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Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 at 11:30 pm

A comparison of the leading Digital SLR camera, the Camera 7D, with the Barbie Video Girl. The 7D wins of course, but the Barbie is pretty damn amazing for what it is.


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Google Earth Skydiving

Posted by Pete Berg on Sunday, December 12th, 2010 at 10:56 am

I really want to do this.


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Chicken Powered Steadicam

Posted by Pete Berg on Sunday, December 12th, 2010 at 10:51 am


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The Foam Weapons League

Posted by Matt Portman on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 at 11:26 am

Thanks to my friend Kelly for turning me on to this.


Category: Awesome, Freaks, Geek, Misc.	2 Comments »

Jenga Pistol

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, November 22nd, 2010 at 11:07 am

This is what happens when you let engineers play Jenga.


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Kid has amazing marble run around the perimeter of his bedroom

Posted by Pete Berg on Sunday, November 21st, 2010 at 11:13 am

Rube Goldberg style marble run around a kid’s bedroom. Made by the greatest dad ever. See how he did it — and make your own — here!


Category: Awesome, Geek, Kids & Babies, Stunts	No Comments »

Meet Jaimie Mantzel. He lives in the woods and is building a giant robot. Seriously.

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 at 9:34 am

Jamie Mantzel is my new favorite person on the Internet. He is trying to build a gigantic walking robot, and he is documenting it on YouTube. He lives in the middle of nowhere and has no electricity, and tends to get distracted. Will he be able to build this robot? Watch his videos to find out!

Here’s a more recent video:

Jaimie’s profile from his YouTube Channel:

I’m Jaimie… Mantzel. I like to do a lot of things. I’m kinda like…. hmmm… who am I like…. Oh, I’m like a cross between MacGuyver (ya, I like to build stuff), and that guy in fight club (not because I fight, because I’m reclusive, resist the system, and live life my own way). Wait, no no. I’m more like a cross between Stewy from family guy, and… uhhh… well, people say “run, forest, run” to me a lot. That might just be because I run a lot, though. OK, I don’t know who I’m like. I’m a super-human space alien monster with a brain the size of a planet. Now stop pressuring me!!!!


Category: Awesome, Geek, Inspirational, Skills, Unintentional Comedy, Video Games	No Comments »

Red Shirt Guy Out-Geeks Them All

Posted by Tim Reese on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 4:08 pm

“‘Red Shirt Guy’ stumps World of Warcraft game designers at Blizzcon with a tremendously geeky question.”

So happy that this manchild exists.


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Band Replaces Instruments with I-Phones on Subway

Posted by Nate Brown on Friday, October 15th, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Hard to believe this only has 300 views. I think it’s gonna blow up big time. May even see it in an Apple ad.


Category: Geek, Music Videos, Performance, Science	No Comments »

Charizard finally gets his revenge…

Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 at 8:24 am

Pokémon trainers beware: it’s bound to happen at some point.


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Japanese Wave Pool Creates Any Desired Shape

Posted by Harrison Flatau on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at 12:49 pm

Japan is a country that took the phrase “Create solutions for problems that don’t exist” way too seriously.

This is still awesome though.


Category: Awesome, Geek, Japan, Science, WTF	No Comments »

HDR Video Demonstration Using Two Canon 5D Cameras

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 4:05 pm

High Dynamic Range photography has been all the rage the last few years, but this is the first time I’ve seen it done with video! The way HDR works is a series of photos of the same object are taken at different levels of exposure — first exposing for the sky / background, then the object, then the foreground (and other intermediaries). Then all of the photos are digitally stitched together to create a photo where every area of it is perfectly exposed. This makes photos look beautiful and vibrant, almost like a painting.

Now this is possible with video — at least a very preliminary version of it with two different exposure levels. I predict that in a few years, HDR video will be all the rage. It just looks so awesome. Check out the video:


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The Rocket Jump

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

I don’t know about you guys, but video games have definitely altered my perception of physics. Looks like I’m not the only one.


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SnakeBot climbs trees, ushers in the end of humanity as we know it

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 7:53 am

One step closer to the robot apocalypse. Fuck technology, we’ve gone too far this time. (Thanks, Tim Reese)


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Hacking Wireless Hotspots

Posted by Pete Berg on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pm

A brilliant (and very simple) technique for getting free internet access at paid Wireless hotspots. If there is already another user who has paid for access, it’s very easy to find their IP address and trick the network into thinking that you are that user. This is a bit technical, but surprisingly simple when it comes down to it!


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