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Monthly Archives: August 2010
arcade fire: the wilderness downtown
Watch and marvel at what’s possible with HTML5 and an uncaged imagination.
separated at birth: kermit & christian bale
I normally hate these memes that set out to create some lame connection between random elements of celebrity in order to score a few extra subscriptions… But it’s Kermit and CHRISTIAN BALE. How can that not be hilarious!?
One is arguably one of the greatest actors of our time, using an intense combination of method acting while drawing on a wide array of deeply personal experiences to bring out each of his troubled characters… The other is Christian Bale. (sorry, that joke sucked but the guy acts like such a douche sometimes, the dad joke material writes itself)
Anyway… enjoy the hours of work some weirdo has put into finding these pics.
via Uncoached
stunning portraits
Thor Fridriksson – film maker
Minister of Transportation of Armenia
Al Jarreau – jazz singer
Work by Suren Manvelyan
via Behance
greens ad from #YWC
heavily pixellated
skate and create 2010
The followup event to the hugely successful 2009 concept by Transworld Skate Mag in the US, four teams were given a warehouse and 9 days to Skate and Create a mini video part.
- The four teams are made up of a total of six skaters—four pros and two ams.
- Each team is given nine days in a warehouse with the same set of obstacles.
- Each team is allowed one art director on site.
- Each team is assigned one TWS photographer to shoot a feature article for the magazine.
- Each team is allowed a film crew to produce a video for skateboarding.com.
- The final photo and video product is judged by the TWS edit staff (minus S&C coordinators Skin Phillips and Josh Brooks) on the level of skating, creativity, the use of obstacles, and overall image and video quality.
- The winner gets the cover of the magazine and will have a spot reserved in Skate & Create 2011.
They each produced rad videos which you can scope out here but in my opinion, one stands head and shoulders above the rest.
I give you: LAKAIROMANIA
90’s awesomeness.
You know when you keep coming across something even though you’re not looking for it?
Well I’m having one of those months, so here’s another tidbit in the spirit of the Rage playlist I posted the other day. This time it’s the 50 best music videos from the 90’s as rated by Pitchfork.
My absolute favorites are:
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
UNKLE (Feat Thom Yorke) – Rabbit in Your Headlights
Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy
Having said that, all the songs are pretty awesome and made me feel crazy nostalgic. With greatness from Beck, The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer and of course, Nirvana also making the cut, there’s something to tickle every fancy.
Favorites people?
The price of being a dolphin.
So here's the scenario: You are a millionaire 10 times over. You already have your own hover craft, mansion in every capital city and a different car for everyday of the week. You think to your self "I still haven't spend enough money on stuff I don't really need."
The people over at Seabreacher can help you out with that. For as little as $65,000USD you can become a friggin dolphin!
Check out the demo:
See more at the Seabreacher official website:
Watermelons in Japan
I love watermelon as much as the next person, but in Japan they’ve taken their love to a heady new level. Behold and be-awed:
They’ve got shaped fruits which come in at around $70USD apiece…
Watermelon flavoured Kit Kats…
Watermelon art…
A bus stop in Ishaya City…
And most wonderful of all… The ‘Tama-chan’ watermelon cooling and transport device.
These little guys come in at about $230USD, allowing you to transport your watermelon with ease in a wonderfully cooled and hellishly unnecessary stroller type contraption. They even come with a net bag to make putting the melon in and out of the device easier. With ‘Six LEDs for added futuristic effect’ you’re sure to be the life of any outing (just make sure the melon’s pre-filled with Vodka).
From the (translated) review on the Tama-chan:
‘After braving a walk around the neighbourhood with Tama-chan, you might sort of get attatched to it and regard it as a pet. It gives you this urge to show it off to friends, and motivates you to go outside and have fun. Afterall, you’d need to go on a camping trip or dozen to get the money’s worth.’
Read more about the reviewers adventures here
Rage
Assorted Rage playlists dating all the way back to 1998, including videos? Get ‘em while they’re hot right here.
style wars epic set up
I only have two stickers on my beloved macbook pro… One that says “i love because” from my previous life as the founder of a clothing company.
The other says STYLEWARS – Because attending the first few of these annual snowboard contests at Falls Creek in Australia is STILL one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Let me explain why: They just keep stepping up the crazy.
Here is the insane course setup they’ve implemented for this year’s competition which kicked off last night.
more details from our good friends at snowlife here
[ EDIT : Day one of Stylewars has been fogged out, check out some pics at Pop Mag]
vincent laforet showreel
Pure quality, shot on my dream setup – the Canon 5D.
i heart gary busey
A brilliant new campaign by sugar magnet VitaminWater featuring my boy Busey and Shaquille O’Neil.
tony abbott is right
Brilliant way to spread the message about this moron… Using only this moron.
Make your own last minute propaganda poster or just vote for your favourite at tonyabbottisright.com
gaga x christopher walken
HOW much water?
The folks over at National Geographic have put together this interesting illustrated guide to the amount of water different foods/energy sources/products consume to produce. It’s pretty startling.
Check out the rest here.
the bomb gong shot
The comments after the youtube link say it all…
“If golf was this exciting, I’d actually watch it”
via @JesseBDylan
we’ve all thought about it
We’ve all said it at some stage in our lives.
Walking aimlessly amongst the IKORBROGBA lounges or the GAAAHWONK library furnishings, you will often hear someone mention softly to their newly appointed de facto partner… “how awesome would it be to have a massive game of hide and seek in IKEA?”
Well, by the looks of it you’re too late because the FB event has been removed but here’s what it looks like yesterday morning.
via The Age
slow motion pub
The new ad by Carlton Draught, showcasing all the best pub moments in super slow mo
chatroulette FTW!
Possibly the best use of social media marketing I have ever seen.
Chatroulette, a platform custom built for young men with too much time ‘in’ their hands, combined with the old adage “sex sells”.What do you get?
be careful what you wish for
It has to be one of the lamest, most trite phrases in the English language.
Until it happens to you… And nothing else says it so well.yo yo labor
I have been trying to find the person who designed the original version of this picture for a whole day now…It was left on a music forum and I thought it was brilliant so rebuilt the image and used it as my FB profile pic.
Love your work, whoever you are.
via Lonsdale
Audi E-Tron
To be a part of That's Ace you need to things:
1. You have to be ace. (Naturally)2. You have to own an Audi. So naturally we are big fans of totaly ace Audis around here. The E-tron is Audis first attempt at a Electronic car and it looks abso-lutely a-mazing. Powerful body & performance, lets expect a powerful price tag as well. More from wired below:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/audis-electric-car-gets-even-hotter/
I love you…
This greeting card from the kids at Able & Game made me laugh a bunch.
Now that you’ve got the song in your head, click here for your Thursday morning dose of Billy Joel.
I love you guys. Just the way I… uh… YOU are.
Sigh.
stoner vs wild
Not a huge fan of stoner humour at the best of times… But this Aussie Youtube Dood’s impression of Bear Grylls is totally on point.
Nice one NickH40
Thank you signs on the freeway
High level PR from Vic Roads as you exit the 20kms of roadworks on the western ring road. At first, after sitting in traffic for an hour, these signs were kind of infuriating. Then I took a good hard look at myself. Now they make me smile.
social media graph
facebook in 3D
via Nik Howe
time lapse of newly painted plane
The magic of time lapse photography is the way it showcases every day life in a whole new format, illuminating daily regularities as the baby steps towards something far greater.
These guys probably never considered their work as ‘beautiful’… But after viewing 4 days work in under 4 minutes, it’s hard to see their ant like behaviour as anything but.
via Dooby Brain
That's Ace! 