Category: Film
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How do you make a globe
In our short series of “How do you make…”, here is the industrial manuacturing of terrestrial globes How would you do it? The same way as described here? YouTube link Note: I said globe, not blog… 🙂
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Derelict Japanese suspension bridge
You loved the Grand Canyon sky walk, and the previously available video of the El Camino del Rey Walkway. So, you proved that you aren’t susceptible to vertigo. Will you love this old suspension bridge from Japan? It’s old, derelict. The wind is pushing it. Link to the video
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Oh! Dogs…
Dogs, like many other pets, are subject to much interest and present a lot of particular behaviours that can be formed by proper training. So, today, I want you to meet two of my Internet friends of very different behaviours: The dog who could not stop having fun with snow the product of the most…
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The nazi time traveller [movie]
This Hungarian short movie is in English. I recommend waiting for the end (after 11 minutes).
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Check your security procedure!
Even more when you unload a tank rail car. If you let the hot gazes cool down into the tank, here what can happen. Always check the security valves, or be ready to pay the price: $22,000 to $80,000 used (but usable). LiveLeak link
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Monty Python, free download on YouTube
For sure, YouTube has always been crouded with rip-offs of the Monty Python sketches. Unfortunately, these were both illegal and -in general- of poor quality. The guys from Monty Python decided that enough is enough, and there is now a Monty Python channel/group on YouTube where you can see excellent quality videos of their Monty…
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Cars, trucks gone wild (video)
You probably remember the impressive unloading of an excavator from a truck, without using a crane or even a ramp: YouTube link But here come some more, a lot more, fun with cars, trucks, excavators and other big chunks of mechanics. Starting with a 15-ton Caterpillar playing along. Skills With A 15 Ton Front Loader…
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. … The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at Palais de…
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Surprise! You can find color in B&W photos
This is easy to reduce a color photo to a B&W image (any photo software or any B&W photocopier can do it). But the reverse operation seems difficult at best, impossible in most cases. However, a team of French scientists from the French INRIA (Guillaume Charpiat, Matthias Hofmann et Bernhard Schölkopf) presented recently an algorithm…