Archive for the ‘Random fun’ Category

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Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Usher here with another video from my “Justin Bieber” YouTube find, H.W. Lamb (check out the channel)

H.W. Lamb

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Usually people send you funny YouTube videos with at least a million views, so it’s weird to personally discover a few (great) videos that have literally just been uploaded.  I know what Usher must have felt like when he discovered Justin Bieber (because this is clearly just like that).  Check out two videos below (or check out the channel):

Funky link of the day: “Sprint - Plug into Now”

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Spring: “Plug into Now” screenshot

Sprint has a nifty little “widget” site that’s got all sorts of weird tidbits of knowledge ranging from how many e-mails are being sent right now to how many eggs are being produced.  It’s fast-loading, pleasing to the eye, and interesting.

Check it out at http://now.sprint.com/widget/

Barack Obama’s Logo Design

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Here are two videos about the process of designing Barack Obama’s campaign logo.  It’s really interesting to see what other logos they looked at before deciding on the final one.  Equally interesting is how they tweaked the design to fit specific groups of people.

Here are a few examples of some great takes on Barack Obama’s Campaign logo:

Students for Obama logo  Environmentalists for Obama logo  Pirates for Obama shirt
[Courtesy baekdal.com]

Pixilation: Tony vs. Paul

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

 What is pixilation?
Pixilation is a nifty video process that simulates stop-motion animation. As opposed to taking a picture, moving a little, and then taking another picture, you leave the camera running and go about your business.  Then, while editing, you bring in only the frames you want to appear in the movie.  To give the appearance of “floating,” all you have to do is jump and move forward (over and over again) and bring in only the frames of you in the air.

Tony vs. Paul is an awesome YouTube video example of two guys who spent almost a year creating an editing a five minute video: