Morning
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 12:31安定の起きなさね、 pic.twitter.com/flu1Sy8DPh
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Reindeer loading and transporting.
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 14:38An amazing timelapse of reindeer being loaded onto a boat. By photographer Jan R Olsen.
Digger - opps
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 14:15A digger gets into some trouble while trying to board a small boat.
Lots of sparklers set on fire at once.
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 01/01/2016 - 20:49Happy New Year! Here's some fun with sparklers.
How to ride a bike in Amsterdam
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 12/14/2015 - 16:49Arcade Machine
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 12:42Built from only the finest cheap plywood. Only been done by literally hundreds of others. I give you....an arcade machine!...with a book shelf.
Powered by a Raspberry Pi 2 B.
Here's how it was built, and how I fixed the issues I came across.
Whisky - Nick Offerman
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 16:47Nick Offerman drinking whisky by a fire for 45 minutes.
A higlight moment occurs at 10minutes 25 seconds
Ben Lawers
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 16:52Had a fantastic day hillwalking yesterday. We climbed Beinn Ghlas and Ben Lawers. It was one of the coldest, clearest days I've been out walking.
Click for fullsize images.
Gruinard Island Anthrax Trials 1942-43
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 11/20/2015 - 13:41Gruinard Island, on the west coast of Scotland, is the former site of biological warfare testing by the military.
Ahhh delicious hipster cold brew coffee
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 11/19/2015 - 11:47From 'You suck at cooking', the host shows us what it takes to make cold brew coffee.
That was a mistake!
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 11/18/2015 - 15:45A mole....stuck.
Glentress 7
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 11/18/2015 - 12:06Been trying to do this for the last couple of years. I've actually remembered to sign up on time for next year's!
The cold vein
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 11/09/2015 - 00:15Two friends set out on a winter bike-packing adventure and made this great film:
MONTANUS - The COLD VEIN from MONTANUS on Vimeo.
Ways to die of electrocution
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:30The fairly hilarious diagrams on the link below are well worth a look. They are from 1931 and show 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution. Embedding the images here feels like stealing credit from whoever found them, so you'll have to click the link.
From an illustrated German book 'Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern'.
VIEW FROM THE OVERLOOK: Crafting The Shining (30 min) Directed by Gary Leva
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:12Here's a short 30 minute film about the making of 'The Shining'.This film was originally created for a dvd re-release.
Particularly interesting is how they shot the scene which zooms into the people walking in the maze from a huge height.
'In 1966, Stanley Kubrick mused to a friend about his desire to make "the world's scariest movie." In 1980, he did it.'
VIEW FROM THE OVERLOOK: Crafting The Shining (30 min) Directed by Gary Leva from Gary Leva on Vimeo.