h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Gotta love the Japanese.

Here is a video that will interest even those
who have no great passion for motorsports.

Using recorded telemetry from the 1989 Japanese GP race,
Honda Racing set up huge speakers, every 30 feet or so, all
the way round the Suzuki track and then played back a
sound recording of Ayrton Senna's Honda-engined F1-car
to simulate a ghostly re-run of his qualifying lap. Using
pure light to represent his car, the multi-stereophonic
sound-track brings the moment to life.

This whole effort is like one of those record-setting
tumbling-dominoes videos where you find yourself saying
'wow' and asking 'why' and 'who would put that much effort
into 1 minute and a half of fun'? But then add in the cost of
very expensive lighting, computer telemetry and simulation
and of course the hundreds of high-end-audio speakers; not
to mention state of the art filming and editing to produce
one of the most exciting Utoob events ever.

It's TRON on steroids.
Go full screen and turn up your speakers.

http://youtu.be/oeO2q8FzcnM

Cheers
~jwf~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3_lYftijg&feature=youtu.be

Embarassing moment at a baseball field.

Magic Beard stop motion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEYCPc9P-Q0

PP

Work out Wednesday with Zach Anner. This week a treadmill. Last week it was pull-ups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWI_J3-2Nzg#t=41

PP.

Captive buluga whale enjoys a mariachi band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_6-IwMPjM

Thought provoking.

PP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hC0Ng_ajpY

Learn about who is to blame for rape in India.

Wanna see a Jaguar swim out to a sandbar and take down
a seven foot crocodile with a single bite to the brain stem
then carry it off for his leisurely dining pleasure. Yep,
cats do like fishy stuff.

http://youtu.be/DBNYwxDZ_pA


~jwf~

OK How about an airliner landing on a Jeep?

http://youtu.be/vaIbpSaEoYc


~jwf~

I'd really like to try this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=085A7Iv6xzA&feature=player_embedded

Deke

I heard this on Radio 3 the other night, and was gripped. There are no moving images here, just the music. Anna Clyne, "Within Her Arms", performed by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

It's 15 minutes long. Do listen to all of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxy-_aS0N4

doh.

Ever wanna whack a knife with a ping pong paddle?

http://youtu.be/5NO-fka_JTQ


~jwf~

There is no movement without rhythm ... the origins of music (?) in tribal Africa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY

The best street doumbek drum player in the world (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_ZFCDVhS-4

Cor! Now I got itchy feets and wants to git up off marse
and dance. Damn ye sir!

~jwf~

A dragon has been recorded flying over England.

http://youtu.be/m6NQjKf3ZSw

Looks pretty convincing to me.
And it happened over Truro so it must be Truro.

~jwf~

Alexander Koblikov is a jolly clever juggler. Juggles with 10 balls at a time.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8qFBvnUGSM

PP.

Finger fart song.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMHPNL2gyFQ

PP.

I might have shared this already, so apologies if, as they say, glasscock, but:

http://www.viddler.com/v/e9974e57

What's fascinating as a juggler watching that Koblikov routine is that he can do a five ball Mills' Mess (the thing he does for about 5 seconds starting at 2:45) which is a truly legendary trick, and he can cascade seven balls... but the finale is a *five* ball cascade pattern, he "just" juggles it with a two-ball multiplex on every throw. Very impressive.