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Tag: video
The Aurora
I knew the aurora was beautiful, and it was kinda always on the bucket list, but this video makes me want to move it way, way up the list. Majestic.
This … 14 year old? How old is a freshman? Anyway, this kid in high school who is only 6’2″ has the most insane hops I’ve ever seen – and the kid can dunk:
Trampoline Dunking
I wanna learn trampolining purely so I can set this up and do it one day:
People Are Awesome
People are Awesome 2011:
(via kottke)
To My Coder Girl
For all them coder girls:
LOLrio Kart
The difference between you and someone who got into MIT? You were satisfied with just pushing your shopping trolley around:
That thing can clock 45 miles per hour, or 72km/h! Dude, you frigging kidding me?! (more info here) (via)
Billie Tweets
A tribute to Michael Jackson, Web mashup style: Oh Internet, how you surprise me daily.
This is Epic
So I’ve been watching NBA recently, thanks to the manna-from-heaven that is One HD, Australia’s first 24/7 Free to Air sports channel (NBA, IPL, AFL in Sydney… this channel defines awesome – clever move, Channel 10). And yesterday, the most amazing finish to a basketball game I’ve ever seen, or at least not through replays – Cleveland Cavaliers are down by 2 points to Orlando Magic, 1 second to go, home game, second of the best-of-7 semi-final. They’ve just called a timeout, and when the clock starts again LeBron James, MVP, the figurehead of the Cavs, steps up and lands a buzzer-beater 3 point shot that cements his rep as both MVP and “King James”.
This shit is epic, son: