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Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man

Ryan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:14:56 +0000

I enjoyed every single minute of this short film about the backstory of the Tin Man by Whitestone Motion Pictures. Fan-freakingtastic.

Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.

The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car

Ryan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:27:32 +0000

Gear Video on Backcountry.com

Ryan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:54:54 +0000

I wanted to give a quick shout out to the community team here at Backcountry.com that just launched gear videos. You can upload videos of gear in actions for everyone else to see. This was a huge effort that was completed largely by our programming intern Ross who worked on this effort while also working on his mid-term finals.

Gear video lets you either upload a video file which is then added to our youtube feed and embedded to the product page, or embed a video you already have on Youtube to our product feed. One more way that Backcountry.com lets our customers create killer content about their gear!

Mark Abma Talks About the Salomon Shogun

Tim J From Backcountry.com Talks About the Norrona Lofoten Jacket

Congratulations to the community team! Great work!

Zombie vs Shark

Ryan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:11:43 +0000

Yup. There’s not much else to say.

Parody Of Lady Gaga About A Typeface

Ryan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:10:26 +0000

The original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngf5Oo_XrjI

Hilarious and nerdy.

We Are Douchebags

Ryan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:29 +0000

Via Laughing Squid

Great Half Life 2 Mod

Ryan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:49:39 +0000

This is the funniest video I’ve seen in a while. Apparently this guy created a Half Life 2 mod that replaces all the sounds with his own voice. I laughed good and hard.

It reminds me of Michael Winslow’s radar technician in Spaceballs (or any other movie he was in).

Neat Grizzly Bear Fan Video

Ryan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:40:46 +0000

Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.

The Rise of the Rest

Ryan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:42:52 +0000

A really cool video based on Fareed Zakaria’s excellent Newsweek article titled “The Rise of the Rest“. I love the use of infographics to in the video and the haunting piano music by Carly Comando.

From the Youtube page:

“Rise of the Rest” is a term coined by Fareed Zakaria on the post-American world. It is not a world marked by American decline, but the rise of everybody else. The rise of China and India are the most obvious signs, but the Gulf countries are also remaking themselves beyond hydrocarbons and so on. China and India are big but they are not the whole story.”

I think we often feel like America is on the decline, but like the Europeans before us, we’re just holding steady after our initial explosive growth. I wonder what the world will look like when China and India begin to maintain. Who will be the next to rise?

Via Kottke

The Black Eyed Peas Have Officially Written The Worst Song Ever

Ryan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:19:18 +0000

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