This sort of thing has been done before (see below). But this is clever. It’s an ad for a social media based Opera.
It’s (not) Friday, but this is clever
A little jumpy. A little bit like the kind of video you don’t show epileptics. A little bit good.
Sent to me by my friend Matt on Facebook. But between then and now it’s gone a bit viral.
How to be awesome like MacGyver
Ever wondered how you can turn the resources at your disposal into a quick fix solution for escaping the deadly situation you find yourself in? No?
Well. You’re not MacGyver then. But if you fancy a little bit of MacGyvering you should bookmark this page of MacGyver recipes.
X-Things: popular icons from my childhood in the theme of X-Men
X-Muppets and X-Mario. How cool would those franchises be if their characters had mutant super powers.
And Mario.
That one is part of a series.
A visualisation of relationships in the Guy Ritchie classic “Snatch”
Remember when Guy Ritchie made entertaining caper movies. He did. Snatch is one of my favourite movies of all time. Partly because I watched it the day I finished high school, so it is permanently associated with a pretty terrific day.
There were times when it was difficult to remember who knew who, and who was partcipating in which narrative arc. If you had that problem then this one is for you. Otherwise it’s just an interesting way to map out a movie plot.
Via Visual News
Introducing the Cinemagraph: Like GIFs, but classy
These are great. I’d never thought about the artistic possibility of the GIF. I just thought they were for people hurting themselves in humourous ways. But no. They can do so much more.
Here’s a guide to making your own Cinemagraphs. Pretty clever.
Ninjas in the Bible
Image Credit: Flickr
Two of the passages I’ve been preparing for exams this semester have made me ponder a theology of ninjas. Some might say it’s anachronistic to read ninjas back into the pages of the Bible. But Ninjas are everywhere. Check out this passage from Isaiah 49…
“He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow
and concealed me in his quiver.”
Ninja. Right. And let us not forget Ehud. The Left Handed Ninja Assassin.
No convinced? How about this… ninjas were also out to get Jesus. Luke 20:20-21.
“Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.”
Which doesn’t look like much at face value, but in the Greek it reads:
“So they watched him and sent those hired to lie in wait who acted/pretended to be sincere…”
The word acted/pretended is the word we derive hypocrite from. But these guys were hired to lie in wait, blending into their surroundings, before striking. Ninjas.
Thunderstruck: a timelapse video of storm clouds a brewin’
I like clouds. I like timelapse. So it stands to reason that I’d like a timelapse video of clouds and would spend ten minutes of productive essay writing time watching this video. This gets all heavy and scary at about the eight minute mark.
Hector Thunderstorm Project from Murray Fredericks on Vimeo.
The many faces and emotions of Keanu Reeves
Sad Keanu is sad. But Keanu is an actor capable of such dynamism and range.
Here’s a guide to acting like Keanu.
Via Philip McGann.
Let this not be understood as a criticism of the third or fourth most awesome person in Hollywood.
Magical “cut chair” not just a chip off the old block
I would like six of these please.
Pretty clever. Here’s how it works (sorry to spoil the illusion).
Music to study to: Jinja Safari
So, on Saturday night, despite having been kicked about a thousand times in a game of soccer on Saturday we went to see Boy and Bear play the last show of their sold out Australian tour. They were good. But probably the real highlight was seeing support act Jinja Safari. Who brought so much energy to the stage. It was amazing. Very jungle drumesque. Shades of Vampire Weekend’s global fusion style replete with incredibly fast lyrics. I love a band with a drummer and a percussionist. Actually, I think I described them (to the chagrin of one of the guys there with us who doesn’t believe in comparing bands) as Architecture in Helsinki meets Vampire Weekend.
Fun.
Oh. And they had a sitar.