May 20, 2014
Renegades of Bike Culture, or How Mountain Biking Was Invented, from the University of California’s Fig.1 series.
In the 1970’s, counter-culture types in the mountains north of San Francisco took to careening down Mount Tamalpais. They were riding for adventure, for exploration, and as a way to interact with the landscape; they were not riding for exercise. Sarah McCullough, whose PhD dissertation at UC Davis explores the history of mountain biking, explains how this group of renegade cyclists invented the sport.
May 17, 2014
Summer heat is here you guys, and that means we all can start enjoying the art of cooking outside a little bit more. If you’re sharing bbq grub with your family this weekend, Alton Brown has a new technique to make a grilled cheese sandwich, a little more honest.
May 12, 2014
Take a look at the galaxy’s worst delivery man in Kyungmin Woo’s fun animated short.
May 8, 2014
When, after a long day of riding rides at Magic Mountain, 10-year-old roller coaster aficionado Lyle Pemble asked his dad why they don’t have their own personal thrill ride, the 50-year-old father of two couldn’t think of a good reason to say no. So he built one in his back yard.
Will Pemble, an e-commerce consultant who lives in the fringe of the Bay Area in Orinda, California, says none of the usual reasons (like cost, time investment or insurance) kept him from starting the project, which he likes to think of as an education opportunity for his Lyle and his 12-year-old sister, Ellie. “I try to say yes,” Pemble explained, “rather than, ‘No, you’ll poke your eye out.’”
Pemble started the project last fall, spending around 300 hours and $3,500 to build a 180-foot, two-hill roller coaster that now takes up the majority of his family’s quarter-acre yard. He even set up a video blog at CoasterDad.com to document the project.
May 6, 2014
We really like this new video! “I am a…” by animation director Andy Martin:
You sit down to have your portrait painted, but who are you? What is the image you want to project? How will the artist manipulate it? Are you a rabbit? You might be a vampire! You’re probably a duck…
May 6, 2014
Artist Luke Jerram created 300 feet of fun for the city of Bristol when he installed this massive urban water slide.
May 2, 2014
Cowabunga dudes. What’s cooler than pizza? Our brand new NINJA TURTLE HELMETS!!!
Just kidding, nothing is cooler than pizza, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get radical right now in a brand spanking new ninja turtle helmet.
Which character are you?
Apr 28, 2014
We absolutely love these mechanical flipbook installations. Here’s a little about the artist who thought of this great idea!
“Juan Fontanive makes films without using light. Often recycling the mechanical parts of found clocks and pushbikes as the portable containers of his ‘animations’. His interest lies in the beauty of sequential and repetitive movement… Pages fall in neat layers in the manner of a paper fountain, somewhere between film and sculpture – there is no ‘screen’ as such.”
Apr 22, 2014
While there are plenty of social issues around this event, you have to admit, it’s pretty incredible for the imagination.