Luigi Vunderschvonce: You know what might be better than sketch comedy? Sketch tragedy! Imagine it like Vaudeville. “Hey folks! I’m Romeo! I love Juliette, but my family won’t allow me to marry her!” badump tsh “Hey folks! My uncle just poured poison into my father’s ear and killed him, and then my girlfriend killed herself in a river!” badump tsh And then a giant cane will come out and pull me off stage… and isn’t that the real tragedy?
Lindsey Stirling – Crystallize
While perusing Lindsey Stirling’s Google+ page I stumbled upon her Crystallize video. The set is stunning and the song is fantastic. Enjoy! Posted by Dennis Bonilla
Christopher Nichols Showcases His Work on a 2013 Visual Effects (VFX) Reel
I was recently watching the movie Oblivion and wondering what scenes in the movie might be entirely 3D-based. Fortunately, UPT friend and short-film director Daniel Thron shared Christopher Nichols‘ 2013 VFX demo reel.
The Internet Teaches Us How to Moonwalk
We recently found an imgur gallery shared by user magomike breaking down the steps necessary to moonwalk. Most people who think they know how to moonwalk do it completely wrong.
The Science of Hipster Music
Priceonomics created a chart that scientifically measures the hipster factor of music. This is an application of their data crawl service. They used ratings data from the independent music review site Pitchfork and correlated it against the number of Facebook ‘likes’ of the review.
Scale of the Universe
I saw this once before. Blew my mind then. They’ve since updated it. I’m still in awe.
Posted by Matt Scott
Saying you are a geek is not enough anymore. People are going out of their way to be called nerd.