Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - from Sachal Studios, Lahore, Pakistan, doing their take on Take Five, by the Dave Brubeck Quartet:

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

No more dammed river

Tonight's time lapse dam destruction:

From the video's description:
The White Salmon River in Washington state is flowing again as the nearly 100-year-old Condit Dam was disabled with explosives Wednesday. The reservoir draining took about 2 hours. ...


Monday, November 28, 2011

The Plain Truth

Today's food-for-thought, courtesy Judge Andrew Napolitano:

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Starlings

Tonight's avian video - wildlife cameraman and travel journalist Dylan Winter captures flocks of starlings in flight:

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Adrenaline

Tonight's stunt video collage:

Friday, November 25, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Keith Medley plays Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King on his 27 string guitar:

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thankgiving!

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And as we thank God for our many blessings, let us not forget to also help all those who are in need.




Tonight's musical interlude - Thanksgiving, by George Winston:

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Chevy Sonic, Skydiver

Tonight's skydiving auto:

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Used car salesman

Tonight's "pre-owned" car ad:

Monday, November 21, 2011

Forgot the combination? No problem

Tonight's lock picking video:

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - guitarist Chris Quiray performs his percussive guitar solo Self Indulgence:

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Made in Iceland

Tonight's pedestrian travel video - Klara Harden takes a hike through Iceland:




Read more about her trip here.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Tonight's humor - ventriloquist Paul Zerdin performs at Comedy Rocks:

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Fun with sticks

Tonight's mindless entertainment:

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Landscapes

Tonight's time lapse landscape video - scenes from Arizona and Utah, shot with a Canon 5D2 DSLR:

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Things You Think, by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby:

Monday, November 14, 2011

Jumping rope, automotive edition

Tonight's agile car:

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - the Copenhagen Philharmonic does a flash mob performance of Ravel's Bolero at Copenhagen Central Station:

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Parachuting Into Michigan Stadium with the 101st Airborne Division

Tonight's football delivery service:

From the video's description:
Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division delivers the game ball via parachute before the Michigan vs. MSU game at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2010.




Note the service members on the field to retrieve the American flag when he lands so that the flag doesn't lay on the ground.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Goes, well, like a rocket

Tonight's rocket launch:

From the video's description:
On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000' before returning safely to earth. Above 99% of the atmosphere, the sky turns black in the middle of the day and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible. The rocket motor produced 4,000 lbs of thrust for 8 seconds accelerating the vehicle to over Mach 3 at over 10,000'. After that, momentum carried the rocket skyward for another 84 seconds to a peak altitude of 121,000'.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Monster shredder

Tonight's shredder on wheels:

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Musical interlude

Tonight's musical interlude - Zoe Keating, a San Francisco-based musician who uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to create her music:

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Quantum levitation

Tonight's levitation video - from a demonstration at the Association of Science-Technology Centers 2011 conference, held in October at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore:

Monday, November 7, 2011

Workout

Tonight's French commercial:

Sunday, November 6, 2011

So sexy

Tonight's how-not-to-flirt video:

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Korean pizza

Tonight's hard-hitting Korean-Italian culinary expose-satire-commercial:

Friday, November 4, 2011

When turkeys attack

Tonight's not-so-intrepid mainstream newswoman - a producer from Sacramento's KXTV gets chased by a turkey:

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Bob

Tonight's animated short (be sure to watch until the very end, after the credits):

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Super-soaker choreography

Tonight's water performance: