“Adrift” is an amazing time-lapse video by Simon Christen of fog around San Francisco. The way it flows over the hills is really cool, check it out.
Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo.
Dual Tesla coils performing the Inspector Gadget theme
It’s time like these that I remember what technology is all about…to amaze us and make us smile. That’s exactly what’s accomplished in the video below, where two Tesla coils perform the theme from Inspector Gadget, accompanied by some off-screen percussion support. My faith in humanity is restored.
This makes me want to run out and buy my own Tesla coil…I’d been eyeing one from oneTesla that’s a ready to go kit with MIDI interface to facilitate musical ventures such as this. The video below shows that $330 kit playing the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song:
Play old console games in your browser!
Put aside any thoughts of working next week…thanks to the Internet Archive, you can play most of your favorite old console video games for free right from your browser! My favorites are the Atari 2600 ones, but you’ll also find Atari 7800 games, ColecoVision, Magnavox Odyssey, and Astrocade games. Game quality is just as you remember (for better or worse 😉 ), though in my browser at least, none of the games had sound. It’s a nice, easy to use alternative to MAME and worth checking out here.
Cameras on Animals
A couple days back I saw a video taken by a camera strapped to the back of an eagle. Very cool, but I doubted the authenticity of it. I’ve been watching more and more sites post that video since then, and it’s looking like it’s the real deal, so I’m posting it here as it really is pretty cool (even if it does end up being a hoax!).
That got me thinking about all the other ‘cameras on animal’ videos I’ve seen…and I’m including some of the best below. Starting with one favorite, a camera strapped to a dog with the video set to a great song (Hearts by Johnny Neon, if you’re curious). If you’re looking to make your own pet videos, the camera of choice is definitely the GoPro.
Dog at dog park:
Here’s one strapped to the back of a Peregrine Falcon:
For you cat lovers, here’s one, a bit corporate (made by Friskies) but still very good:
How Big is the Ocean?
With a surface area of around 360 million square kilometers and a volume of around 1.3 billion cubic kilometers of water, the ocean on Earth is truly massive. This short video below has a bunch of great stats like that, check it out!