For the birds

Just saw this on bestofyoutube.com and actually laughed (out loud) a bit. I love these nature films, and when birds start doing Seinfeld, what's not to love!?

The Amazing Lyrebird of Australia - Unseen Footage

Stop Motion is amazing

Stop-motion used to be a bit of an artsy thing, that you might see here and there - but more as a novelty. Now though, with the advent of things like youtube and other video sharing sites, people are being creative in the stop-motion medium like crazy (the amount of time it would take to make one of these boggles my mind!!). Check out the following for excellent examples.

Here we have some classic video games done in various foods and objects. I especially like the candy for the jet propulsion in Asteroids. So much good stuff here it's tough to choose a single 'best moment'... so simply enjoy.
Classic video games expertly animated with stop-motion

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Tony vs. Paul


Here are some FAQ's from the Tony vs. Paul video:
FAQ's

1. The video took two months to film and edit.

2. The music is available here:
http://www.myspace.com/christopherlee...

3. Nothing is fake and no green screens were used. The only computer animated part was the letters falling on the page.

4. Yes, we really did jump all those times.

5. I edited it with Final Cut Pro

6. The camera we used was a Canon GL1 with both digital stills being taken, and footage being shot.

7. It was filmed in Massachusetts in the following towns: Arlington, Medford, Upton, Gloucester

8. There are 4,000+ still shots in the video.

Where am I getting all of this?

So you may ask yourself, 'Gee mr. blog guy, where do you find all these videos?'. Well, curious internet friend, i have many sources, many, mysterious, sources. But mostly i'm bumming them off friends or finding them on sites like video Stumple Upon or Best of Youtube. I'm sure there are hundreds and millions of places that do this kind of stuff, but not everyone knows where to look, so that's where people like me come in. I just like to help - that's how i roll.

Some other good places to find videos:

• Youtube has some decent recommendations now and again and if you're a member/logged-in then they'll give you suggestions based on what you watch or have favorited (good work)
• Facebook: look at your friends posted items - that's where i put a lot of my favorite stuff before i started this here web site. (this solution actually requires having friends, and friends who like interesting things, and who post them to facebook - so this may not work for everyone - unless you have me as a friend!!)
  
• As i mentioned above - stumbleupon is an amazing place to waste a few hours
• Also as i mentioned in my first post, Digg generally has current, interesting news and videos

So to end off this post, lets look at the somewhat recent weezer video 'Pork and Beans' and all the wonderful internet memes it includes.

The anti-global warming post

UPDATE: looks like the videos have been taken down (suprise)... if i find the video elsewhere i'll repost.

Found the full video on another site!



So i can't say that i've researched either side of the argument very well, but from what little i do know it seems to me that Global warming and the craziness surrounding CO2 emissions has little to do with reality, and more to do with media and politics. I could ramble on for a few paragraphs about why this may be the case, but you're way better off watching these videos. Al Gore, be warned!

There are 8 parts, hopefully they don't get pulled from youtube, but we'll give it a go anyways. The show title is called The Great Global Warming Swindle (very catchy title)