Thursday from Matthias Hoegg on Vimeo.
People who are familiar with me know that patronizing explanations and overproduction annoy me.
The style of writing in which the author excessively contorts history into a relatable story annoys me (I’m looking at you, every newsperson/columnist turned author!), laugh tracks annoy me (“this is the part that’s funny!”), and on the TV show Fringe Peter Bishop’s little explanatory asides annoy me. Radiolab’s overproduction and patronization in particular annoys me, which is a shame because it’s a good show otherwise.
In this very very good animation, we are dragged by Radiolab’s Robert Krulwich into the assumption that we’d expect a person to walk straight if they were blindfolded.
Just enjoy the animation, god damn it! I’m sure they mean well.
A Mystery: Why Can’t We Walk Straight? from NPR on Vimeo.
via Boing Boing
via BLDG BLG. A cool video effect.
Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
via Sarah
I am in love with the experience of being on a train. It moves me emotionally, in the same way that driving through somewhere absolutely beautiful does, or flying through cloud formations.
The difference between train travel and car travel for me, is that everything seems wonderful in a train, while only many things are wonderful in a car. Possibly it’s the forced detachment caused by only seeing things from the side, as opposed to a car where you can see where you’re going, and wait for it to come closer.