These are a series of commercials for Apple and Paypal featuring Jeff Goldblum that have been slowed down, and make him sound drunk. Does this work for everybody in all commercials? I’m not sure, but it did work with Flo from those Progressive commercials, because I just tried it. I
This is a video from Wired highlighting the work of chalk artist Kurt Wenner, who creates realistic perspective pieces on a large scale. In the video, he discusses the various pieces he’s made, his process, and the challenges that arose while creating them. It was an interesting watch. Maybe not
This is some footage from the 2017 Iowa State Fair’s husband calling contest, in which wives compete by calling their husbands. Not on the phone, mind you — by yelling. The winner takes home a ribbon, five bucks, but, most importantly, bragging rights, which are invaluable. I may not have
This is a video of 154-pound rock climber Magnus Midtbø competing with 375-pound strongman ‘The Norwegian Hulk’ in a biblical David vs Goliath grip strength competition, using seven different styles of grips to see who can lift the most weight. Despite his diminutive size, Magnus manages to beat the strongman
Presumably to show Consumer Reports how tests should actually be conducted, this is a video from The Hydraulic Press channel, who created a bracket of different priced kitchen knives, then pitted them against each other to see who will the championship. Me? I would have destroyed all these knives because
This is an animated bar graph visualizing the world’s fifteen richest people (royalty excluded) from 1985 – 2023, with their associated companies also highlighted. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that even the poorest of these people is entirely too rich. I don’t even have any money and
Available as a 3D printable file from JBV Creative, this sine wave machine features marbles that roll in a sine wave as the machine is cranked. Hate cranking? Get creative and add a motor. Or a car engine! JBV also sells the file for a wave machine that’s only 8
Because it seems appropriate for the US Army Band to cover a medley of songs from a band with Fighter in its name, this is a video of the band covering a number of tunes from Foo Fighters. They do a fantastic job. Possibly even better than I sing ‘Learn