The new iPad mini was released Friday, and Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t seem very enthusiastic about it. In a parody iPad mini commercial that aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, first came the iPod. Then a thinner iPod. Then an iPod you can touch. Then lots of other iPods — ones that allow you to shuffle your songs, ones you can talk on, a gigantic one you can’t talk on. And today, Apple released a slightly bigger iPod that you can’t talk on. Which, according to the video, pretty much means we’re all suckers. iPad Mini at the Apple 5th Ave Store The flagship Buyers started lining up to buy Apple’s long-anticipated iPad Mini at the flagship store the day before it went on sale. All-weather Apple fans Undaunted by the long lines and the cold, hundreds waited all night for the Apple store to open at 10am. One of the first A proud owner shows off his new purchase. The out-of-towners Hundreds of foreigners stood in line for the latest iPad. Only the wifi version is on sale for now. Camping out Unlike the iPhone 5, which gathered week-long lines, no one waited for days to buy the iPad Mini. But lines still snaked around the blocks surrounding the Apple store. Survival of the fittest Possibly the first person in line for the iPad Mini — Luis Lorenzo, who was first in line yesterday, was nowhere to be found. ipad7 Reporters from various countries visited the flagship store to ask buyers about their thoughts about the iPad Mini. The queue At the 5th Avenue Apple store, lines stretched for at least three blocks to buy the new iPad Mini or fourth-generation iPad. Out with the old Apple employees enthusiastically high-fived buyers as they filtered into the store to buy their new iPads. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/02/parody-ipad-mini-ad/
Andrew Cotton, a 34-year-old surfer from England, took on one of the biggest waves of all time on Sunday despite harsh weather conditions in Portugal. When the crest of the 80-foot wave caught up with him, he tumbled, disappearing beneath the water’s surface for a brief moment. Cotton told the BBC his fall was “pretty bad” and described the windy conditions as “bordering on unsurfable.” He was wearing an inflatable vest which shot him up to the surface of the water. Cotton qualifies for the Ride of the Year category in the 2014 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. The judges of the event will decide in March whether he managed to break the world record for surfing the biggest wave, a title currently held by Garrett McNamara, who surfed a 78-foot wave in Nazaré. Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, where Cotton rode the 80-foot wave, was the same place that a surfer named Carlos Burle caught an estimated 100-foot wave in October 2013. However, Guinness has not officially confirmed that ride as record-setting, so McNamara still holds the No. 1 spot — for now. Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/02/04/surfer-portugal-wave/
Imagine knowing that your entire philosophy on life — all you ever worked for — was proven right. That’s what just happened to Andrei Linde, a physics professor at Stanford University, upon the discovery of proof of gravitational wave. “Tremors” of the Big Bang are the waves said to be the first definitive evidence of the theory that the universe is expanding. It’s also an integral part of a theory that Linde has been working on for 30 years — meaning his theories were not only right, but also a huge contributor to the future of space study. Chao-Lin Kuo, an assistant physics professor at Stanford who worked with a team on the new discovery, surprised Linde at his home with the news. Watch the heartwarming revelation above. BONUS: 30 Stunning Images of Space Stunning Photos of Space Enhanced Hubble Image of Comet ISON Image: Flickr, NASA HQ PHOTO Taken Under the “Wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud Image: NASA, ESA, CXC and the University of Potsdam, JPL-Caltech, and STScI Merging Clusters in 30 Doradus Image: NASA, ESA, and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI) Hubble Snaps a Splendid Planetary Nebula Image: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Hubble’s Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region Image: NASA, ESA, F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy) Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Synthesized View of Earth showing the Arctic, Europe and Asia Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video The Star-Studded Center of the Milky Way Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video NASA Hubble Sees Sparring Antennae Galaxies Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Horsehead Nebula Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Sees Hidden Treasure in Large Magellanic Cloud Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble reveals heart of Lagoon Nebula Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Captures Cosmic Ice Sculptures Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video A Galactic Spectacle Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Supernova Remnant W49B Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Snaps Messier 66 of the Leo Triplet Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Catches Jupiter’s Largest Moon Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Sees ‘Island Universe’ in the Coma Cluster Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Crab Nebula Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Jupiter’s Red Spot Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Saturn’s Rings in Ultraviolet Light Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Hubble Sees a Star Set to Explode Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Cassiopeia A Supernova Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Cat’s Eye Nebula Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo and Video Carina Nebula Detail Image: Flickr, NASA Goddard Photo […]
GOP vice presidential nominee and Steak Baby frontman Paul Ryan unveiled the band’s new single, “Quench Your Heartbeat,” that features rockin’ lyrics like “I’ll make a sandwich, I’ll help a moose.” Okay, so 98 percent of that last sentence is false, but it could have earned the Wisconsin congressman a few cool points. The lip reading not-so-much-experts on YouTube put words in Ryan’s mouth that paint the veep candidate as a scatterbrained statesman looking to hit it big with his band. Party on, Paul. Bad Lip Reading “Edward and Bella” A Bad Lip Reading of Twilight “YETI” — A Bad Lip Reading of Coldplay A Bad Lip Reading of a scene from “High School” “Beard With Glue” — a Bad Lip Reading “Everybody Poops” – a bad lip reading of the Black Eyed Peas “Asian Baby” – Justin Bieber and Rascal Flatts “That Should Be Me”, cover by a bad lip reader “Gang Fight” — Rebecca Black, as interpreted by a bad lip reader “Hot Jumping Beans” — another bad lip reading of Justin Bieber and Rascal Flatts “Beard With Glue” — a Bad Lip Reading “Russian Unicorn” — a bad lip reading of Michael Bublé “(Rockin’) All Nite Long” — A Bad Lip Reading of Taylor Swift, featuring Wiz Khalifa Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/03/paul-ryan-lip-reading/
Last year, Joss Whedon switched gears from his usual fantasy-fueled projects to tackle a classic. The result was a modern day update of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Whedon packed the film with actors from his hit TV shows and movies, including Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion and Fran Kanz. But two of the actors featured in film were plucked straight off the Internet by the director. Comedians Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, together known as BriTANicK (rhymes with Titanic), have been writing, directing and performing on their own YouTube channel since 2008. While they’ve both dipped their toes into film, both separately and together, Whedon’s project was their first time working on a major studio film project. The duo’s roles might have been small — the characters are simply named First and Second Watchman — but they definitely made a huge impression on the direction and cast. Mashable talked with McElhaney and Kocher about their experience diving into Whedon-verse. The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly first connected with the BriTANicK when he linked to their “Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer” video on his blog. “He also said he really loved ‘Team Work‘ and ‘Eagles,’” McElhaney said, referring to another video as well as their short film, “Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses,” that was made as McElhaney’s final thesis at New York University. When asked whether their Shakespearean bits, “A Monologue for Three” and its precursor “A Monologue for Thee” were perhaps a factor, they laughed, “I don’t think anyone would cast us in Shakespeare based on that, but you know, maybe.” Probably not, since they can’t even remember the quintessential lines. The filming for Much Ado took place in Whedon’s expansive Calif. home. The cast stayed in hotels, but McElhaney and Kocher admitted that sometimes it would turn into a “slumber party situation.” “We were really accepted into their family.” McElhaney added, “It was really laid back. It didn’t feel like a set. It was like f*cking around with friends.” They noted that for all of their differences in experience, the rest of the cast never acted like “Hollywood types.” The cast even took a shine to one of the duo’s favorite past times, a game they invented called “Running Flip Cup Charades.” As you can probably guess from the title, it’s a slightly complicated drinking game. They even played the aerobic game on the ensemble’s 24-hour back-and-forth tour bus trip from Los Angeles, Calif. to Austin, Texas, where the film was being shown at SXSW. McElhaney described running around the bus for four hours in the middle of the night as “magical.” They were also encouraged to spend that time on the bus promoting the film on social media, particularly Twitter and Vine. Kocher explained that it sometimes led to awkwardness: “Something cool would happen, and then it would be kind of weird while everyone silently tweeted about it.” BriTANicK “SHIT! We should have called it the ‘Harlem Shake-speare’!” – Joss #muchadosxsw @MuchAdoFilm http://t.co/Acgpp6BAb3 […]
It sounds nice: chilling on the back deck, dropping a fishing line in the water — then this happens. In the immortal words of someone from the freshly uploaded YouTube video above: “It’s a big-ass shark!” The video was uploaded with minimal information by user Sarah Brame and YouTube’s view count hasn’t caught up yet — but this is one fishing tale destined to go viral. Everyone has a “one that got away” story, but Brame’s comes with seemingly authentic video proof. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/07/11/big-ass-shark/
Anyone who has been to New York’s Central Park in the fall can attest to the impressive display of color against the steel and glass of the city. Sure, we’ve all seen time-lapse videos. But there is something truly magical about this one by filmmaker, Jamie Scott. Many of the transitions move across the field of view from left to right, as if the color is being chased down by the shadow of winter. Scott said he chose 15 locations in the park and then revisited them two days a week for six months. If the lighting appears similar, it’s because all of the shots were taken just after sunrise. Take a look. Super Bowl? Naw, Puppy Bowl’s Got the Best Players DNews: Meet an Animal with a Type of Eye Never Before Seen Birdbrains? Hardly: Baby Chicks Can Count Could Super Bowl Be Influenced By Biological Clocks? This article originally published at Discovery News here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/29/central-park-time-lapse-video/
Forget about apes. Pugs are the real threat to human domination. With the release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes this weekend, it’s all too easy to get that wrong — so we turned to Pet Collective to set the record straight. In this YouTube video, one man learns the hard way that the cuteness of a pug is just a facade. When he finds an abandoned pug in a box in the middle of the wilderness, he takes it in just like anyone with a working heart would. He’s fooled by those irresistible wrinkles and aloof facial expressions. In no time, he finds himself in the midst of a war between pugs and humans. He’s taken “one of theirs” and the pugs go to great lengths to retrieve him. Get ready to wrinkle up your face, pug-style, as you watch this agonizing war play out. BONUS: Indisputable Proof That Pugs Should Claim the Iron Throne Game of Pugs Video: YouTube, blinkbox Video: YouTube, blinkbox Video: YouTube, blinkbox Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/07/14/planet-of-the-pugs/
Halloween has always been a good chance for parents and kids to bond. But this dad took it to another level — or shall we say, to another planet? Inspired by the movie Aliens, YouTube user Jason Smith built a Power Loader robot suit, so that he and his daughter could go around at Halloween wearing the same costume. He became the suit, while his daughter basically became Sigourney Weaver. The costume, constructed of cardboard boxes and hot glue, took two nights and a day for Smith to make, according to his video description. “My highest priority was keeping my little girl safe, so the costume was designed for mobility and quick exit in case of emergency,” writes Smith. Bonus points for being an imaginative and responsible dad. Watch the video above to see this amazing two person costume in action. have you ever seen anything like this? Tell us your thoughts in the comments. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/31/dad-makes-awesome-aliens-halloween-costume-for-daughter-video/
One painter’s watercolor works brings out the wonders of space in the safety of her studio. Connecticut-based artist Stella Maria Baer’s dreamy planet paintings have earned her more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Her neat, but detailed watercolors capture the moon’s rough texture, Mars’ soft oranges and maroons and Saturn’s wide rings. Baer told Mashable that her planet watercolors draw inspiration from April’s Blood Moon eclipse. More of her planetary art is available on Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. Stella Maria Baer Art Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Image: @stellamariabaer on Instagram Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/07/16/stella-maria-baer-space-art/
