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Cycling in Shanghai

normd — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:03:57 +0000

Found this video on the Change Your Life, Ride a Bike blog. I like it for a bunch of reasons. It has a nice rhythm, making it pleasant to watch, and it is nice to see the mix of foot, bike, and scooter traffic working well together.

Old Town, Shanghai from Trazmick on Vimeo.

Painting Video: Orange, Green, and Black.

normd — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:14:03 +0000

orange, green, black from Norm DeValliere on Vimeo.

Democracy

normd — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:43:55 +0000

I usually browse the films in the AV Geeks collection looking for the unintentionally artful – educational films about cafeteria manners or sensible food shopping can be be high-camp entertainment. Democracy has that 1945 look and feel, but the didactic content is still very relevant.

The companion film, Despotism, is also worth watching.

Dagmar Krause

normd — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:10:29 +0000

Dagmar Krause is simply one of the best. I do like her earlier work with Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, and the Art Bears, but albums like Supply and Demand or Babble (a collaboration with Kevin Coyne) are more to my taste now.

This video is from 1984 according to the notes on youtube. I haven’t heard anyone perform a finer version of the song.

November 5 2010: I removed the link to the video because the YouTube user’s account was suspended….

Univac

normd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:08:55 +0000

Over eight thousand checks an hour!

Another gem from archive.org.

Hilarious, extreme coffee snobbery.

normd — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:50:05 +0000

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo.

I probably shouldn’t categorize this post as one about food; don’t try following these instructions, whatever you do. If you take coffee seriously – really, really, really seriously – then you must watch this.

Bird furiously pecks at can with photo of bird on it Boing Boing

normd — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000

via boingboing.net

one wacky bird video.

Posted via web from normnode’s posterous

Astrolabe

normd — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:44:13 +0000

Watching this TED talk made me aware of how rarely I think about the sky. I spend so much time indoors, and even if I go outside at night, it is only to hope in a car and drive somewhere. No looking up.

So, I plan to figure out how to make a simple astrolabe, and try it out sometime in the next few days.

select-a-tweet with Baker Tweet

normd — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:20:23 +0000

A delightful device – the Baker Tweet – brought into existence by the clever Wallaces over at Poke.

The problem it solves? Letting the followers of your muffins know when fresh ones are ready. All without needing to dust off your hands to approach a computer. Turn a nob, press a button.

This video is a fine example of “explaining by showing.” No words needed. Just a pleasant jazz guitar. Nice.

BakerTweet from POKE on Vimeo.

Papercraft iPhone Stand

normd — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:28:26 +0000

Found via LifeHacker. I need to check out this site – if there are more videos like this, I am a new fan.

Iphone Paper Dock / Stand from Dessine moi un objet on Vimeo.