Saturday, January 5, 2013

Millionaire Boy Racers Of London: The documentary about grumpy old men complaining about rich young hooligans



This one is interesting. Apparently every summer rich Arab tourists invade London and terrorize the streets in Ferrari`s, Lamborghini`s and other ultra high end sports cars. The local upper crusters are none too happy about this, so you know there will be some sort of a clash between them. But if you want to see a lot of nice cars it`s worth a look.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Helmet cam goodness: Watch a firefighter in action



Scott Ziegler is a firefighter in Highland Park Michigan. He wore a helmet cam and put together this video of 1 year`s worth of fires that he and his brigade fought. It is intense.

This is COMPRESSORHEAD: A robot band covering Ace Of Spades



This COMPRESSORHEAD. They are metal (literally) this robotic band is covering one of the greats. Namely Motorhead Ace of Spades. Pure awesome metal goodness, now thats music.

pure metal

more here

The Deep End: drawn with coffee, ink and white out


The Deep End from Jake Fried on Vimeo.

This just just a sample of Jake Fried`s work. Kind of eerie? This Boston based experimental animator uses some pretty interesting materials, namely coffee, ink, white out and crayons in his work. All hand drawn too.

more here

Ultra bloody Evil Dead red-band trailer



Here`s the new Evil Dead red-band trailer and it is bloody I can tell you that. If you like blood vomiting slicing, dicing and general gory mayhem well this is it. The remake is pretty disgusting but hey, that`s the way you like it right?

Everything wrong with Prometheus in 4 minutes or less



Yeah I seen it and I had some really high hopes or it, but I was left feeling kind of meh.

Man captures video of unexplained explosion in night sky

Well this one is just downright weird. A Sacramento man scanning the night sky caught a sudden explosion on video that so far has defied explanation.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The LEGO axle sorting machine



Check out this LEGO TECHNIC axle sorting machine. Driven by a single motor this thing is a work of art. Kudos to builder Akiyuki. Actually it`s kind of relaxing to watch too, so sit back and enjoy.

The early Universe had magnetic fields before stars

Magnets and magnetism is something most take granted, these are common objects and effects. But the early Universe was much different, consisting on non-magnetic elements and particles how would this force come into being?

Jon Olsson`s Lamborghini Ski Transporter



Swedish professional skier Jon Olsson loves his Lamborghini. So much so that he uses this Lamborghini Gallardo as his daily driver to get to the ski slopes. Many people would cringe just thinking of using a car of this calibre in the snow, but just look at this thing, I think they might be wrong.

nice

Japanese trucker likes vacationing in war zones



This is Toshifumi Fujimoto, he lives in Japan and makes his living as a trucker. When Toshifumi Fujimoto goes on vacation things get a bit more exciting because he takes his vacations in war zones, he`s in Syria right now in the thick of it taking in some photography and casual bullet dodging.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Remind you of the night before? The Hobo puke-bot



Yup, New Year`s Eve has come and gone, had fun? I did. Now we all know that loads of people around the world have libations on that day, some a bit too much.

Watch Melbourne`s New Year`s Eve Fireworks display in reverse



No doubt about it, Melbourne`s New Year`s Eve fireworks display in the Docklands was quite the spectacle. But you know what? it`s quite the spectacle when watched in reverse too.

Legend Of Zelda as a cartoon



Ah Zelda, fond memories playing this Nintendo game and gladly its still pretty popular. Well, now you can watch this nicely done re-imagined classic video game as a cartoon.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

And now the firecracker launching slingshot vs gelatin



You asked, and I delivered. In part 2 of firecracker launching slingshot we get to see what this bad boy can really do.

Yes, this is a firecracker launching slingshot



Joerg Sprave is at it again, this time in order to ring in the New Year he`s got something with a bit more bang to it, a firecracker launching slingshot. Being German, Joerg has built a slingshot that will accommodate the largest legal firecracker in that country.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Kitty leaps from communication tower, and lives!



This is one lucky kitty. This Siamese cat in Columbia may have used one of its nine lives after it jumped from a communications tower while being rescued. Lucky for this kitty he was caught by rescuers, so he`s ok, but wow did he ever take a leap of faith.

one life down, eight to go. you`re one lucky critter.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Missile Toe: Watch some Christmas Tree rocketry




It`s after Christmas, so what do you do with your Christmas tree, turn it into an ICBM of course! From the creators of "Christmas Tree Rocketry: The Art and Science of Holiday Recycling" comes a new epic flight, the flight of the XMS MissileToe.

Drool worthy: Take a tour of the Porsche Museum


モーターヘッド MotorHead.jp // Porsche Museum from Maiham-Media.com on Vimeo.

This video takes you on nice tour of the fabled Porsche Museum in Stuttgart Germany. There are around 150 cars on display and 90 percent of them are kept in running condition. See if you can name all the models in this video.

want. nice collection of sports cars that are truly a work of art.

Close up dash cam footage of Russian plane crash



This TU-204 belonging to the Russian airline Red Wings crashed yesterday killing 5 people while trying to land at Moscow`s Vnukovo Airport.

Watch a life size RC Superman flying over a beach



Now this is something. This guy built a life size FLYABLE RC Superman, pretty ingenious if you ask me. This project looks complex, considering the propulsion system is well hidden and all the flight surfaces needed to keep this Man of Steel aloft.

needs heat vision and it would be perfect