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The Thatcher Effect
Learn more about the Thatcher Effect at Open University – via Haha.nu.
The Burj Dubai skyscraper under construction is Dubai, tops out at over 800 metres, making it the world’s tallest building. And back in May 2008, in the early hours of the morning, two men stole into the building (at the time it was 650m tall). They casually walked up t0 the 160th floors (it took them 75 minutes to do so) and flung themselves off the building. Robin Schmidt and Jan Bednarz were filmed the first men (Hervé Le Gallou and an unnamed British man) to perform a world record (and highly illegal) BASE jump off the Burj Dubai.
Here’s the video of their crazy feat.
Read the full story at Current – via Laughing Squid.
UPDATE: An official world record BASE jump was carried out in January 2010. Read that story at Word Records Academy.
Biff the (fat) cat experiences some trouble with the cat flap.
– via Arboath.
The Japanese have nothing on mother nature who has been birthing WTF oddities onto the earth and into the oceans since time began. The bizarre-looking Barreleye (or Macropinna Microstoma) is a deep-water fish that has tubular eyes (the green spheres in the picture are the lenses) surrounded by a transparent, fluid-filled shield that covers the top of the fish’s head.
The Barreleye uses its unique head shape to scan the water above it for prey. And when it spots some food, the Barreleye rotates its eyes to look forward so that its mouth comes into view. And boom goes the dynamite.
Click to play to watch a short clip about the Barreleye or go to YouTube.
Read more at AOL news – via Geekologie.
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Smoke Rings and Tricks
That other guy Tim over at Stalking Venus alerted me to a YouTube video of pro hooker doing cool tricks with smoke and things. Wanting to relive my time at Thailand’s Patpong market, I rushed over to “investigate”. What I found was not a pro hooker, but hookah pro Sumire Wakita blowing smoke rings. Somehow not the show I expected, but equally cool, I guess.
Khoda is an amazing student project by Reza Dolatabadi. Using over 6000 paintings and taking over 2 years to complete, Khoda is a 5-minute thriller with an equally eerie soundtrack. Every time you click the pause button you are facing an individual work of art.
Click play or go to Vimeo.
– via Andy’s Blog.
With the mass popularity of television programming, shows have ditched those cheesy irritating video montages (where’s that fast-forward button?) in favour of more polished, visually appealing opening sequences. Smashing Magazine has broken down their list of top 20 brilliant TV show title sequences.
Here are my top five opening sequences.
Dexter
Join Dexter Morgan as he goes about his seemingly ordinary morning routine. The opening sequence belies the cunning and killer instincts this man possesses.
Rome
There’s quite nothing like a day in the Roman Republic where betrayal, death, and copious amounts of sex were all commonplace. The series focuses on the lives of both rich and poor.
The Sopranos
Smoking a fat cigar, Tony Soprano emerging from the Lincoln Tunnel and entering the New Jersey Turnpike on his way home. Life in “waste management” is seemingly cushy.
Carnivale
This opening sequences uses tarot cards to show the battle between good and evil set in the Great Depression between 1934 and 1935.
The IT Crowd
A funny 8-bit style animation about the antics of misfits Moss, Roy, and Jen in the basement IT deparment of Reynholm Industries.
Check out the full list and let us know your favourites.
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Roots of Breakdance
Soviet Army dance ensemble + Run DMC = The invention of breakdancing in the mid-1900s.
Click play or go to YouTube.
– via Kottke.org.
David and Dania are two quick change artists who appeared on a “America’s Got Talent”. Click play to see their amazing performance or go to YouTube.
Quick changes dates back to the 19th century and English literature describes no fewer than 15 different methods of pulling off the trick.
Find out how David and Dania do their thing at Non-Neopet.