Why (Nikon D4 Video)
If you want to see what the Nikon D4 is capable of, check out this clip by Corey Rich shot using the new camera. Keep in mind that the video file was compressed when it was uploaded to Vimeo.
If you want to see what the Nikon D4 is capable of, check out this clip by Corey Rich shot using the new camera. Keep in mind that the video file was compressed when it was uploaded to Vimeo.
Why do we love Nathan Barnatt so much? Besides this, here’s another reason: when we only have a minute to hit the brain refresh button (and the boss is coming), he helps us get there. Thanks man.
The music video for Music Box is a catchy cascade of snaps, claps and a variety of string and percussion instruments from Brooklyn-based band Huma-Huma; the vid was made by Mixtape Club.
Tap into your inner distracted schoolkid with this paper airplane notepad. Simply write your note on one of the 5 different paper plane designs, fold along the dotted lines and send your message.
One of the weirdest races in the world. It’s a 1-on-1 battle where the one in the lead is actually at a disadvantage due to aerodynamics, and most of the race is fought at a tension-filled snail’s pace.
Also known as the “poor man’s perimeter alarm”, these foot-long pull-strings are rigged with a small explosive charge, which makes a loud 85dB bang when yanked. Sold in packs of 72 pieces.
YouTuber MrSolidSnake745 covers Daft Punk’s bliptastic TRON single Derezzed using five floppy drives. It’s not as clean as the electric guitar cover, but you can’t miss the song’s unmistakable riff.
YouTuber 95Camry4Life has invented a new game show: The Thin Wall Challenge. He comes up with hilarious mini-games while his next door neighbors do the deed. Why? Because! Internet! Fun!
There is some beautiful time lapse scenery and good editing in Fade, a short film by Joshua VP that took a week to film in and around Lake Powell. Plus, we never get tired of watching trailing stars.
What looks like security cam footage of a thief caught red handed is actually a clever little piece of viral marketing for LG, flaunting their products’ key feature with an imaginative approach.
If there was no OCP in RoboCop, this would have been the fate of Alex Murphy. Thank goodness for evil megacorporations and their diabolical research. Part of Funny or Die’s 1986 TV sketches.
The members of Walk Off the Earth have their own instruments, but they only needed one guitar for their cover of Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know. We didn’t know Capt. Haddock had a band.
We loved the first video from Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding, the former Riverdancers. They’re back (in alter ego form) to entertain in their latest collaboration with director Jonny Reed.
Kien Lam spent almost an entire year traveling around the world. He made this time-lapse video to chronicle his 17-country journey. The soundtrack is an original composition by his brother William.
If you’re like us and saw The Dark Knight Rises prologue trailer before MI:4, you probably had trouble understanding at least some of what Bane said. Conan saw it too, and thought the same thing.
(Slightly NSFW) While we’re waiting for season 2 of Game of Thrones, we could use a couple of episodes of this faux spin-off made by the guys at Vulture, featuring Tyrion Lannister and Ser Bronn.
(NSFW) Sometimes the people you hate the most are also the ones closest to your heart. A riotous (and raunchy) short film about a couple who go on a crash diet for physical and emotional cleansing.
Yak Films shot NextLevel Squad “bonebreaking” – a freaky combo of contortionist moves and dance – on NYC’s subways. Riders seem unphased – even by the gas masks. Song: Zilla March by B’ZWAX.
An award-winning short film based on a 1969 guerrilla interview with John Lennon by Jerry Levitan, who was then only 14-years old. Audio of the entire interview is included in Levitan’s book.
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