrow stuff, but it's amusing to watch. My main complaint is that the ending is kind of weak, but the ride is worth it.

Caution: Sparta

I know this is a little joke is a little old now, but it made me laugh so I'll share it anyway. At least they're nice enough to give you fair warning.

Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flowchart

This flowchart here will answer all of your zombie survival questions, namely: "Would I survive?"

Sadly, the answer is overwhelmingly no, though you might get a sequel and some sweet zombie fights before you go down. There isn't much more you could wish for really.

Wario Shakes Youtube

Hot on the heels of my post of Frito-Lays' salsa commercial on Vimeo I bring the Warioland Shake It YouTube commercial. It was actually done before the salsa one, and took a different approach to it. I won't give anything away, but I'll point out that you should try playing around with all the bits afterwards. Its a pretty clever setup.

Home Taping is Killing Music

Home taping is killing music, just like the radio and the juke box before it. The music industry needs to start adapting instead of crying foul every time a new form of music distribution is invented.

Avatar 2?

How could you make film to top Avatar? Well, this fan has a pretty good idea (and some impressive skills). I won't say more lest I ruin it for you.

More Proof Dolphins are Cooler than Humans

Now I'm no physicist but these dolphins appear to be defying the laws of bubbles go up and non-rigid spinning rings dislike staying together.

Oh wait, I am a physicist, and this shit still blows my mind! I'm sure there is some clever hydro vortex shit going on here thats keeping the bubbles in line, but the fact that these guys can just toss them off for fun (and then modify existing rings) is damn impressive. If that's not intelligence, I don't know what is.

And Then There Was Salsa...

Frito-Lays really went the extra mile with this advertisement. Hell, I didn't even notice it'd taken over my whole screen until my stunned brain recovered a short while after it was done. And to top it all off, now I really want salsa... >_<

Oh, and I'd embed it here but you need to see it at Vimeo for the full experience.

6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions

Have you ever considered going into sports writing, stock market trading or perhaps weather broadcaster? You probably already can. Each morning just flip some coins, and you're good to go! Hell, you might even do better than your leading competitors.

Shadow Artist Kumi Yamashita

This artist Yamashita has an amazing set of skills that I have no idea how you'd develop. And of course everyone knows those are the people the internet was made for. The whole "military communication network" was just a cover story. Anyway, I digress. She works mostly with shadows, but her pin/thread work and boot/ink stuff is equally amazing. Trust me, this woman's talents are preposterously awesome.

The video at the bottom helps explain what she does (and its a funny Japanese show too, yay!)

Stop Animation Drum and Bass

Check out this equal parts trippy and impressive stop animation music video. Its just moving colors in the form of blocks, but its mesmerizing. I'm still not clear how he did it considering some of the shots seem to contradict gravity. Perhaps he's only working on one side and the video is mirrored, or some other trickery. Thoughts?

Snowboard Basketball

Have you ever thought to yourself as you look at a snowboarding halfpipe, "Man, with that much air I could totally dunk a snowball into a basketball hoop!" No, of course you haven't. But these guys did, and now you wish you were as creative as them.

Awesome Rabbit Tank

Holy crap check out that awesome tank. Woah, wait... is it freaking crewed by rabbits?! Rabbits in trench coats? How do you counter a rabbit army equipped with walking tanks and flamethrowers?!

A wolf spy, hopefully. Well, at least the wolves have got to hope that guy can pull off some James Bond shit because that machine is intimidating... even with its cute little bunny ears on top.