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Childish Gambino - This is America
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 20:46A great video, what can't this man do? A comment on life in America.
Watch the background stuff as well. Still noticing new things after multiple views.
Great Britain - Live electricity usage.
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 12:35Our power generation systems are constantly working in conjunction to deal with demand and the current weather conditions.
The power stations themselves are also changing, with reducing numbers of coal power stations, new nuclear plants and growth in gas, wind, solar and biomass.
People who argue that wind turbines are terrible because sometime the wind doesn't blow are missing the point. Carbon is the driver of global warming, arguably the biggest threat to human existence. Any time the wind is blowing, less carbon is produced by other methods of generation. Also there's less localised air pollution.
Click "Read more" below to see the full live infographic.
Alexa ruins families
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 15:49An animated video of a real conversation.
Via reddit
Bikepacking adventures 2017
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 12:31A great video from Barry Godin of his bikepacking adventures over a year.
Rick and Morty video for Run the Jewels : Oh Mama
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 19:26Dag Aabye - 76 year old ultrarunner
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 15:46Dag Aabye is a septuagenarian Ultra Marathon champion who lives completely off the grid.
Bit of a frustrating video. It's interesting but doesn't ask or answer much.
Tommy Wiseau’s Joker Audition Tape
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 15:56After his success in the best worst film ever made; "The Room" and the "The Disaster Artist," Tommy Wiseau has been publicly campaigning for one of the most iconic roles in the history of film: Batman's eternal nemesis, The Joker.
He seems better at it, the less he's trying to act.
Graeme Obree, athlete or clever engineer?
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 15:51Athlete or Genius? Graeme Obree shot to fame in the early 90s after twice breaking the world hour record on a bike he'd built using parts from an old washing machine.
The debate has never been settled on whether the success of this mercurial Scottish cyclist came from his cycling position or his athleticism. Until now.
The Moiré Effect and it's use in navigation lights for shipping.
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 19:13An interesting and clever type of single light which can guide a ship depending on the angle at which they view the light.
Heat Vision and Jack
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 18:57Here'e the legendary pilot episode for Heat Vision and Jack. An apparent parody of Knight Rider starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Jack Black that never made it past this episode. Written by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, directed by Ben Stiller, this series was forgotten about by Fox.
Priest on a bike
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 15:52I have no idea.......
Think he's a bmx'er by the way he uses his feet on corners.
The Frozen Road
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 21:34Multiple award winning film, The Frozen Road, shows the month long trip of Ben Page across the Yukon in Canada.
Strangest recorded sounds oddcast.
Submitted by Dave Blair on Sat, 01/27/2018 - 19:06I've put together a sounds track made up from some of the strangest/oddest recordings ever made.
The track includes:
-Mongolian throat singing, where 2 notes are produced at the same time
-Upsweep is the name of a recording made by the US's secretive underwater recording system known as SOSUS (SOund SUrveillence System). SOSUS is a network of unknown extent stretching throughout the oceans of the world and constantly recording sounds. Designed by the military for tracking submarines etc.
The recording is of an ongoing sound of unknown origin. Mostly emanating from the centre of the Pacific, it may be volcanic activity or tectonic. Although it changes in sync with the seasons.
Click below to read more.
Edinburgh Loop
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 14:52I've been meaning to figure out a loop like this for a while.
It's mostly off-road, with a bit of quiet back roads and a couple of tiny sections of busy roads.
The first half (if going clockwise, starting in Edinburgh) is mostly tarmac cycle paths joining the towns surrounding Edinburgh.
Then it heads into and through the Pentlands, before making it's way back into town on sections of off-road paths (avoiding the canal).