Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
What’s amazing about animation is the way in which simple stories can take on a life of their own. This short, called Wheel Time, is the work of Tom Judd, and shows how even subtly shaded characters and plain backgrounds can tell quite a tale.
[Tom Judd]
[Via: Josh Spear]
As any long time fan of DidntYouHear knows, I’m a fan of time lapse videos, and especially ones that involve art. This compilation of the first week of The Graffiti Project is no different, and delivers the goods in a simply stunning manner. Makes me wish I was handy with the spray.
Some background info on The Graffiti Project:
We are bringing together four of the world’s leading graffiti artists from Brazil to create a unique burst of colour, embracing the walls and turrets of the south side of Kelburn Castle and the castle grounds. On a traditional typecast building, this bold and striking artistic statement will hopefully receive positive media attention, whilst challenging the public’s understanding of both urban graffiti art and the British institution the building represents. It is a project that bridges between rural and urban realms and unites two proud and very different cultures.
The project will involve the artists and organizers living together in the Castle for approximately one month, documented by various forms of media. The artists will have time to share and explore new ideas, from both sides of the equator, culminating in a one-off, giant piece of collaborative art.
[Via: Wooster Collective]
The R.I.O.T. Wheel is “an 1,100lb motorized single-wheel vehicle, with the driver in front”, and looks like a…riot!
Essentially a giant tractor tire with an engine in the middle and a seat in the front, it was developed for the Burning Man festival (could have guessed that one), and manages to defy the laws of gravity. Ready to start a riot?
[Via: Hacked Gadgets]
Sometimes, the Internet brings you things that you never knew you wanted to know about. Such is the case (for me atleast) with this Cow In A Box dissection. How do they get that moo in there?
Oxypedia is a place where the Shrimp are always Jumbo, and the Odds are always Even.
For more wonderful ways to screw up your speech, check out the Top 50 Oxymorons, a list compiled from numerous emails and tall tales.
Though many of them are pretty ugly, it’s almost exactly like every other list, so you won’t be missing much. Just remember, Microsoft Works.
[Via: Neatorama]
Planet Earth is the best nature/wildlife series on the planet. No joke. This 11-parter, done as a partnership between the BBC and the Discovery Channel, is filled so many unimaginable images, startling behaviors, and high-definition eye candy, that you’ll finally be able to justify that HDTV purchase.
Thankfully, the entire series is now available on DVD (and Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD), and there’s an accompanying book to go along with it. If you missed a few parts, it’s time to catch up. If you missed the entire series, it’s your loss, because you’ll never again have the chance to say ‘wow’ so many times in a single hour. Want more? How about:
Seriously, if you haven’t seen it, do, because everyone else already has.
Adidas’ new Impossible Is Nothing campaign is going viral with a very creative and interactive website.
With your head as the star, you can “slamdunk the moon, eat a flying shark, scissor kick a comet or jump high over a jumbo jet”. To make a supersimple tale of the incredible, just:
You might wonder how such a thing is possible, but Adidas would remind you…
[Via: NOTCOT]
When Virgin America needed names for their planes, they opened up a contest to see who could come up with the best ones. Somehow, Boing Boing managed to convince them that the name ‘Unicorn Chaser’ was both awesome and acceptable, and they agreed.
Though they no longer have the unequal opportunity European stewardesses to keep you entertained, at least you can tell your friends that you flew the friendly skies in a Unicorn Chaser.
This clever clip is just part of a giant game referencing poster that tests the classic and not so classic gaming knowledge of even the most hard core of fans. Click on the above image for the full version, and see home many of the references you remember. Careful though, it might be too much for one brain to handle. (If you need/want help, the comment section of the Destructoid post has a labeled version, though that takes away all the fun, right?)
[Via: Destructoid]
Microsoft, apparently jealous of Apple’s touch sensitive iPhone iNterface, decided to unveil some touch based computing magic of its own in the form of the Microsoft Surface, a Minority Report style coffee table that is supposed to revolutionize the way we interact with our computers.
If it’s anything like the demo reel, it should be nothing short of spectacular, though it’s going to be a few years before anyone who can’t afford a Ferrari can afford one of these. No word yet on weather or not it can precog.
