February 29, 2008

Leapday Linky

This is probably my favourite video on the internets, evar. Watch it. If you've seen it before, watch it again. The cats are great.

Via some Wellybloggers, a mesmerising short film portrait of Wellington by Massey Design student Richard Sidey, his showpiece at the end-of-04 exhibition Exposure (which is always worth a look if you're in Welly in December). It's an awardwinning film, and watching it you'll see why. Timelapse reveals new rhythms in familiar spaces. It's wicked. Music by Dubtown's percussionistas Strike!, and also featuring calligraphy by Stan Chan.

Via Svend, a deeply weird true-life mystery - nine experienced skiers, out camping in the mountains, who didn't make it through the night. But what the details suggest about what happened will give you shivers.

Via Hottieperm, Stuff White People Like. It misses as often as it hits, and "white people" seems to mean "urban liberals", but its dogged commitment to that one joke is pleasing to me.

I wish you a Very Leapy Friday.

Posted by morgue at February 29, 2008 9:13 AM Posted to Friday Linky
Comments

Weird, I read about that Russian incident just this week on Yog.sothoth.com.

Posted by: Derek at February 29, 2008 10:02 AM

Hmmm, for some reason I couldn't put the code in for the link in the last comment, so here's the thread. Started the day before that article was published.

Coincidence? I think not...

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=12039

Posted by: Derek at February 29, 2008 10:05 AM

I think it all came from the article in the St Petersburg Times on Feb 19
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=25093

From there it went to Metafilter on 22 Feb
http://www.metafilter.com/69297/The-Dyatlov-Pass-Mystery

And propagated outwards. Creepy stories travel fast over the internet. Only celebrity sex tapes and LolCats travel faster.

Posted by: morgue at February 29, 2008 10:15 AM

Now I want to LolCaption the photos the skiers took before they all died. We can haz alienz nao plz?

Posted by: morgue at February 29, 2008 10:19 AM

Things White People like made me smile... but now I have to get a metal water bottle!

Posted by: Karen at February 29, 2008 10:47 AM

That website seems to say "white people" when it means "hipsters".

It also doesn't realise that Mos Def has been out of favour for a couple of years now, partly for releasing two crap albums in a row but mostly for doing a song called The Rapeover which contains lyrics that have been deemed by hipsters to be homophobic:

"Quasi-homosexuals be running this rap shit"

and anti-Semetic:

"Tall Israelis be running this rap shit"

Hipsters are over hip-hop now. Check Pitchfork Media's Best Albums of 2007 list if you want proof.

OT: My comment can kick all your comments' ass, bitches! One at a time or all together!

Posted by: Joey at February 29, 2008 8:05 PM