a trifling matter, a trifling gift, frivolous behavior, frivolous complaints

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Pingu’s THE THING (via leehardcastle)

Pingu remake of John Carpenter masterpiece THE THING (1982)
This is the 2 minute extended cut. I made a
second version but it ended up being too epic for a
60” video

Done in 60” Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Def4JOlRLU4
Behind the Scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFhaVAmlBY
Storyboards: http://leehardcastle.com/blog/storyboards-pingus-the-thing/

Made by Lee Hardcastle
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Walking in your mind (live mashup) (via Ithaca Audio)

12 video live APC40 mashup by Chris from Ithaca Audio

A free audio copy of the mashup is available on Facebook:
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Tracks used:
Hans Zimmer - Time
Howard Blake/Aled Jones - Walking in the air
Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle without honor or humanity
Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams - Drop it like it’s hot
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Beastie Boys/Jeremy Steig - Sure shot/Howlin’ for Judy
Jay-z - 99 Problems
Rage against the machine - Killing in the name
Phil Collins - In the air tonight
Max Sedgley - Happy
Led Zepplin - Whole lotta love

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Rolling in the beats (live mashup) (via Ithaca Audio)

24 Video APC40 Mashup created by Chris from Ithaca Audio

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To download a free audio copy go to: soundcloud.com/ithaca-audio/rolling-in-the-beats

Tracks used:
The Prodigy - Mindfields
Ludovico Einaudi - Nightbook
Haddaway - What is love
The Streets - Turn the page
4th Avenue Jones - Move on
Layo & Bushwaka - Love story
Adele - Rolling in the deep
The Killers - All these things that I’ve done
Death in Vegas - Aisha
Beyonce - Crazy in love
Felix Mendelssohn - A midsummer night’s dream
DJ Shadow - Organ donar
Destiny’s Child - Bug a boo
DJ Shadow - The number song (T La Rock - Breakdown / Don Covay - Bad Luck)
Daft Punk - Around the world
Queen/David Bowie - Under pressure
Aretha Franklin - Deeper love
Peter Carpenter - The theme from Magnum P.I
Klaxons - Gravitys rainbox (Soulwax remix)
Michael Jackson - Scream
The Verve - Bittersweet symphony
Run DMC/Aerosmith - Walk this way
Basement Jaxx - Do your thing
Faithless - Take the long way home

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Don’t hold back, just push things forward (via Ithaca Audio)

APC40 Mashup created by Chris from Ithaca Audio

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An extended mix of the mashup is now up on SoundCloud with a free download: soundcloud.com/ithaca-audio/dont-hold-back-just-push-1

Right-click and save to download the video: ithacaaudio.com/mashup/Dont%20Hold%20Back%20Push%20Things%20Forward.mov

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日本の美人像変化 Changing japanese perspective on beautiful woman (via yyjjyyjj)

美人タイプの移り変わりについて、維新昨今の流行ぶりを「東京日日」が報ず。
【1887年/明治20年03月20日/朝日】
 当世女の骨格 天保弘化時代には、顔の長うて目の張りがようて、生下(うぶげ)の毛が長うて背の高い 女でなくては美と云わず、女房を迎えるにも芸娼妓を抱えるにも、多く右の標準により、
それより降って明治の初年にありては、顔は丸く眼は常体で少し眦(まなじり)の釣り上 がり、髪は黒くて、背の小がらでなくては当世でないとて、いわゆるポチャ顔の流行せし が、
この頃に至りては時好大いに一変し、今にも一般に束髪、洋服の世界にならんとする の勢いなれば、芸娼妓を抱える親方はもとより判人(はんにん)のごときも、束髪、洋服 の似合うべき背の高い眼の張りのよい鼻の高い女でさえあれば、髪は少々赤うても縮んで 居ても、いっこう頓着なく、その内ABC位の横文字を心得て居る女は、なおさら足の早 きよし。
時の勢いと云うはハテ妙なもの。


ちなみに美人絵葉書とは、今で言うところのアイドル写真のようなものらしいです。
当時の人気芸妓がモデルで、戦地に赴く兵士の心の慰めに、明治に大流行したそうです。

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DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom) (via djearworm)

mp3 download and info→ http://djearworm.com/united-state-of-pop-2011-world-go-boom.htm

A mashup of the 25 biggest hits during 2011 in the U.S.

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Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Adele - Someone Like You
Black Eyed Peas - Just Can’t Get Enough
Bruno Mars - Grenade
Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song
Britney Spears - Till The World Ends
Cee Lo Green - F* You
Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor
Jeremih feat. 50 cent - Down On Me
Katy Perry - Firework
Katy Perry - E.T.
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
OneRepublic - Good Life
Pink - Raise Your Glass
Pitbull - Give Me Everything
Rihanna - S&M
Rihanna - We Found Love

It doesn’t match Billboard’s U.S. year-end list, since I’m basing it off of the weekly lists this year in order to more reflect what was actually popular during 2011. Because of the Billboard’s early cut off date and their emphasis on chart longevity, songs that are released after August are either split between the two years or moved to the next year. I also don’t want a track appearing two years in a row just because it happened to be peaking right at the cutoff. From my perspective, a song for a year-end mix belongs in the year it will be remembered from, not the year it ended its run. For instance, “We Found Love”, which has been #1 for the last 8 weeks of the year, is nowhere to be seen in Billboard’s Top 25, and may not make it next year either due to the bias of the cut-off date. As a bonus I am able to spend more time on the mixes and more fully realize them.

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Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet (via ReelNASA)

International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth’s horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Today Burbank described seeing the comet two nights ago as “the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space,” in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. Last night he captured hundreds of still images of the comet.

More images available in the International Space Station image gallery:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/index.html

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Phantom Cocktails (via Ty Migota)

Spent a day with the Phantom, creating opening credits for Nik Perleros’ “How To Get Laid”. Only parts of the shots were used, so I decided to do a little edit to show off more of what we shot.

Most of the shots were around 5000fps, some of the martini shots were at 8900fps.

Music by The Beastie Boys, “Here’s a Little Something for Ya”

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With the world ending in 2012 we better celebrate our last NYE properly. So to warm you up for tonight, we serve an hour and a half of broken beat classics back to back with some bangers from 2011, and then some.
Oh, and to the people in New Zealand, or checking this in 2012; we’re sure it’ll still make your head nod, even if your tummy’s full of cake. Enjoy 2012 and cheers to a year full of awesome music!

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Floating Points – K&G Beat – Planet Mu
DJ Spen presents DJ Technic – Gabryelle (D-Malice re-fix) – Soul Jazz
Zed Bias – Trouble In The Streets (feat. Mark Pritchard) – Tru Thoughts
Blawan – Shader – R&S Records
Daphni – Ye Ye – Text Records
William Onyeabor – When the Going is Smooth & Good (Edit) – White
Pryda – Muranyi – Pryda Recordings
Mosca – Orange Jack – 3024
Tim Wright – Thirst (Luciano’s Dancehall Mix) – Novamute
Radiohead – Bloom (Objekt RMX) – Ticker Tape Ltd.
Floating Points – ARP3 – Eglo
Emanative & Ahmed Abdullah – Lions of Judah (Four Tet Re-Edit) – Brownswood
IG Culture – Adjusted Perspectives – Freedom School
Cosmosis – The Land Of The Forgotten Dreams Of Zoo – 2000 Black
2000 Black – Dealt A Bad Hand – 2000 Black
Brotherly – System – Monumental
Kaidi Tatham – These Things Will Pass – Freedom School
Dauwd – What’s There – Pictures Music
Burial – South London Boroughs – Hyperdub
Nosaj Thing – Fog (Jamies xx Remix) – Alpha Pup Records
Damu – Ridin’ The Hype (Feat. Trim) – Keysound Recordings
James Blake – Love What Happened Here – R&S Records

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Beyondjazz | podcast | #421 – Hoofdknikkend naar 2012

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WristBow (Homemade Crossbow-Gauntlet)

Selfmade crossbow. Solid metal, as always. Started as a weekend-project, as always. Took 10 days.
Every part is homemade.
I will show some more details on instructables.com soon.
Bolts are made from Carbonfibre-tubings with brass and steel tips.

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