AWESOMECON

No f—ing way…

james — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Wing suits enthusiast are crazy. ’nuff said.

The San Francisco Hipster & Dot Com Homesteader War

james — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:55:27 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMqutKBS5iE

Bay Area Based comedy troupe “Killing My Lobster” knock it out of the park. It may be a lot funnier if you have lived in SF within the last few years, but if you know hipsters and their coffee this will be worthy of a laugh or two.

Ken Block is Back!

james — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:03:42 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFWSsrn8

Ken Block, who is a WRC driver, skateboarder, snowboard and co-founder and CBO (Chief Brand Officer) of DC Shoes; just put out a new video. In this vid he is doing another redonkulous Gymkhana rally. Gymkhana is:

Is an automotive sport that takes place in a parking lot, an abandoned airport, an international shipping port or an epic 86-year old European track that requires drivers to skillfully maneuver the cars around a series of cones, slaloms, turns, figure eights and possibly a 51-degree bank using extreme acceleration, braking and drifting.

Similar to “autocross”, Gymkhana courses are often complex, and memorizing the course is a significant part of this type of motorsport.

As always… watch this thing fullscreen at 1080p. It is damn impressive…

The de-evolution continues…

james — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:05:11 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpkjtWuPs8

I saw this over on Bruce Sterling’s Wired blog the other day. Truly stunning work. It’s the kind of art, vision and talent that just really resonates with you. It also reminded me of Scott Pilgrim, which I also love.

OH… and watch it in HD, seriously.

Burn Baby Burn!

james — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:59:37 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs

I heard about Minecraft a few days ago due to a Penny Arcade Comic. Then I saw this video… very, very funny tutorial on how not to build a custom house in the game.

Bacon: The New Modeling Clay

james — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:56 +0000

It seems that bacon is being formed and then baked (or fried) into more complex and radical food delivery systems. The next evolution of bacon science appears to be the Baco. A bacon based tortilla replacement. I am both horrified and made hungry by this newest step in evolution in food sciences.

[Read via Tim]

Is it winter yet?

james — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:54 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDNLUzjkpg

’cause if it is then I need to get one of these bad boys!

[via @aaronpedersen]

There is something addictive…

james — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:11:28 +0000

… about the website “Three Frames“. Niki called it an:

extremely extremely distilled version of ytmnd

which is a good description. I walked through the archive in a few minutes, subscribed to the RSS on a whim expecting to throw it away after a few days and yet, I get excited when a new one comes in. Odd. Anyway, I love it and had to share.

[read three frames]

Alaska Beat Poetry

james — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:12:02 +0000

A little poem written by Palin performed by Shatner.

[video from NBC]

Kind of beautiful when done right.

[via Daring Fireball via Huffington Post]

Prank Wars: part 7

james — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:39 +0000

I haven’t really been following the internet meme “Prank Wars” by a few of the members over at College Humor, but I recall catching bits and pieces of the pranks. Here is the most recent one pulled on Amir. After seeing the last one Amir pulled I have no sympathy for him and feel this was well deserved. Pretty damn impressive setup if you ask me…

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The only way this is going to end is with one of the pranks ending in death, I think.

[via @joestump]

“Hibi no nerio” music video

james — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:32:39 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw

I have no idea what it means, nor do I need to (all though I do want to). I was literally speechless after watching this amazing video. Give it a few seconds and I am sure you will feel the same way.

[via Why, That's Delightful!]

Mexican Gravity Hammer!

james — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:55:03 +0000

If you have never played Halo 3, the Gravity Hammer is a devastating weapon in the game. Its also tons of fun to just slam people and see them flying. From the following video, it appears that the gravity hammer was probably inspired by these young gentlemen in Mexico:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF63jhRQcw

That looks both amazingly scary and awesome at the same time.

[via BoingBoing]

bonus video, the gravity hammer in action:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORWqbok7qk

Oak-Land!!

yap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:55:59 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkoeyhAAdk

Sorry Zachary’s, but it’s true. Little Star SF is better. I know we’re more irritating with our skinny jeans but it’s the truth.

Sorry to our non-Bay Area readers in advance for the inside jokes.

Boston One-Man Cover Band

james — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:20:16 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H57pWC5rvk

Okay, its technically three-man act, but a one-man band. The mutli-part one man YouTube video meme is getting a little stale, but this one is damn impressive. Rock out baby!

[Read via Bob Nickolopoulos]

Hipsters are so ‘83

james — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:47 +0000

I was reading a tweet by @mdowney which referred to a post on BuzzFeed about the top 10 Michael Jackson acapella videos. This post is not about that… well, not directly anyway. I was watching the video for “Beat It” and during the breakdown/fight scene I had an amazing revelation. Holy SH*T!!! THOSE THUGS ARE HIPSTERS!

So, apparently hipsters are 1983 thugs from the “Beat It” video. Amazing but true. Check out around 2:30 in the video to revel in the pre-hipster-hipster fashion.