Don’t mess with Mother Nature! Or an octopus!
Flooding from Eyjafjallajökull eruption
Incredible video of a jökulhlaup (volcanic induced flood by melting of a glacier) from the eruption beneath the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland.
[Via Brian Romans]
The Juliana Theory reunion tour is coming to SF!
Kerry passed on some info about The Juliana Theory coming to San Francisco in August! They’re another one of my favorite bands and I’m sad I’ve never gotten to see them.
There’s a few things that surprised me.
1.) They broke up 10 years ago.
2.) I had no idea they were on a reunion / farewell tour.
Count me in! I’m absolutely excited.
Green Screens
I always wondered how they filmed a number of these outdoor scenes in movies / television. This is devastating though. It’s like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real.
[Via Kottke]
LOST – 1967 Intro
Hah, someone created an intro for the television show Lost as if it aired in 1976.
Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy
An old clip from the Late Show with Conan. Louis C.K. explains how our life is amazing, but no one is happy. Hilarious!
Cats and Dogs (and Bears)
First up, we have a cat scaring off a bear. Granted, the bear still got the garbage bag, but this cat was ready to throw down and show who is boss.
Next, we have dogs. What happens when dogs meet polar bears? Apparently, love.
As much as I love dogs, I might have to reconsider what animal I want guarding my house!
Market Street in 1906
Footage from the front of a cable car, traveling down Market Street, circa 1906. Fantastic. I absolutely adore these old videos of San Francisco!
Originally, this video was thought to have been recorded sometime in 1905. Recently, someone analyzed the weather, vehicles, and shadows from people / objects and concluded it was filmed four days before the Great San Francisco earthquake of 1906!
This film, originally thought to be from 1905 until David Kiehn with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum figured out exactly when it was shot. From New York trade papers announcing the film showing to the wet streets from recent heavy rainfall & shadows indicating time of year & actual weather and conditions on historical record, even when the cars were registered (he even knows who owned them and when the plates were issued!). It was filmed only four days before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing.
[Via Long Now Foundation and Flixxy]
Fighting dirty in Scrabble
Recently, I downloaded a game for the iPhone called “Words with Friends.” It’s very similar to Scrabble, with a different board and slightly different letter values (one would assume to avoid Scrabble’s IP lawyers).
Many of my family and friends are playing the game and we’re all having fun trying to best each other’s scores. I like to think I have a good vocabulary, but apparently I don’t know how to effectively play for points, as evidenced above by the 60-point bomb that Kerry dropped on me, two moves into the game!
No matter though. I’ll just have to brush up on the following video, “Fighting dirty in Scrabble.”
State Radio at the Fillmore
This weekend, we saw one of my favorite bands, State Radio, play at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. It was my first time seeing them, and it was fantastic.
Here’s the music video for their song, “Gang of Thieves.”