Jan
28
2012
0

Guinness World Record For New Matrix-Style Ad

A new TV ad made using 200 camcorders has landed itself a Guinness World Record.

The commercial for Toshiba's range of HD products was shot using the "bullet-time" technique, as seen in sci-fi movie The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves.

The technique freezes the shot, while circling the freeze-frame.

The advert was filmed using a custom-built, 360-degree rig of Toshiba Gigashot handheld cameras.

The shoot used up 20,000Gb of hard disk space and took over 336 hours for computers to process.

Those stats helped earn it a world record for incorporating the most moving image cameras used in a composite film shot.

Originally posted 2009-03-10 13:17:42.

Written by Peter C in: Advertising,Tech,Video,Virals |
Jan
26
2012
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Chris Jordan Photography — Wonderful stuff


Thanks Luke Link

Originally posted 2007-05-15 12:37:47.

Written by Peter C in: Arts,Photography |
Jan
24
2012
0

Stunning CG work. Watch ‘Nuit Blanche’ and then watch ‘the making of’…

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo. (All glass is 3D. Maya Mental Ray and 3dsmax Vray. Blastcode and instanced particles.)

Making Of Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Originally posted 2010-02-08 17:12:26.

Written by Peter C in: Arts,Design,Entertainment,Tech | Tags: , ,
Jan
22
2012
0

Yiddish Dr Seuss…

Originally posted 2010-04-26 09:03:28.

Written by Peter C in: Arts,Entertainment,Humor,Words etc | Tags: , ,
Jan
20
2012
0

420 — State Tax Stamp Data

Source

Originally posted 2009-04-20 11:46:10.

Written by Peter C in: Design,Drugas,Entertainment,Hmmn. Interesting. |
Jan
18
2012
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Ads for Eyeglasses and Opticians

 
Here’s a clever print ad for a Belgian optician, by LG&F in Brussels. View larger

Copy at the bottom of the letter:
“Is it difficult for you to read these letters? If it is, than please drop by for a free eye test”

See more of these vision express ads. 

Originally posted 2008-08-21 14:23:26.

Written by Peter C in: Advertising,Design,Humor,Illustration |
Jan
16
2012
0

Song of the Day — ‘The Electrician’ by The Walker Brothers (1978)

About The Walker Brothers (From Wiki):

The Walker Brothers were an American 1960s and 1970s pop group, comprising Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Leeds. They had a number of top ten albums and singles in the mid-1960s, including number 1 chart hits “Make It Easy on Yourself” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)“.

Formed in 1964, the three unrelated musicians adopted the ‘Walker Brothers’ name as a show business touch – “simply because we liked it”.[1] They provided a unique counterpoint to the British Invasion in that they were a group from the United States that only achieved success in the United Kingdom and Germany, while the popularity of bands such as The Beatles spread to the US.[2]

Thanks Ray C.

UPDATE:
I just watched the documentary “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man“. Brilliant. Please excuse my ignorance, I’d never heard of him.

Related:

This is a must watch.

Originally posted 2010-05-10 13:24:15.

Written by Peter C in: Entertainment,Music | Tags: , ,
Jan
14
2012
0

Yellow Tea Sub

Via Swiss Miss

Originally posted 2010-01-26 10:14:08.

Written by Peter C in: Arts,Design,Food | Tags: , ,
Jan
12
2012
0

Puppies and Flowers : Black baby jaguar born in Peru

babyJaguar.jpg

Link 

Originally posted 2008-05-06 15:02:32.

Written by Peter C in: *Puppies & Flowers |
Jan
10
2012
0

Pulp Muppets & Reservoir Cats

This clip is hysterical! via 416Films

Equally as funny via growabrain. Sorry but this clip has been removed.

Originally posted 2007-08-06 15:19:38.

Jan
08
2012
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06
2012
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Jan
04
2012
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Vinyl Solution ASBOluv — Found FLickr set

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Not much about asboluv on his Flickr page but his work speaks for itself.
Link to Photostream.

Originally posted 2008-10-28 11:13:36.

Written by Peter C in: Arts,Illustration |
Jan
02
2012
0

U2 — Magnificent — with more cowbell! Brilliant!

Who needs Brian Eno when you have morecowbell.dj! Listen to the first 30 secs at least.

  Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj  

Originally posted 2009-03-23 10:52:55.

Written by Peter C in: Entertainment,Generators,Humor,Music |
Dec
30
2011
0

Smoke on the Water — Japanese stylie…

smokeWater.jpg

Link via Arbroath

Originally posted 2008-01-23 14:58:33.

Written by Peter C in: Entertainment,Humor,Music |
Dec
28
2011
0

Puppies and Flowers : Little Tom the Chihuahua

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He is a third of the size of an average guinea pig, and weighs in at just a few ounces – but this tiny puppy could be a big deal when it comes to world records.

The miniscule chihuahua-Jack Russell cross – appropriately named Tom Thumb by its owners – is a serious contender for the title of being the smallest dog on the planet.

Little Tom was born just three weeks ago as part of a surprise litter to mum Spice, a chihuahua. Little Tom

More Chihuahua Puppies and Flowers.

Originally posted 2009-04-06 14:08:13.

Written by Peter C in: *Puppies & Flowers |
Dec
26
2011
0

Snail tape dispenser

snail.jpg

Found on eBay 

Originally posted 2007-07-09 17:24:26.

Written by Peter C in: Design,Humor,Tech |
Dec
24
2011
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Dec
22
2011
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Hamburger Cupcakes!

hamburgerCupcakes.jpg

From smileys sweets:

Cupcakes are so wonderful and versatile, aren’t they? These are vanilla cuppies with a chocolate cuppie in between, green coconut for the lettuce and frosting for the mustard and ketchup! I used a bit of fresh orange juice to brush the tops so the sesame seeds would stick!

Originally posted 2009-03-09 11:32:51.

Written by Peter C in: Food,Humor |
Dec
20
2011
0

passive-aggressive : notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers

From an elevator:

passAgg_1.jpg

 

From a roomate: 

passAgg_2.jpg

Link to passive aggressive notes

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Originally posted 2007-07-17 13:42:05.

Written by Peter C in: Humor,Words etc |

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