Tilt-Shift Video Makes Demolition Derby Look Even Sillier [Special (60)
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This is one of the most amazing pieces of eye candy I've found in a long time: A demolition derby—full of monster trucks, scrap cars, and even a giant Godzilla—filmed with tilt-shift photography, then put together in a time-lapse video. The final effect is extraordinary. If you wonder how something so gigantic and destructive could look so tiny and harmless, the answer is a combination of techniques. One is the use of time-lapse, which makes ...
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nonameplayer said:
soo coooooolllll
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Klemen Verdnik said:
it's like watching the Celebrity Deathmatch
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huixing said:
One is the use of time-lapse, which makes you lose frames and gives motion a jerking quality that helps fooling the brain into thinking that you are watching miniatures.
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Geoff said:
I love tilt-shit photography for some reason. Need to build a lens.
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שאול א said:
לחובבי צילום - זה ממש אבל ממש יוצא מגדר הרגיל
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db said:
This is such an awesome technique. I'm always impressed by the results. This video is no exception!
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rcraswell said:
Pretty cool
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Fred said:
This is cool, but I can handle about one more video of tilt-shift time lapse and then it officially joins the photo novelty graveyard with HDR.
Soleil du Soir (5)
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Le nouveau clip de Dick Annegarn intitulé "Soleil du Soir" sur une réalisation de Michel Gondry, utilisant la technique du time lapse à New-York. Une production du label indépendant Tôt ou Tard / Partizan.
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Jamfris said:
Maldito Gondry! es el puto amo de los videoclips...
Art Lebedev Verbarius Word Clock Lightning Review [Review] (6)
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The Gadget: The Verbarius electronic clock by Art Lebedev, a design firm that's also given us fancy gadgets like the OLED Optimus Maximus keyboard, icon fridge magnets, folder flash drives and the upcoming Optimus Aux keypad. The Verbarius displays time not by numbers, but solely by phrases like "Twenty-nine past eleven a.m." or "Half past ten". The Price: $190 The Verdict: Amazing, but pricey. The clock works just as described, displaying phrases instead of times. ...
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Simon said:
I want this clock..
Processing 1.0 Launch (5)
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I just returned from “Oxfort Project: Part II” and am pleased to share this announcement: Today, on November 24, 2008, we launch the 1.0 version of the Processing software. Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing quickly developed into a tool ...
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Glen Murphy said:
I will skip the veiled anecdotes and cut straight to: "I was into it before it was cool".
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2 Guys Jumped Off Burj Dubai and Lived to Tell About (VIDEO) (47)
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Oh, wow. Apparently, in May, a Brit and a Frenchman snuck on to the under-construction Burj Dubai and BASE jumped from it at 650 meters up. Now, there's video available of their infiltration, jump and subsequent escape. The footage from up top and the jump is just incredible stuff. I wish I had the cajones to do something like this. Although my favorite part of the video may be the footnote at the end; wait ...
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Erik J. Heels said:
Here's 7:26 of your life you'll never get back.
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Zia said:
Crazy stuff!
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AfroWhitey said:
Cool!
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Dan B said:
SICK.. JUST SICK! If you have a few min, watch these two guys jump off the Burj.
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Ryan said:
Very cool video.
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Geoff said:
Wow.
Sonar navigation jacket (5)
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[Lynne] had this crazy idea to build a piece of clothing that would give you feedback about your surroundings using sonar. She started with a carefully selected thrift store jacket. She wanted something that looked good and also provided plenty of places to hide electronics. She used the LilyPad system, with a vibration pad and a sonar range finder. When the system detects an object within a certain distance directly in front of the wearer, ...
Google iPhone app baffled by foreign accents (1)
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A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problemsunderstanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers tospoken queries, reports say.The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use theGoogle search engine with their voice, mistook the word iPhonevariously for sex, Einstein and kitchen sink, said London'sDaily Telegraph.Comments left by users on the application's website seemed toconfirm the problem."Awesome job google. Only problem is every time I say the word'fish' it registers as 'sex'," wrote ...
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Glen Murphy said:
During development, it worked perfectly for everyone around me, but resulted in random poo whenever I tried it. The reviews here in the US are pretty positive, so I figured it was just me.I bet if they come out with an Australian-accented version, my US-tinges will confuse it even more.
SnapTell: Instant Product Lookup From The iPhone. You Want This. (88)
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If you have an iPhone, you’ll probably want to check out SnapTell Explorer, a free application now available on the App Store. The premise is simple: take a photo of the cover of any CD, DVD, book, or video game, and the application will automatically identify the product and find ratings and pricing information online. I was skeptical when I first saw the app - the iPhone has long had difficulty with image processing for ...
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Oudi Antebi said:
I remember when Bill Gates spoke about this as a vision 5 or 6 years ago....
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Chuck Lawson said:
This is about the most amazing iphone app I've seen yet. How many apps are going to come out just this week that fit into the "this was worth buying the phone for" category?
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Glen Murphy said:
Works well for me, though typing a product's name is probably a little less conspicuous.
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Saket said:
nice! we're getting closer
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Michael said:
this app just blew my mind.. seriously, no joke!
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RJO said:
I was so bitter when I saw this functionality on the "GPhone" ... this = awesome. Going to download it right now and try it.
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Mark said:
When I think "killer app", I think about apps like this and Shazam. Downloading this now, can't wait!
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iuri said:
Just tested it on a book i bought yesterday (Stranger Than Fiction By Chuck Palahniuk). Worked Lovely!!!
Cuil Theory: What Is Cuil Theory? (1)
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HalCion: Reddit's thumbnails have a Cuil level of effectiveness. ... RedDyeNumber4: Can we make that a unit of measurement?One Cuil = One level of abstraction away from the reality of a situation.Example: You ask me for a Hamburger.1 Cuil: if you asked me for a hamburger, and I gave you a raccoon.2 Cuils: If you asked me for a hamburger, but it turns out I don't really exist. Where I was originally standing, a picture ...
FFFFOUND! - glen's found (1)
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I am moving my image bookmarking away from Reader Shared Items and onto FFFFound. These, are their stories. Apologies for the dupes as I move everything across. Friendfeed doesn't do thumbnailing for it yet, so the feed likes like poo in that service.
fragment.series by tim borgmann (1)
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Glen Murphy said:
Mmmmm!!I can't remember if I shared these before. Deal with it.
Only in San Francisco…
Do you go eat pie with some... (1)
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Only in San Francisco… Do you go eat pie with some friends, and strike up a conversation with the pie place over twitter.
Tim Tam Chocolate Cookies at Target Now Through March (6)
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Gail Simmons's favorite snack.Photo: Courtesy of Pepperidge FarmGail Simmons got giddy during her New York Diet last week when she came to the topic of Australian Tim Tam's cookie contract with Pepperidge Farm and Target. Simmons rediscovered the cookie at the New York Wine & Food Festival last month and is addicted to the rectangular biscuits, which come in chocolate crème or caramel flavors and then are coated in chocolate. Though the Campbell Soup Co. ...
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Jenn dlv said:
JEREMY NEWTON!!!! OMG! THIS IS FOR YOU!
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Glen Murphy said:
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODD
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dataphage said:
Australia exporting to America. First Success since Ugg boots were assimilated into the American psyche.
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Jake said:
Limited time? Boo!
Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flu’s Spread - NYTimes.com (9)
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Google is tracking the ebb and flow of Web queries like “flu symptoms” or “muscle aches” in an effort to identify outbreaks.
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Chris said:
Slowly taking over the world...
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Glen Murphy said:
This is a ridiculously awesome project. Hugs and Kisses to Matt.
The future is imploding into the ... whatever. (15)
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(Touching base at home for 48 hours; off again for another 5 day trip on Thursday. Blogging's going to be light for a bit.) A reader (thanks, Bill) informs me that a key part of Accelerando has just begun to come true: they've passed Bill H.0888, Miscellaneous Tax Documents, which permits the formation of software-only virtual companies:A board meeting may be conducted “in person or through the use of [an] electronic or telecommunications medium.” A ...
Extreme eating - Epicure - Entertainment - theage.com.au (1)
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FOUR days spent steering a motorbike north from Chiang Mai alongthe Burmese border along dangerously snaking roads must have madefood blogger Phil Lees challenge his actions. Surely, he questionedthe madness of making a white-knuckle, eight-day return tripthrough bamboo-covered mountains to slurp one bowl of khao soisoup? In a word, no.
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Glen Murphy said:
Why does all the good food have to be so far away from good internet? Only Japan seems to get the combination right.
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