Burrito, the Golfing Dog!

YouTube via dbpants
"Burrito the dog golfs. My wife thought I was high when I said I saw this."

Beautiful Minds: Stephen Wiltshire

YouTube via stephenwiltshire. via Helen
"Stephen Wiltshire from London is a star among savants. Stephen is autistic. He did not speak his first words "pencil" and "paper" until he was 5. Yet, when he was 11 he drew a perfect aerial view of London after only one helicopter ride. For this film we're testing the "Living camera" in Rome. (ColourField production)"

Praying Mantis Attacks Hummingbird

YouTube via hbladyvta
Sandy Lizotte, The Ventura Hummingbird Lady. Captures a rare moment of a praying mantis waiting to ambush a hummingbird. The hummingbird did survive. www.hummingbirdstories.com"

Alice in Wonderland (1903)

YouTube via BFIfilms
"The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet.

With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original colours for the first time in over 100 years.

Music: 'Jill in the Box', composed and performed by Wendy Hiscocks.

To find out more about the film, visit http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/i...

To book tickets to 'Alice in Wonderland - A BFI IMAX 3D Experience', visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_ima...

To find out more about BFI Southbank's season of Alice in Wonderland adaptations, visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_sou..."

Lost Generation

YouTube via metroamv. via Helen

"I guess I should finally get around to putting something here. I am surprised that it has received so much attention recently.

This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second

It is based on the Argentinian Political Advertisement "The Truth" by RECREAR
Thanks to joezandstra for posting it as a video response. If you would like more info about the video you can find it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFz5jb...

The two songs are
Mind things
Our Lifes, Our Destinies

t r y ^ d
Beauty
both of which are available for free through the creative commons license and on the site http://www.jamendo.com/en/."
Make it happen Sam.

Transparent Butterflies

via Helen
"It comes from Central America and is found from Mexico to Panama It is
quite common in its zone, but it's not easy to find because of its transparent
wings, which is a natural camouflage mechanism.


A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful.
As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used
by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality and its
demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a
stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing butterfly shimmer
in the sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red. All
things beautiful do not have to be full of color to be noticed"

Kids Table

via Boing Boing via Design Boom
"children's room table, inspired by a dog. Creator Quentin de Coster came up with the design by asking a bunch of five year olds what shape they related to the most."

Jefferson Market Courthouse - NYC

via Shorpy
"New York City circa 1905. "Jefferson Market Courthouse." Now a library. Looking down West 10th Street at Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size."

More Optical Illusions

Amazing 3D Optical Effect!

YouTube via Rxe08
"A Marcel Duchamp Rotorelief disk"

Optical Illusion Dice

YouTube via Rxe08
"Optical Illusion Dice by Jerry Andrus."

Dinosaur Colors: Now Officially Redonkulous

on Discover Magazine