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Making Karaage on Tastemade’s Backcountry Cooking War
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Here’s a quick video I helped make with friend JJ Yosh for Tastemade… tasty and fun! Had a great time flying the Yuneec Q500 Drone for aerial footage, and cooking tasty fried chicken. Here’s the mini version on Facebook.
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Shanghai Built Knockoff Ghost Towns Copied from Around the World
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China is certainly weird. On the outskirts of Shanghai, China they’ve built a number of knockoff towns, copying styles from around the world. I explored a few of them, and was thoroughly weirded out. More on my explorations of Shanghai – Modern Ghost Towns, Racecars, and Skyscrapers in Shanghai
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Getting Hitched at the Shanghai Marriage Market
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During my exploration of Shanghai, China, I stopped by the Shanghai Marriage Market – and almost got fixed up! Here’s my experience… See everything I did on this trip to Shanghai: Modern Ghost Towns, Racecars, and Skyscrapers in Shanghai
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Tour The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Field Camp, Antarctica
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This season working at WAIS Divide Field Camp, Antarctica was busy, with days of hard work and rough weather. However, there were a few moments of free time and good weather, and during those moments I shot a few short clips. In this 40-minute video, I take you on a personal tour of most of…
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Recaping the 2014 New York Travel Festival
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Just posted, this fun recap video from the recent NY Trav Fest! Check out my full writeup! >>>
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The Illustris Project is Simulated Beauty
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The Illustris Project just released their preliminary results, and it’s nothing short of incredible. Although their simulation is massively complex, I particularly love checking out the fantastic graphics they’re able to generate from the data, available on their media page. Explore the Illustris Simulation Data More on Illustris: Motivation & Big Ideas The standard model…
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Climb THIS: Ice Climbing Competition Structures are Architecture From The Alterverse
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Crazy structures for the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup, including all sorts of overhanging, free floating barrels, and convoluted shapes. We got to see a few of these recently in Ouray, Colorado. Via Gizmodo: Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture
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The Coldest Place in the World: Dome Argus, East Antarctica
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NASA recently revealed that a spot in Antarctica just hit a record -135.3 degrees F below zero – that’s cold! In my time at the south pole, the coldest I experienced was -60F – not even close to the record. Fron NBC News: Ice scientist Ted Scambos at the National Snow and Ice Data Center…
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How To Keep Your Bitcoins Safe As It Goes Mainstream
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When Bitcoin starts being accepted at major real world brick and mortar stores, how are you going to ensure that your Bitcoins stay safe? Bitcoin is not like a physical currency – it exists only in the digital world, and your ownership of your digital store of Bitcoins is dependent on you keeping, and keeping…
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An Intense Look at Consumerism.. In High Speed
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https://www.vimeo.com/57126054 From Vimeo: La surconsommation désigne un niveau de consommation situé au-dessus de celui des besoins normaux ou d’une consommation moyenne. Image provenant du film Samsara : Samsara est un mot tibétain qui signifie la roue de la vie, un concept à la fois intime et vaste, qui définit l’âme de chacun. La surconsommation from…
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A Tour of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
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After living and working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station during the summer 2012-2013 season, I’ve had the chance to see most parts of the station. Additionally, I also worked as a tour guide for the various tourist groups who visited the station. Here’s a brief narrated video tour of both the elevated station as…
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Video: Hurricane Sandy – A View From Above
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The New York Times posted this incredible timelapse video of Hurricane Sandy’s roll through NYC. Incredible footage.. Watching the hurricane from the 51st floor of the New York Times building.
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Explainer Video: The Story of the First Ultra Modern Phone Cable Ship – AT&T Archives
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Great explainer video from AT&T, going over the first phone cable ship. Interesting!
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Go To The Moon With The Apollo Astronauts in Documentary “For All Mankind”
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For All Mankind is a simply stunning documentary covering the Apollo missions to the Moon. Stunning on all fronts. Scored by Brian Eno. Enough said. This movie documents the Apollo missions perhaps the most definitively of any movie under two hours. Al Reinert watched all the footage shot during the missions–over 6,000,000 feet of it,…
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Run with the Salomon International Running Team
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Great video today, sent to me by friend Charles G. Run with the Salomon international trail running team as they travel around the world competing. Makes me want to get out of the city and run! Good thing I’m already wearing my Salomon XA Pro 3D Ultra 2 trail runners! https://www.vimeo.com/36955133 via Salomon Running Season…
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Falling Into Black Holes with Sixty Symbols
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Sixty Symbols is one of my favourite science-related YouTube Channels. Today, they update us on what would happen if you fell into a black hole: Be sure to stay up to date with the Sixty Symbols YouTube Channel.
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What if the Earth were Hollow?
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I love subscribing to the Minute Physics YouTube Channel for a few new bits of basic physics every so often. Here’s one today titled “What if the Earth were Hollow?”
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Explainer: How A Digital Camera Is Made
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Thanks to PetaPixel, who brings us this cool video on the production of a Canon digital camera:
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Yankees vs Reds
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Friday night, Jill and I went up to Yankee Stadium to see the Reds lose badly to the Yankees. Still a fun game! Pics and video clips:
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Jacob Sutton’s LED Surfer
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Quick video today from friends over at NOWNESS. Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer on Nowness.com. From Nowness: Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light…
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Friend Matt Clifford Speaks about Opportunities in an Era of Abundance at TEDx
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This past summer my friend Matt CLifford hosted TEDx at his amazing place in LaJolla, California. In addition to hosting, he also got to do an interesting talk on Opportunities in an Era of Abundance. Matt Clifford Is a self professed tech geek, personal development aficionado, and positive psychology scholar. He is the Co-Founder of…