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VideoSift Clips of the Week

Alex — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:38:00 +0000

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	The View From the Intl Space Station Window This short but fantastic video clip is of the view from the Space Shuttle Endeavour's left window looking at the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) of the International Space Shuttle. Link
	Ying-Yang Twins on Cribs - Translated Does anyone understand what rappers Kaine and D-Roc of the Ying-Yang Twins (shouldn't that be Yin Yang?) are talking about. So thankfully, the guys over at Tasty Booze blog stepped in to translate. While you laugh at their expense, keep this in mind: they probably make more in a week than we all do in a year. Sad, ain't it? Link While watching this, I had an epiphany about MTV Cribs - the jerky camera work is to distract you from how bad the show actually is! Either that or this is how the younger generation actually see the world, and if so God saves us all. If you liked that, then you'll love this: Freestyle Rap Battle Translated into Plain English
	Men in Black Bloopers I know that it's been a while since MIB hit the silver screen - but this blooper outtakes are just as funny as the film itself. What a neat blast from the past: Link
	A Ventriloquist and Her Monkey This one is NSFW (strong language), but it's very funny: here's British actress and comedian Nina Conti performing ventriloquism with her sarcastic and profane puppet monkey Monk. Link (Interestingly, YouTube removed a video "due to terms of use violation" from her own website - what's up with that?)
	Iron Man vs Bruce Lee Who will win? Iron man or the Little Dragon? Regardless of who wins, one thing is for sure: French Canadian filmmaker Patrick Boivin, the man behind this short clip, sure knows how to make an excellent stop motion animation! Link

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DIY Iron Man Arc Reactor Costume

Queuebot — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:06:19 +0000

If Tony Stark can make out out of scrap metal and other industrial junk in an isolated Afghan cave, then surely you can make your very own Arc Reactor in the comfort of your garage.

Instrucables user msraynsford will show you how. Here’s the step-by-step guide on how to make your very own Iron Man Arc Reactor out of LEDs and polymorph plastic.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Jake.

How A Guy's Flickr Photo Ended Up in The Iron Man Movie

Alex — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:14:09 +0000

Photo Credit: (above) Iron Man (below) Jeremy Keith of Adactio

Did you know that the movie Iron Man used a Creative Commons-licensed photo from Flickr? Here’s the story of how Jeremy Keith’s photo of his buddy Andy Budd in NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Cape Canaveral ended up in the movie:

“Wait a minute”, I said. “What is this for?”

“It’s for a movie that’s currently in production called Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jnr.”

Holy crap! One of my photos was going to be in Iron Man? That certainly put a new spin on things.

“So I guess you want to use the picture because it’s inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building?” I asked.

“No. We just thought it was a picture of some warehouse or something.”

Read the whole story here: Link – via Flickr Blog

The Best Iron Man Halloween Costume EVAR!

Alex — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:03:55 +0000

Whoa! This is awesome: when his son wanted an Iron Man suit for Halloween, Enrique of LinuxNerd blog decided that he’s going to build the ultimate Iron Man costume.

So he spent two months modding a store-bought costume to include:

* Repulsor Air – Blows air with CO2 air pump on hip and hose back to his hand.
* Repulsor Missile – Using CO2 air pump can also launch a paper missile.
* Repulsor Sensor/Light – A magnetic switch sensor lights his repulsor hand light and fades out and in his glowing eyes. Arduino handles this effect.
* Arc Reactor – A LED night light from Costco embedded in his chest. [...]

It rocks to have a geeky dad! Check out the video clip here: Link – via Gizmodo