We’ll all be sick of 1000 frames-per-second footage in the near future, but for now, enjoy!
(via Daring Fireball)
Update: Littlepixel points out in the comments that this is an obvious knock-off of Pleix’s video below.
Related to Paul F. Thompkins’ “The Sink and The Mirror” routine, a numbingly extensive montage of mirror scare scenes.
For a limited time only, stunning 3D short form Pixar animator, Rodrigo Blaas. It’s best experienced in fullscreen at Vimeo. (via Waxy)
The Ascent of Money (PBS; US only)
Niall Ferguson
Fascinating documentary series adapted from the book of the same name by Niall Ferguson (no relation). It’s not just economic history, but a compelling argument that money is indeed good.
The link leads to the first episode of the four. You can find the rest here.
Little video I made for X-Rite’s Show Us Your Monkey contest. The idea was to use their product and a monkey in a funny video.
A stock market for carbon emissions? Can’t-miss idea, right? Right? [cue crickets]
From the creators of The Story of Stuff comes The Story of Cap and Trade.
Hans Rosling might be a brilliant statistician (how would I know?), but he’s definitely a brilliant presenter of stats. In this TED Talk about Asia’s rise, he turns his graphs into a horse race and even manages a few good visual gags. See more of Rosling’s TED presentations.
Uruguay filmmaker Fede Alvarez gives Montevideo an NYC-style demolition — and does it for a few hundred bucks. The video has landed him a production deal with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. The effects are sensational but the nicks from District 9, Cloverfield, Independence Day, and you-name-it are countless.
