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Surfer en slow-motion

  • May 25, 2009
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Oui je deviens un peu monomaniaque en ce moment, mais bon c'est joli.

A noter que la vidéo originelle n'est pas accessible aux IPs françaises sur le site de la BBC (ou comment faire payer à YouTube la bande passante à sa place).
Vu sur http://www.sitesquibuzz.com/

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Photoshop revisited

  • May 15, 2009
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vu sur Nice People Make Things

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Subprimes animation

  • Apr 23, 2009
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Bioutifoul.
Via David Coiffier.

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La création du monde en Lego et Stop Motion

  • Apr 21, 2009
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Via Tijuana

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Le Condor à Fourchette

  • Apr 3, 2009
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Voilà enfin un avatar qui me ressemble (quoiqu'un tantinet plus fluet que je ne le suis).

MyHero
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Créé via la Hero Factory.
Vu chez Mry

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A Violinist in the Metro

  • Feb 20, 2009
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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

Histoire véritable.
Pourquoi y'a que des accordéonistes dans mon train, je déteste l'accordéon.
 

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  • Feb 13, 2009
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New-york in slow motion - beautiful

  • Feb 6, 2009
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Via mry
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Surprise du jour

  • Jan 8, 2009
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Quand un jeu vidéo vous fait découvrir de la bonne musique :


Jeu : Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 sur PSP
Band : Headspace
Song : Big Shoes
On appelle ça joindre l'agréable à l'agréable.

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Offre spéciale / A saisir / Vite / Vite

  • Jan 5, 2009
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Vous êtes fan de foot, vous avez un Mac et vous passez déjà vos nuits sur Football Manager ?
Alors, alors, il vous faut aller découvrir New Star Soccer, désormais disponible sur Mac.
La version 3 était déjà pleine de fun mais uniquement dispo sur PC, la version 4 vient de sortir et s'est faite belle aussi pour les amoureux de la pomme.
macZot vous propose ce fabuleux petit jeu indépendant à 9,95 $ (7,94 €) jusqu'à demain.
Point n'est ici question de gérer son club de fuchibal, mais uniquement la carrière d'un joueur.
Vous commencez avec les pieds carrés et, à force de moults entraînements et matches dans des équipes de seconde zone, vous pouvez devenir le nouveau Benzema.
A noter que la version 4 dispose d'un moteur de match en 3D (alors que la version 3 avait un rendu à la Sensible Soccer).


Franchement à ce tarif, la vérité c'est cadeau.
Voilà c'était la minute geek.
Et sinon bonne année hein, et plein de bonnes choses.

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