A group of artists in the Ukraine dive into the water of the Black Sea to compose paintings. With scuba gear, they can stay underwater for up to 40 minutes. During that time, they apply paint to canvases under challenging conditions. Watch the video at the link to see the artists at work.
They're all seascapes. Can't they get a model down there for some figure studies? Or maybe some good horse pictures. Those always look good in a home.
It took a crew of 30 people 1,357 hours to move 288,000 jelly beans and produce this cute animated music video for Kina Grannis's "In Your Arms." The song itself is quite lovely. If her name is familiar to you, it may be because we featured her break-out video, a tribute to Digg, back in 2007.
This literary genre has apparently been developing for a few years, but I've just learned about it today. In 2007, Japanese romance novel writer who goes by the name Yume-Hotaru published one of his stories in short bits -- small enough to fit into text messages. And that's how they spread across the country. Now the keitai shosetsu or cell phone novel is a literary sensation in Japan. Here's a CNN story on the subject from 2009:
As the name suggests, cell phone novels are written entirely on handsets and posted on sites like Maho no i-rando (Magic Island), the first and largest mobile novel portal in Japan. The site has a million titles, 3.5 billion monthly visitors and six million registered users, according to the company. Mobile readers instantly see new chapters as they are added, often adding comments about the direction they think a novel should take.
The diary-like stories are written and read mostly by young women in their teens and 20's. Many authors use pen names and claim their stories are at least partially autobiographical. The novels often center on themes that are rarely discussed aloud in Japanese society -- drugs, sex, pregnancy, abortion, rape and disease.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-25/tech/japan.mobilenovels_1_cell-phone-cellular-keypad?_s=PM:TECH - Thanks, Norma! | Photo: Flickr user .curt
Are the credits transferable? Can I get scholarship money? Who cares?! Sign me up for Eric Scott's jet pack school!
Piloting a jet pack isn't easy. You can't teach yourself safely. Watch the video to see some of the drills that students go through to learn the skill.
Leeloo's costume for this year makes me think that the original Star Wars trilogy could make a great ballet. We must see Jabba dance with the outer grace that he hides within.
You've got to protect your kids from all harm, but that's not why this stroller has a rifle and a shotgun attached. Competitive practical shooters, particularly those in 3-gun competitions (rifle, shotgun, and handgun) have to transport a lot of gear around. Some have found that it's easier if they modify jogging strollers to carry their equipment. You can see more examples at the link.
Ericka Dufour and her friend Kyle dance with a sword and knife. It's a pity that the audio doesn't pick up him saying, "Here, Grandma, hold my beer and watch this."
Granted, it's not a lot. But adding a book to your Kindle does make it heavier, as computer scientist John Kubiatowicz discovered:
Although the electrons were already present, keeping them still rather than allowing them to float around takes up extra energy – about a billionth of a microjoule per bit of data.
Using Einstein's E=mc² formula, which states that energy and mass are directly related, Prof Kubiatowicz calculated that filling a 4GB Kindle to its storage limit would increase its weight by a billionth of a billionth of a gram, or 0.000000000000000001g.
This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a small virus, while the equivalent number of books – about 3,500 – would weigh approximately two tons.
Okay, we've got to sell these Ladas. Guys, fall in. You, take this clarinet thing. And you, here's a guitar. It doesn't matter that you don't know how to play. Every sound that we make is going to get dubbed over.
“Gatorman Mike” Sturgill of Naples, Florida, will let you hug one of his alligators for a small fee. Oh, you want it muzzled? Well, Sturgill's got that taken care of, too.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/sep/28/peta-urges-naples-city-council-reverse-decision-al/ -via Oddity Central
Let's say that you ride a city bus, and you'd like to get more personal attention. Wear boots, a utilikilt, these claws, and nothing else. Watch all eyes turn on you. Instructables user Jonathan Elwell doesn't say outright that that's what these are for, but it seems to be an obvious application.
To promote breast cancer awareness, the British ad agency Chillisauce placed a huge bra across a building in London. At 30 meters across, it may be the largest bra in the world. It must not have been very effective, because they had to use scaffolding to reduce bounce.
