Archive for May 3rd, 2007
Sea Serpent.
Underwater videographer Jay Garbose was diving near Juno Beach, Florida when his camera caught an unusual creature that some call a sea serpent.
Jay says when he first saw the giant worm like creature he thought it was a sea cucumber…then he realized how big it was.
The creature, which measured between seven and ten feet, has baffled scientists who have seen the video.
Push play or goto YouTube. Link to news story. -via Simply Left Behind
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Millimeters Matter.
Samsung’s new viral video ads feature insects getting hit by cream pies. And to think I still use the old-fashioned flyswatter. Push play or go to YouTube.
Update 5/14/07 – Claire Watson of Immediate Future wrote to us:
I have some behind the scenes snippets from the making of the ad, which might be of interest to your readers and offers some answers to some of the comments relating to the post?
The ad’s already reached 1.3 million views since going live on YouTube – thanks so much for posting about it on your site!
A bit of background …
§ Shot at Greenford Studios, Middlesex, a specialist team of production crew, cameramen and insect handlers spent three days using high speed photosonic cameras to capture the pie flinging antics on film.
§ The biggest challenge was creating enough light to achieve the required exposure. To ensure the insects were comfortable and under no threat of heat exhaustion, the light could only be switched on for up to 3 seconds at a time.
§ Even with the specialist equipment, the depth of field was literally never more than a few millimetres, meaning that the insects only had to move minutely before going out of focus, or for the pies to miss.
The pies ….
§ More than two hundred and twenty five miniature desserts, including Lemon Meringue pie, Coconut Custard pie and Cranberry Jelly pie, were specially crafted by an expert team of miniature props creators.
§ Although the pies in the final film are genuinely minute millimetre size desserts, the smaller insects were not hit with these directly in case this caused injury. Instead only the jelly, custard and meringue toppings were catapulted towards them.
§ The dessert recipes followed the usual format, with the only difference being that the ingredients were reduced down to milliliters and they were created under a microscope. (I have included a recipe for the Lemon Meringue pie at the bottom of this email … if you would like any other recipes, please let me know)
The insects ….
§ When asked about the insects’ reactions on finding themselves in the middle of a pie fight, the professional insect handler told us that the insects were unperturbed by the flying pies and far more interested in consuming the spoils.
§ A total of three hundred flies, fifteen beetles, one Elephant beetle, six common spiders, one queen wasp and one hundred bees were present on set at all times.
§ No insects were harmed in the making of Millimetres Matter but some did get their just deserts!
Lemon meringue pie recipe
0.7478mllilitres cornstarch
0.1478 milllilitres tablespoon flour
0.176 mililitres cups granulated sugar
0.2 millilitres water, boiling
0.004 egg yolk, beaten
grated rind of .02 of a lemons
0.1478 millilitres butter
0.025 mililitres salt
0.075 millilitres unstrained lemon juiceUnder microscope: Sift together cornstarch, flour, and sugar.
In centrifuge mix in boiling water, continuing to mix until mixture becomes smooth.
Cook the mixture in top of a double boiler for 30 seconds.
Be sure the water in the double boiler is simmering before the 30seconds count begins.Meanwhile, beat a .25 millimetres egg yolk. Stir the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks (to temper), then slowly combine the egg yolks entirely with the remaining hot mixture. Pipette in the grated lemon rind, butter, salt, and lemon juice.
Stir constantly, continuing to cook until the egg yolks become smooth and thick.
Pour the filling into the baked pie shell. Cover with meringue (see below) while still warm, but not hot.
Meringue:
.005 egg whites, stiffly beaten
.0025 teaspoon salt, scant
.09 tablespoons granulated sugar
.025 teaspoon lemon juicePlace salt and lemon juice in bowl and mix in centrifuge egg whites Check under microscope mix is stiff, but not separating. While centrifuging, gradually pipette in the sugar.
Spread meringue on top of lemon filling with a spatula.Bake pie at 300°F until the meringue takes on a delicately golden color with lightly browned tops. Allow to cool before gently.
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Not Your Typical Identical Twins.
Lincoln and Byron Ryman are identical twins, although it might be a couple years before anyone has difficulty telling them apart. The twins were born 11 weeks premature, and doctors thought that Lincoln (the smaller of the two, at just over 1lb) wouldn’t survive after they noticed he had stopped growing early in the pregnancy.
Amazingly, both have now started gaining weight and are expected to remain healthy. Link [Daily Mail] via Unique Daily
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Keyboard Waffles.
This waffle iron makes your breakfast in the shape of a computer keyboard! Designed by artist Chris Dimino for a group exhibit, there’s no word on whether it will ever be available in stores. Link -via Cynical-C
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Blind Super Mario Brothers.
A guy known only as s00pcan can be seen here beating the first two levels of the classic Super Mario Brothers game. Quite a few people seem to think he’s faking it, but I’m inclined to believe it’s real after reading his description on YouTube.
Hit play, or go to the Link [YouTube] to view the video. via engadget
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Annoy-A-Tron.
Drive your co-workers nuts by hiding the Annoy-A-Tron somewhere in the workplace. The Annoy-A-Tron will emit a beep at maddeningly long intervals, from 2 to eight minutes apart, making it difficult to find the source of the noise. When they find it, they still won’t know what it is! Link -via the Presurfer
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Baby Hedgehogs.
Dark Roasted Blend has a 13 photos of baby hedgehogs. All together now- Awww! Link -via Dump Trumpet
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Joost invites
Joost is the cool, new internet TV project that has been in the tech news lately. I’ve been participating in the beta for a month or so now. Yesterday Joost gave all existing beta accounts the ability to “invite” new users. If you want to get your hands on this very polished next step in online entertainment, leave a comment on this thread with your email address and I’ll “invite” you. Joost allows only one invite per address, so if you want to get another for a friend, you’ve got to leave their email address as well. Fun stuff!
Important Update! I’ve just processed the first appx. 50 invites. It was more time consuming than I had anticipated. I will continue to send invites in batches of appx. 50 over the course of the next couple of days. I will try to get to everyone. Understand, however, that as Joost is still in beta, the process isn’t perfect. There have been a couple of addresses that Joost bounced back to me… A couple of times where it looked like the invite didn’t get sent but it actually did. Be patient – your invite will eventually arrive. Thanks!
P.S. If you want to help offset my time for doing this – or you wish to jump to the head of the queue, my PayPal address is astanhope@gmail.com
P.P.S. I didn’t set out to do this intending to ask for PayPal tips, but as I am sending my 80th invitation after working at this all morning so far – with no end in sight, I’m not embarrassed to suggest it. hehe
P.P.P.S. 150+ invites sent so far! Keep ‘em coming!
P.P.P.P.S. We’ve broken 200 invites sent!
P.P.P.P.P.S. Would you believe 400+ invites sent to Neatorama readers so far today?
P.P.P.P.P.P.S. I just passed 500 invites sent and I’m going to call it a day. I still have plenty of invites left – I’ll resume sending them in the morning! Thank you everyone – especially the generous few who tossed a few coins in my direction via PayPal.
Midnight, Thursday: 600+ invites sent!
Noon, Friday: 700+ invites sent! I’m starting to run out!
Saturday AM: 817 invites sent
Tuesday noon: More than 1000 invites sent.
Wednesday PM, May 9: I’ve started a new thread here and am closing this thread. Please visit the new thread. Thanks!
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Halloween in Harlem - Amy Stein
Very cute yet bizarre photo set by Amy Stein. Link via: Swissmiss
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