ASMR isn’t for everything
ASMR has been a thing for a while. DragonBall has also been a thing for longer. The two put together is hilarious.
Chicken for a pet
We had chickens – and everything they’re experiencing is exactly what we did. Cats being afraid of him, their cannibalistic tendencies, and being a general jerk at times – all were the same for our chickens too.
Love it.
Slowing down the past
Hot on the heals of Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old, restoration of old films using lots of fascinating new techniques is hitting mainstream. One of those technologies being to slow down the old hand-crank ~10fps movies that play too fast when put on modern ~30fps transfers.
Videographer Guy Jones slows down film from the late 1800s to early 1900s to more accurately match the speed at which modern footage is recorded and played. In addition to editing the pace of the century-old film, Jones also adds in sound effects to make the scenes more relatable.
Check out his Youtube channel for more of these amazing edits.
66mm fire tornado
Dustin Skye is a bubble blower and artist from the central Oregon coast. Check out his latest amazing creation.
Disney Imagineering’s Amazing New Animatronics
Disney is building a new Beauty and the Beast ride in Japan. Check out the absolutely amazing animatronics they’re developing. Magic at 1:45
Knickers – the 6’4 cow from down under
Also related – Aurochs
1.7 days – on average
Glad to know our doctors and academics are still producing lots of great papers. While some things like magnets are seriously dangerous if swallowed, the goal of this one was to get over-protective parents to calm down about the risk of many other commonly swallowed household items.
Six pediatric health‐care professionals were recruited to swallow the head of a Lego figurine. The professionals then examined their stool samples for the next few days to determine:
- If Lego pieces passed through their system or got stuck
- The time it took to pass the Lego piece.
Full paper here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpc.14309
Snowboarding from Camp Muir
I’ve climbed up the shoulder of Mt Rainier to Camp Muir (10,188 ft) and glissaded down; but I should have brought my old snowboard instead like these guys!
This clip brings back some memories for sure. I need to do that hike again.
Eric Chien’s magic
Without a doubt, Eric Chien is taking the magic world by storm. His movements are so smooth as to defy belief. I remember seeing an act of his just a few years ago and being quite astounded. It appears very clear he’s gotten even better.
Here’s his recent act at The Ace Assembly in Hong Kong in which he rightfully won the competition. To be fair, there is decent evidence that there was some post-processing done on the web footage so that if someone slowed down the video the tricks secrets weren’t revealed, but it would likely have been no less amazing to witness first-hand.
Garbage bag art
Two hundred and seventy white garbage bags hang like ghosts in the columned hall of Vienna, Austria’s Museum für agewandte Kunst (MAK) for the exhibition Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty. The piece is by Nils Völker, and is titled after the number of bags present in the installation. Over 1000 precisely installed fans and 45 circuit boards keep their movement on track, helping to rhythmically inflate and deflate the hanging plastic objects.