TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Crash Testing Old Cars Into Newer Models: There Can Be Only One
This is a video of several crash tests being conducted, pitting older model cars versus newer ones. Some more info while I remember to tape my bumper back on before my next state inspection. It’s all a racket! Unfortunately, as a vehicle ages, a number of factors come into play
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History Professor’s Off The Rails Intro To His Class Speech
Note: Plenty of profanity. Really good stuff too. UPDATE: Professor has since been suspended due to video, and is threatening to sue if not reinstated. This is a video of Ferris State University history professor Dr. Mehler’s welcome to my class Zoom speech. It’s moving. Moving in the direction of
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Watching An Automated Lemon-Stickering Machine: So Satisfying
This is a brief video of an automated lemon-stickering machine (I know it was on my Christmas list) doing its thing. Its thing being applying the stickers to lemons so both you and the cashier can identify them at the supermarket. Oh is that a lemon? Shoot, I meant to
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Guy Performs 100-Voice Halo Theme Mix-Track
This is a video of music student Matthew Van Ness (of the Loch clan presumably) performing the Halo theme by previously recording himself performing 100 different parts of the song, then mix-tracking them all together. That is impressive. For reference, I would have come up with the idea, said I
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A Musical History Of Metal
This is a video from musician and Youtuber Andrea Boma Boccarusso providing a history of metal music, from the 1950’s to present. His lesson plan includes “a medley of metal examples accompanied by descriptions, artists, and albums that typified each era.” Neato. Of course if you don’t have time to
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Machine Learning Detects Politicians Distracted By Their Phones
Developed by artist and speaker Dries Depoorter, The Flemish Scrollers is a machine learning system that watches live-streams of the Flemish government at work, detecting and identifying officials distracted by their phones (or scrolling on their phones — hence The Flemish Scrollers), and automatically uploads the footage to Twitter with
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Campbell’s Releases Soup Scented Candles
UPDATE: NO SOUP FOR YOU, already sold out. Check eBay soon if you absolutely must have one. Because nothing is as comforting on a cold winter’s day than the smell of mom telling you to cook your own damn soup, Campbell’s has teamed up with “Family Experience Company” CAMP to
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Compilation Of Baby Doll On Scooter Flipping Down Stairs: Thanks, Internet!
This is the cinematic masterpiece created by TikToker lukedonkin of a baby doll riding a moped repeatedly flipping down flights of stairs, crashing into things, and all around raising heck on the sidewalks of Melbourne, Australia. It’s surprisingly worth a watch, and may very well prove to be the finest
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Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’ In A Minor Key: Not-So-Sweet Caroline
Music: like a microwave or successful relationship, I don’t understand how it works. Obviously, when God was handing out musical understanding and skill I must have snuck back into the penis line wearing an eye patch. This is a video of Neil Diamond’s 1969 classic ‘Sweet Caroline’ in a minor
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Robotic Spy Crab Captures Up-Close Footage Of Annual Crab Migration
This is a video of and from a robotic spy crab built by the nature photographers at John Downer Productions in order to infiltrate the annual red crab migration on Christmas Island in order to capture some up-close and personal footage. Highlights include a crab trying to cannibalize the robot
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