Primitive Technology demonstrates how to make mud bricks in the wild using a mixture of mud and palm fiber. He allowed the mixture to dry in a brick mold made out of wood. 140 bricks were made. When dry, the bricks were then assembled into a kiln. 32 roof tiles were then made of mud…
True Love, A Songification of The Princess Bride by The Gregory Brothers
The Gregory Brothers are back with “True Love,” a fantastic songification of The Princess Bride created in honor of the classic 1987 film’s 30th anniversary. For all true fans of the immortal PB, we made this anthem for the occasion of its 30th BD. Not an ad. Just an ode.
John Cena’s Big-Hearted Bull Comes to Life in New Trailer For Ferdinand
20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios released a new trailer for Ferdinand, the upcoming animated film directed by Carlos Saldanha and based on the children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. The trailer features John Cena, the voice of Ferdinand, talking about the journey that lies ahead for his giant big-hearted and…
Guitarist Alan Gogoll Demonstrates His Gorgeous Bell’s Harmonics Fretboard Technique
Australian musician Alan Gogoll demonstrated his gorgeous Bell’s Harmonics” guitar technique with unique string tunings that he so effortlessly plays in a song of the same name. This technique is aptly named as the fretboard harmonics sound like ringing bells within the melody. The song is from his album “Seahorse Bells“, a collection of five…
The Dangers of Eating Too Much
Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko posited the question what would happen if a person never stopped eating? In explaining the answer, Blocko broke down the individual dangers of such ingredients as sugar, salt and trans-fats. With those issues aside, the likelihood of overeating oneself to death is very rare, but can happen in…
How Film Cuts Mimic the Human Visual Experience
In a truly insightful video essay based upon the work of brain scientist Jeffrey M Zacks, narrator Adam D’Arpino of Aeon Video explains how film cuts mimic the choppy human visual experience in terms of focus, blinking, saccades and periphery. So when a current scene seems incongruent with previous scene, the human brain to fills…
How Mad Men’s Joan Holloway Outgrew Her Self-Imposed Traditions to Become True to Herself
In another of their very insightful video essays, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism looked at the evolving character arc of Joan Holloway of Mad Men. In the first few seasons, Joan primarily relied on her looks to get what she wanted, despite her sharp wit. It was only after such setbacks as being replaced…
Kurzgesagt and VSauce3 Take a Dual Look at the Concept of Reality Versus the Perception of Reality
Design house Kurzgesagt and VSauce3 took a two-part look at the nature of reality versus the perception of reality. As explored in the Extremis episode during season ten of Doctor Who, if someone is fully aware of being a simulation, can they communicate with their real world self? Or the converse if a person is…
