Walk across America.

bestrooftalkever:

On July 20th, a stop-motion video of a man walking across the country was uploaded to YouTube.

It is quite possibly the finest stop-motion video on the internet.

I love the world sometimes. One of the most nerd-tastic videos ever. Such a cool innovation…Although I may have physically assaulted a roommate who was learning to play this while I lived with them. 

via thedailywhat:

Musical Instrument of the Day: Using an old electronic organ and some impressive technical knowhow, Linus Åkesson constructed a homemade 8-bit synthesizer he calls “The Chipophone” by rerouting the keys, pedals, knobs, and switches “to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals.”

Process shots and specs can be found here.

[mefi.]

Trying to find some obvious topographical reasons for this, it seems th eonly areas of intense green happen along the coasts. Sunshine and the beach is your only path to happiness people.

via thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: A joint team of researchers from Northeastern and Harvard have compiled a nifty visualization reflecting the ever-changing mood of Americans by state over the course of a given day based on the tweets they send out.

Not only did they analyze the sentiments we collectively expressed in 300 million tweets over three years against a scholarly word list; these researchers also mashed up that data with information from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Google Maps API and more. What they ended up with was a fascinating visualization showing the pulse of our nation, our very moods as they fluctuate over time.

Props to NY for having a perpetual sourpuss.

[mashable.]

I just tweeted the other day about giving up on M. Night Shymalan but liked the look of his new trailer for Devil. I have to defend him when it comes to this question from a faceless journalist in the crowd. He handles the query with grace and class.

While you can argue (and I agree) he hasn’t hit the mark with many of his films, the man is an accomplished filmmaker and storyteller who has been incredibly prolific (despite failing to match the critical acclaim of Sixth Sense).

Editors note: Perhaps the critic had also just seen his new movie, which apparently is really bad too.

via thedailywhat:

Q&A of the Day: At a recent Last Airbender presser, M. Night Shyamalan offers an unabashed defense of himself and his career after being asked why the hell he sucks so bad.

[cinematical / thanks crit!]

Julian Assange from TED.

Zog so wanted to be in this battle. In my humble opinion: top 5 greatest actors of my generation.

via bestrooftalkever:

Sam Rockwell dancing onto Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. 

Great entrance - or greatest entrance?

Great parody.

Need.

via electricpower:

Brammo goes street fighting with the 100mph Empulse electric motorcycle