If Earth had rings
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Archive for the ‘Video’ Category
The Thrilling Charts ‘n’ Graphs of Hans Rosling
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.
DIY Destruction
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.
OK Go are annoying
It irks me when a band who makes pretty catchy tunes also possesses an unerring talent for producing ingenious videos (see above). Even this “making of” video displays an inventiveness that suggests if they weren’t writing songs, they could just as easily be excellent filmmakers.
Maybe I can find solace in the latest tune being so derivative of The Flaming Lips.
Visualization of the decline of Western European empires
See also Food Fight, the story of American warfare told with food.
Keanu Reeves is immortal
The second flimsiest conspiracy theory I’ve ever heard. (Find out #1 tomorrow.)
Thanks to Stephan
