#Cool

Five oceans. Five dives. One planet.

More men have walked on the surface of the moon than have explored the depths of our oceans. Virgin Oceanic is a project to measure the boundaries of the last frontier of our little blue planet here, the very bottom of the seas. The idea is to take a submersible to the deepest part in each of the world’s five oceans. Amazing.

Have to admit my admiration for Sir Richard Branson simply continues to grow. Much like Steve Jobs, I think he’s the CEO all of us want to be when we grow up.

Meant to post this last week when I saw it, as I’m reading the Golden Compass right now so thinking about the Aurora (and why the hell haven’t I seen the Aurora Australis while I’ve been here?). I’ve seen the Aurora a bunch of times back in Canada and it’s always jaw-droppingly stunning. Love this week-long time-lapse from Norway showing it in its full glory.

via Neatorama

I’m not even a journo, but hell… I’d turn out for this ad. Love it, and think it’s an excellent example of the awesome type of ads you can write to attract precisely the type of people you want to be working with if you’re hiring for attitude rather than skills expertise (which to be honest is half the battle I find). Try to write my dev ads like this, but wow… this is great.

Pretty clever. Geeks are Sexy gives a nice nod to nicepeter ’s work. Slightly NSFW, but meh. Wear headphones.

Check out Abe Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris.

Oh, and there’s so much more on Nice Peter’s Youtube so be sure to check out Bieber vs. Beethoven, Hulk Hogan vs Kim Jong-Il, John Lennon vs. Bill O’Reilly and Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga amongst others.

It’s a shame more people don’t go to the theatre these days, because there is some freaking amazing stuff going on there as effects and media and live performance combine (I try really, really hard to go once every two months to see something in my own defence.). I soooo wish I’d seen this production because I am absolutely amazed at what they’ve done with this sword fight scene where the main hero is battling the shadows around him. Like, wow.

I’ve often said that the ability to have normal mortals put together flatpack furniture with just an allen key and a screwdriver is an engineering marvel to rival the Pyramids, but Justin Pollard, John Lloyd and Stevyn Colgan have gone one further and show how you can construct Stonehenge yourself, Ikea style . Awesome.

via Neatorama .

Fantastic interactive data animation of the scale of the universe you’re currently calling home. Pretty impressive effects. Move the slider back and forth to get a nice interpretation of everything from unimaginably infinitesimal quantum foam to DNA, through to the planets, our local supercluster and the estimated size of the whole thing. Very cool.

Much like cookie monster, I am reviewing new career options myself. Seriously, I’m sooo much more than just a tech guy (And I prefer the term “geekery enthusiast”, ahem… )

Stay tuned!

Oh, and please help get cookie monster on SNL!

Great list of animated films for us, ahem… adults from the always hilarious and entertaining defective yeti (whose blog you should totally be reading if you aren’t already).

Was actually surprised at the number of these I hadn’t seen (and some I’d never heard of). Adding to the list of things to watch now.

• Animal Farm
• Fantastic Planet
• Heavy Metal
• Plague Dogs
• Grave of the Fireflies
• The Iron Giant
• Spirited Away
• Waking Life
• The Triplets of Belleville
• Renaissance
• Persepolis
• Waltz with Bashir
• Sita Sings the Blues
• Wall E
• Mary and Max
• Coraline

Oh, and just a personal one from me. Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Wererabbit totally needs to be in there.

Well, I got rid of my TV a few year ago and don’t miss it at all (though bittorrent a few choice shows here and there), but kinda loved this history of TV in the catchphrases of the popular shows of the times. It’s a bit uncanny actually. Thankfully, the full lists of the quotes and their shows are below the video (thankfully, because for me at least, I’d only seen “How I Met Your Mother” after Futurama in the list. Scary. Guess I gotta up my show watching.)