So if you hadn’t worked it out by now you’ll know I’m a bit of a geek, ok completely a geek, but I’m very comfortable with that stereotype. So when I cam across this video I just couldn’t help myself I had to share it with you all. Lego and Rubiks puzzles were two of my favorite all time toys when I was growing up, next was the computer (if you hadn’t guessed). This is really impressive in so many ways, engineering, programming and pure creativity.
Just in case you were wondering what the world record is for a human solving a rubiks cube, it’s not the fabled 12 seconds everyone seem to think it is, it’s actually 7.08s trust me that is super quick! Want some proof ok I can do that, just watch the video below.
Man that’s so cool, hey I did warn you that I was a geek and if you’ve read this post and watched the videos you may just be one too!
Well Bing, Microsofts new search engine is really pushing what’s called Mashups. This is where different technologies on the internet are mixed together to essentially create a new experience. What they show in the video below is the potential for maps at street level, but with other peoples photos that are free to use from Fliker. They match up these photos to the buildings so you can essentially see what it was like when the person was there.
This is quite exciting for Photographers, but also everyone else as you get to experience things you may have missed, next step video??
For those who have no idea what the winner got it for, this is a prank that has been going on for a while now where it’s a bit like the ring a door bell and run away stuff when you were a kid.
Basically this is the same idea using video and the internet, although you easily get caught since it’s your email address -DOH! It starts of with something that would be relevant to the person watching it, then out of nowhere Rick Astley shows up singing his song – you’ve just been Rick Rolled!
If you still can’t get your head around it here’s a link to a blog dedicated to it and one of the better videos (there many good ones on you tube) http://www.yougotrickrolled.com/vids.php
I really like some of the other interpretations on the site, I wonder what the world would have been like if the internet never exsisted at all, guess we’ll never get to know – long live the internet (or as my flat mate likes to call it the tinterweb)!
This is a really interesting talk about optical illusions that will make you think about how we see colour.
The video summary reads:
Beau Lotto’s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can’t normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what’s really out there.
So I got sent this link in an email today and thought I would share it with everyone. I really admire the people that come up with such unique ways to use multimedia and interaction on the web, enjoy!
This video has been very cleverly put together using videos of other videos online. What this person does is create a whole new song from all these other individuals, just simply brilliant!
I highly recommend that if you can spare the time that you watch this facinating lecture by Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.
Thankfully someone thought about this and ran a little competition to find out what people would come up with.
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