My Blackberry Is Not Working
Note: Orange is a UK mobile carrier.
The Homeless Man with a Golden Voice
Over the last two days, this video has went viral across the internet. Doral Chenoweth, a videographer for the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio recorded a homeless man at the intersection of I-71 & Hudson St. in Columbus, Ohio who has a voice made for radio. Watch the video below.
That video was posted on January 3. It is now January 5 and at the time of this writing that video has just over 4 million views. It has gone viral. All of the late night talk shows are talking about him. The NBC, CBS, and ABC news are covering him. Reddit has gone nuts, as they are want to do, going all do-good vigilante on him. Finally, this morning, he was on a Ohio morning talk radio show where he was given a job offer by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Recording is below.
He was also interviewed by the CBS Early Show this morning.
CNN's news coverage:
Amateur Explorer Explores Underground New York City
They don't build cities like they used to—which is, to say, by simply backfilling and constructing on top of older architecture, leaving behind a layered time machine just ripe for adventure. The idea that some very old cities, like Rome, are three stories taller than they originally were—that the ground you walk on today is not really, precisely, the ground at all—is still completely mind-blowing to me.
That's why I love stories like this one from NPR, where professional explorer Erling Kagge accompanies amateur adventurer Steve Duncan on a 25-mile journey through the sewers of New York City. It's no Golden Palace of Nero, but there are some little historical thrills.
Notes from the Vimeo video page:
For updates and more adventures follow me on twitter twitter.com/andrewwonder
This is a film I made after some adventures underground with Steve Duncan (undercity.org) last summer. We also have a teaser video which you can watch on my vimeo page (vimeo.com/5752275).
For more information about the video and our other adventures please contact Andrew Wonder (Director/Cinematographer) at andrewwonder@mac.com.
Steve and I just completed another underground expedition with Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Kagge). It was featured in a three page article on the front page of the NY Times metro section and was written by Alan Feuer (nytimes.com/2011/01/02/nyregion/02underground.html). We were also covered by NPR's Jacki Lyden whose report will be aired on 1/2/11 and posted on NPR's site (npr.org/2011/01/02/132482428/into-the-tunnels-exploring-the-underside-of-nyc).
Shot on a canon 5d mkii with canon 24 f/1.4 (version 1) with the zacuto rapid fire, Zoom H4N and a sennheiser g2 wireless lav. The zacuto was really great at being there when I needed it but also staying out of the way.
How Footballs Are Made
Courtesy of Jason Kottke:
The manufacturing process for the official NFL football made by Wilson.
It's fascinating that every football used in the NFL for the past 20-30 years has been made by Deb, Peg, Geln, Emmitt, Tina, Etta Mae, Pam, and Michelle. Also, they call the pre-laced, pre-inflated ball a carcass! (thx, peter)
Boardwalk Empire visual effects
Brainstorm Digital showcases some of the visual effects that they did for HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
Brainstorm Digital's before and after shots from season 1 of HBO's hit series "Boardwalk Empire". (courtesy of Home Box Office, Inc) brainstorm-digital.com
Spin Around
From Jason Kottke:
What does it look like when you put a video camera on the tip of a sword and swing it around? Pretty cool, is what.