Full size helicopter’s pilot rescues crashed model P-51 Mustang from top of tall tree
Humans: Sometimes aweomse!
[Cut to 1:30 for the glory shot]
Archive for the ‘unusual’ category:
Human Slingshot!
These guys hook up a quad bike to a bungee rope and some kind of inflatable tube for awesome jumps into a lake. It’s an ad for some clothing company, but if all ads were this cool I’d post...
Extremities: Skate video shot simeltaneously from 7 different angles
This impressive short skate video by Vimeo user Eli Stonberg shows what various flip tricks look like from a multitude of simeltaneous angles – 2 arm cams, 2 leg cams, a head cam, a board cam and a...
World’s most complex Lego Great Ball Contraption
The above video is of an amazing Lego GBC construction. The video is labeled in Japanese which makes sense considering only the Japanese seem to have patience to construct things of such delicate intricacy....
Motorbike stunts gone right
Check the silliness at 3:25 = standing backwards on a moving motorcycle
[Via That Will Buff Out]
In Soviet Russia, arcade game plays you
3 years ago the fellows over at Wired visited the drool-worthy museum of soviet-era arcade games which is taking shape thanks to the hard work of a dedicated few aficionados. Today on Kotaku...
Dam that looks fun!
These guys make me both proud and ashamed of being Australian. Anyone know where this place is?
[Via Laughing Squid]
3rdi – Iraqi born artist Wafaa Bilal webcasts his life via a camera implanted in his head
Amazing.. simply amazing. According to the project’s website, Wafaa Bilal has “a small digital camera permanently surgically mounted to the back of [his] head”. This camera is connected...
The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra presents The Torture Memos
One of my favourite podcasts recently alerted me to a bizarre musical project which is both inspired and very disturbing to listen to. Seems like an ideal opportunity to introduce both that music and...
Hair Piece or Herpes? Can you tell the difference?
The wonderful people who brought you the ever-popular Bacon or BeerCan are back with another edition – Hairpiece or Herpes. Bacon or BeerCan features a flash-animated rastaman teaching us the nuances...
