A reading of the Gettysburg Address with some clever animation to boot. I know some kids who had to memorize this in Elementary school. I think this would help learning it. Gettysburg Address from Adam Gault on Vimeo.
An amazing catalog of nuclear testing worldwide. This is for my history nerds. Takes a minute to get going but has some pretty interesting statistics. By a guy named Isao Hasimoto.
I’ve posted another RSA Animate video before and they are all fantastic. It’s a good way to waste some time to catch their other stuff. I particularly appreciated this one as it’s a topic that comes up a bit in my circle of friends.
A recounting of forgotten quotes throughout history. This was done by Atlanta local comedian Justin Morgan and company. If you get a chance to catch one of his shows I would highly recommend it. He does a killer drunken Michael Jackson impression. October 31st, 2010 Headlining “Hysterical Events” Cheyenne Grill / Atlanta, GA November 17th,…
Apparently a group called the Institute of Food Research in Norwich is working on a food capsule. Researchers have developed a technology that allows different flavours to be captured inside microscopic capsules, which can be designed to release the flavours at different times. They claim it could be used to produce a real life version…
Apparently there is now a game designed specifically for women to shoot men for making random, oft-times crude sexual advances. Hey Baby, which was released in June and can be played for free at www.heybabygame.com, has raised some controversy on gaming blogs, as both men and women debate the validity of its public-service message about…
And they got a neat trophy turd with the title. This was rated by The Consumerist. You can read more here.
I had written a little about this before the website got restored. I don’t remember anymore. Suffice to say I think it would have been more powerful all things considered but I suppose portable has it’s consequences. Skip to 2:30 to see the demonstration.
This video is actually surprisingly serious for Trashed Ideas, but something should be said for the amount of successful failures in life.