I never was that interested in skateboarding, but damn, freebording looks cool–check out the videos. Justin Blanton talks about his first experience on a freebord.
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“We again asked the Princeton University community to submit imagesÄîand, for the first time, videos and soundsÄîproduced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science. Out of nearly 150 entries from 16 departments, we selected 56 works to appear in the 2006 Art of Science exhibition.”
The Saints Row videogame for Xbox 360 has some pretty severe bugs. Cabel Sasser filmed some of the more egregious ones… and set them to an original musical score. Absolutely incredible! I really hope he does more of these. [via daring fireball]
A big collection of free movies & documentaries, ranging from Dick Tracy to Phantom of the Opera to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock to a couple hours worth of Tom & Jerry cartoons.
Google Video has some good old-school cartoons by Winsor McKay.
I just learned about Open Culture yesterday. Their mission, as they describe it:
To explore the best of contemporary intellectual life.
To connect users with free, high-quality online media — podcasts, videos, online courses, etc. — that makes learning dynamic, convenient and fun.
To keep users apprised of new cultural developments and resources worth their limited time.
Looks like a lot of good brainy media there.
Excellent. A video featuring every finishing move from Mortal Kombat 3. Fatalities, babalities, friendships, etc. I can’t believe the first Mortal Kombat game came out way back in 1992!
The next Fantastic Four movie will feature the Silver Surfer. The first film wasn’t spectacular, but it was good, clean fun in an exuberant Jack Kirby kind of way. You certainly can’t go wrong with the Silver Surfer, but I really hope Galactus figures in there somewhere.
A great collection of stills and posters from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. [via coudal by way of daring fireball]
From an industry survey about a decade ago, The 50 Greatest Cartoons. “What’s Opera, Doc?” takes first place. And here are video links for all but 1 of them.
If you like jazz standards and finger-tapping, here’s a video of Stanley Jordan playing “Autumn Leaves” on 2 guitars at the same time, soloing while ‘comping himself.
The Onion AV Club picks their top films for 2006, featuring a master list and a set of personal favorites for each writer.
Richard Dawkins has a video documentary that ties in with his new book, The God Delusion.
You absolutely must have tissues at hand before watching this video. It’s from that classic episode of Fresh Prince where Will’s father walks out on him for the second time. Seriously, get some tissues.
I spent some time last night reliving the magic of Star Wars kid. The orginal is good. My favorite spin-off is the disco version, while the drunken jedi and the clones edit aren’t too bad. See also cyber-bullying.
Yikes. So there’s really going to be a 6th Rocky movie. I’ve got mixed feelings about this. The first one, 30 years ago, was spectacular. Let’s hope this last one can buck the (declining) quality trend of the four sequels. Maybe in a couple years we’ll get a Lucas-style sextet of prequels!
Here’s a stop-motion movie where each frame is a photo of a whiteboard illustration. I love how those shapes morph around, and there’s some cool “interaction” with the ink.
Roger Federer is so completely amazing. David Foster Wallace writes about Federer as Religious Experience.
Mark Larson 