On the left are silent home videos (silent super8 film) made in 1974.
On the right are recreated videos made 30 years later.
Check out examples of a bit more about this project here.
The first minute of this video is a bit blah, but after that it’s pretty interesting.
Thomas Thwaites is buiding a toaster from scratch using raw materials and is blogging about it.
Even though this video is a bit long, I was impressed that he was able to smelt iron ore in a microwave.
Step 2, Attempt 2: Smelting Iron Ore in a Microwave from Thomas Thwaites on Vimeo.
A Dutch tampon company dropped a plethora of tampons with parachutes on six different beaches.
It kind of reminds me of those “Tampax Was There” commercials. You would see a real perky energetic girl doing something like dancing or cheerleading, and then the commercials would simply end with “Tampax Was There.”
OK, that’s enough tampon talk.
And for some reason I feel the need to use an Austin Powers quote: There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and . . . the Dutch.