These two girls have taken rock climbing to another level entirely.
As if regular rock climbing wasn’t hard enough. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/these-two-girls-have-taken-rock-climbing-to-another-level-entirely/
Why you shouldn’t put too much stock into Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Just because you hear that a movie is “certified fresh” doesn’t mean you’re going to like it. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/why-you-shouldnt-put-too-much-stock-into-rotten-tomatoes-ratings/
This Video Understands How You Feel, NFL Fans
You made it through another long off season, football fans. The NFL season officially kicked off last night, so go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief. ‘Tis the season for productivity-starved Sundays, obsessing over fantasy teams and absurd amounts of buffalo wings. SB Nation made a video just for you, person who thinks there is nothing better than freezing your tail off outside in the snow in order to watch grown men repeatedly bash into each other. BONUS: This is every NFL fan in 90 seconds: Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/06/nfl-hope-video/
Dazzling Time-Lapse Shows Cities Through Kaleidoscope
The humble kaleidoscope might not have much on video games, but it’s still a pretty cool toy. Its primary purpose is to take an everyday image and make it a little more magical. Don’t you want yours back right now? No need to go digging through your toy box — we now have a kaleidoscope for the digital age. This time-lapse video from Michael Shainblum begins simply enough — with beautiful, recognizable cityscapes shown alongside their mirror images. Then he flips the time-lapse photography genre upside-down (literally) with dazzling kaleidoscopic effects. Shainblum has been mirroring images for five years and spent four months working on “Mirror City,” using footage from Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. “Many people visit these large cities every day, and all of these places have been shot and filmed, but I wanted to emulate these urban landscapes in a way that nobody has even seen before,” Shainblum’s Vimeo page reads. Click the video above to see a time-lapse like no other. Do you recognize your city through the kaleidoscope’s eye? Let us know in the comments below. BONUS: 10 Videos That Inspired Us in 2012 10 Videos That Inspired Us in 2012 1. Arthur Boorman’s Transformation Arthur Boorman was a disabled, overweight Gulf War veteran for 15 years. Over and over, doctors told him he’d never walk without the support of crutches again. On a bit of a whim, he joined a local yoga program, and ended up achieving what almost everyone had told him was impossible. Watch his story for yourself. 2. Nike ‘Find Your Greatness’ Ad Originally aired during the Summer Olympics, this Nike commercial — featuring a 12-year-old boy named Nathan — is surprisingly simplistic, but carries a big message: “Greatness is not beyond [Nathan’s] reach, nor is it for any of us.” Read more. 3. Procter & Gamble ‘Thank You, Mom’ Ad This Procter & Gamble ad, also aired during this summer’s Olympics, was part of its “Thank You, Mom” campaign. The video shows a number of different kids, all across the world, growing up to eventually compete in the Olympics — with their mothers supporting them during the entire journey. 4. U.S. Olympic Team Tribute To Muhammad Ali This tribute to Muhammad Ali, created by DJ Steve Porter for Team U.S.A., mixes some of the boxer’s best phrases and glory proclamations with a catchy, pump-you-up-to-the-max beat. Read more. 5. The Last Wong Fu Productions created this touching short film about a man, played by Glee‘s Harry Shum, Jr., who is asked by his girlfriend how many people he’s loved before her. Watch it to see his heartfelt answer. Read more. 6. Hey (St.) Jude In celebration of its 50th birthday, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital made a buzzing rendition of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” featuring the hospital’s patients singing alongside nurses, doctors and celebrities like Betty White, Michael Jordan and Robin Williams. Read more. 7. Ugly Yet Beautiful Chester Lee Ridens of Dubuque, Iowa describes himself […]
Nike’s Dystopian World Cup Ad is Like ‘Gattaca’ for Soccer
If Wayne Rooney wasn’t a footballer, he’d probably be a fisherman. But the only way he wouldn’t be a footballer is if the clones took over. Nike’s latest ad, “The Last Game,” in support of World Cup fever takes on a similar premise to the latest dystopian sci-fi movie. It pits man vs. the “perfect” clone — a soccer player that performs like a machine and is, supposedly, unbeatable. But they’re missing one thing: heart (or, as Nike puts it, the willingness to take risks). It’s sort of like a Gattaca that substitutes soccer for space travel. The best players unite to challenge the clones. We won’t spoil the ending, but lets just say it’s clear is Nike is reminding you that winning players are willing to take risks. Risk makes the game worth watching. Yay risk. All the 2014 World Cup action starts up on Thursday, June 12. BONUS: Six Apps to Fuel Your World Cup Fever Apps to Follow the World Cup ESPN FC Soccer & World Cup ESPN’s app for the World Cup featues in-depth analysis and commentary from their team of experts. Customize the experience by choosing your favorite teams to follow and set detailed alerts for everything from in-game substitutions to sore updates to team stats. Users in the U.S. can also see exclusive video highlights from the games. The free app is available for iOS and Android. Image: ESPN FIFA ’14 Fans of EA’s FIFA series for Xbox and PlayStation will appreciate the company’s latest World Cup iOS offering. In FIFA ’14 players can compete in their own World Cup brackets and customize their team’s lineup to compete with their ideal fantasy team. Those who want to make it more competitive can challenge friends and other online player’s in the game’s multiplayer mode. The free app is available for iOS. Image: Electronic Arts FIFA Official FIFA Official provides comprehensive profiles of each team, player and coach detailing the past national and World Cup history of each organization. The app has a daily live blog that provides a constantly-refreshed stream of updates from the matches and exclusive photos and videos from the tournament. Super fans can also play games, vote on each game’s “Man of the Match” and sign up for a shot at winning kick-off balls used during the actual games. The free app is available for iOS and Android. Image: FIFA Onefootball Brasil Choose your favorite teams and get up to the minute updates from both on and off the field. Listen to live commentary from matches and chat with your fellow fans when you connect the app to your Facebook account. The app also has in-depth pre and post-game videos of press conference, interviews and analysis. The free app is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Image: Motain GmbH Travel Portuguese Futebol Edition For those actually traveling to Brazil to watch the games, Travel Portuguese Futebol Edition from Rosetta Stone will give you a crash-course in essential Portuguese to help you […]
Sneaker wave caught on camera.
This wave really does come out of nowhere. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/sneaker-wave-caught-on-camera/
The Lyrebird’s mating call.
What a complex and unique sound… Read more: http://www.wimp.com/the-lyrebirds-mating-call/
Antiques Roadshow without all the talking.
Someone edited an episode of Antiques Roadshow without all the unnecessary filler. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/antiques-roadshow-without-all-the-talking/
This Woman Describing Her Encounter With A UFO In 1954 Is Disturbingly Convincing
Even though I love “The X-Files,” I’ve never seriously considered the possibility that UFOs actually exist. Most of the people who claim to have seen them seem a bit crazy, and their stories sound very similar to each other — especially when it comes to their lack of details. But one woman in Staffordshire, England, might just convince me that aliens are real with her eyewitness account of a supposed UFO encounter. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DCBP_ATF’); }); Back in the 1950s, a woman named Jessie Roestenberg heard a strange sound while watching her sons play outside — and her story of what happened next is so convincing that it’s more than a little disturbing. Get ready to question everything you believe. The amount of detail she gives is amazing! Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be looking at the sky more carefully from now on. You never know what could be out there… Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/ufo-eyewitness-testimony/
Apple Video Highlights the Apps People Can’t Live Without
Apple kicked off its 25th annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday with a video that serves as a kind of love letter to developers. In the nearly five-minute video, called “Apps We Can’t Live Without,” a series of random users are interviewed about their favorite apps and what they think about the developers behind them. “They make our lives better,” one woman says to the camera. “And they think of things that obviously regular people can’t think of.” Some of the apps highlighted in the video are big names that most users know about, including Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and Airbnb. An architect praises FiftyThree’s Paper app, while one woman says Airbnb “saved my life.” The video then moves on to several niche apps that get less attention. An ocean advocate discusses the usefulness of Marine Debris Tracker, and a student praises Biosim, an app that works with his bionic hand. Overall, the video is a powerful reminder of the wide range of apps that have popped up in the last six years — and the equally wide range of people whose lives are impacted by them. Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-developers-video-wwdc-2014/