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Awesome Blacksmith Machines

ted — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:32:37 +0000

I would have to assume that there are old-school hammer and anvil type blacksmiths out there who consider these Hebo machines “cheating”, but wow are they cool to watch, and certainly much faster. I wonder is the iron is heated before going in, or is manipulated cold?

Watch in awe as they “Twist, endforge, scroll, emboss, texture, hammer tube, make baskets, and press belly pickets, and much more. ”

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Cephalopods Are Awesome

ted — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:00:02 +0000

Every Day is Science Friday

Bridge Demolition

ted — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:08:57 +0000

This time lapse video of an overnight bridge demolition is surprisingly beautiful in its own way. The track excavators look like insects devouring a leaf. It was made with a Canon 5Dmk2. over 18+ hours and 4,000 images.

A Bridge Too Far from James Miller on Vimeo.

This Beautiful Giant Xylophone in the Woods Makes Me Smile

ted — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:03:40 +0000

This video of a giant xylophone playing itself in the woods is really just a cell phone commercial, but the simplistic beauty makes me smile.

Slow Loris with Tiny Umbrella equals Extreme Cuteness

ted — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:00:50 +0000

And now for your moment of cute :

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The Sound of Pi

ted — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:59:34 +0000

Just in time for the upcoming Pi Day (3/14), YouTube musician Michael John Blake has created a lovely song by interpreting the first 31 digits of pi into musical notes. While there is certainly a lot of creative input involved to get from pi to this song, the connection is still fun, and don’t forget to notice just how many different instruments this guy can play. Enjoy!

Adorable Litte Girl Shows Off Her Unique Skill at Juggling Oranges

ted — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:00:43 +0000

Very cute. And silly me trying to juggle with three oranges at once, and wasting time with all that ridiculous throwing-them-in-air nonsense…

Dance of the Books

ted — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:08:38 +0000

Don’t forget to spot the banana!

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A Very Different View of Wind Turbines

ted — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:58:42 +0000

Here is an amazing video of someone playing chicken with giant wind turbines with a RC plane with a pilot-view camera in it. Amazing stunt, which I am guessing the wind turbine company would not appreciate at all, though I wouldn’t think he would be capable of actually hurting one with his little plane. Some of the close misses made me gasp…

Playing Chicken with a Wind Turbine FPV from aaron_gx on Vimeo.

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When Real Life Becomes Indistinguishable from a Monty Python Sketch

ted — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:01:39 +0000

Parkour for Lazies: The Bizarre British Lying Down Game

Monty Python Royal Society for Putting Things on top of other things