Audio of Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor Announcing Kennedy Assassination to Audience
On November 22, 1963, the Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor, Erich Leinsdorf, announced that President Kennedy was assassinated.
IBMblr Fractalizer Converts Images on a Tumblr Blog into Animated Fractals
The IBMblr Fractalizer is a web app that lets you convert all the images on any Tumblr site into animated fractals. The web app was…
Delightful Amateur Film Provides Candid View of New York City in the Early 1970s
The short film “Schneider’s Handbook of New York City” is a candid, street-level view of New York City in the early 1970s by amateur filmmaker…
Walk Score Ranks the Walkability of Cities, Neighborhoods, & Addresses
Walk Score is a Seattle-based company that rates the walkability of cities, neighborhoods, and individual addresses in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The company also…
Tissue Paper Animals Brought to Life in Stop Motion Animation
Animal sculptures made of tissue paper are brought to life with stop motion animation in the video “Tissue Animals” from Japanese paper company Nepia. The…
The Colorfully Decorated Homes of the Polish Village of Zalipie
photo via Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland In the secluded Polish village of Zalipie, locals decorate their homes with colorful hand-painted…
Charles Gadeken’s Interactive LED Willow Tree Sculpture ‘Aurora’ is Coming to Palo Alto
“Aurora” is an interactive LED sculpture of a willow tree by artist Charles Gadeken. Originally displayed at the Burning Man festival, the 40,000-LED sculpture is…
Conan O’Brien Investigates the Creepy Doll Collection of Conan Show Designer Pierre Bernard
On a recent episode of Conan, host Conan O’Brien hilariously confronted Pierre Bernard, a graphic designer on the show, about his creepy collection of curvaceous…
Spinning CD Animated Music Video for ‘Life is Music’ by SOUR
CDs were used to create phenakistoscope-style radial animations in the music video for “Life is Music” by Japanese band SOUR. The phenakistoscope CDs—189 in total—are…
Man Struggles with Password Security Questions in Upright Citizens Brigade Sketch
A man can’t come up with a single answer for those standard password security questions in this sketch video by Upright Citizens Brigade.