Art For Japan

Ransom Notes has a couple links to some interesting art prints you can buy and help benefit relief in Japan.
They include a red version of Alex Pardee's "Guilty Smurf":

I bought this one:


[via Boing Boing]

Ultimate Home Videos

TED talks are always impressive, but this is one of the best I've ever seen. An MIT researcher wired his home to record 90,000 hours of audio and video. He did this to study his baby son learning how to speak. The data they are pulling out of this experiment is pretty remarkable and has much larger implications than they originally intended.
But this video gets me on a very human level. Some of the family moments, including an audio time-lapse of his son learning to say "water", gave me chills.


[via Boing Boing]

The Legend Of Zelda (1987) Movie Trailer

"I gave her my heart, she gave me a jar."


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Andy And Pee-Wee's Night Out

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Om Nom Nom: Origins

Perhaps the most important educational documentary I've seen in recent times:


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Fuzzy Wuzzy Was A Bear...

Bears look weird without fur, apparently:


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Carl Sagan - "A Glorious Dawn" ft Stephen Hawking

Best use of auto-tune ever.

[via Boing Boing]

Eternal Earth-Bound Pets

This wonderful organization of animal loving atheists is dedicated to taking care of the pets left behind by those taken by the rapture. It's a lovely gesture, and I hope to become a member!


[via Boing Boing]

Bobby McFerrin Is A Wizard

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

[via Boing Boing]

Incredible Video Projection

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

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Warp Whistle

Mario warps to an unusual place:


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Codebreaker - "Fire"

I'm on a tilt-shift kick! The effect is used wonderfully in this video. The song has a cool vibe, too.

[via Boing Boing]

I'm Officially Learning To Cross-Stitch

I've been thinking about this for a while, but now it's official. I'm going to learn how to cross-stitch. This is why:


I'll begin taking commissions this summer.

[via Boing Boing]

Offworld

Offworld is Boing Boing's spin-off video gaming blog. It's relatively new, and so far it's been just as good as Boing Boing. They cover everything from mainstream gaming to indie games, and gaming culture.

It's where I found out about 8-Bit Jesus. It's also the first place I found out about Scribblenauts. One of the most ambitious and exciting games I've seen for the DS. If they pull it off it could be infinitely replayable and fun.

The trailer gives a brief, but tantalizing glimpse at the possibilities:

The Cuddliest Wuddliest Economic Crisis

This wonderful illustration puts an adorable face on a frightening thing (kinda like Dakota Fanning):


[from Boing Boing]

Playing The Building

David Byrne is one of my favorite artists. He recently transformed an entire building into a musical instrument. Boing Boing did a video segment about it:



Apparently you can visit the installation for free through August 10th, in New York.

Here is Byrne's journal entry about "Playing the Building".