http://www.draganakovacevic.com .science.ideas.curiosity. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:57:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the boys who brought you the viral Treadmill Video, comes their latest. This launched last week, and it's already gotten 6+ million views.  Aptly titled "This Too Shall Pass" this video is a single, near-four minute shot of pure Goldbergian marvel. Imagine being the one working the camera...talk about pressure. As ... http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2010/03/ok-gos-rube-goldberg-contraption/ Without a doubt, Canada is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Okay, so I'm a little biased. But with such range and vast, stretches of wilderness, can you blame me? Anyway, I caught this ad last week, and I made a point to seek it out and ... http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2010/02/dear-canada-this-valentines-heres-why-i-love-you/ http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2010/01/2009-in-review/ Unpack your bags, it's not a wormhole. It's a Russian Navy missile test gone awry. Check out Jay's interview with Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell in a recent Daily Planet. http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/strange-swirl-over-sky-in-norway/ Came across this story a few days ago and it made me think of what Stewart Brand's been saying for a while now.... "given access to the information we need - humanity can make the world a better place." In "Whole Earth Discipline" he also makes a counterintuitive case for ... http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/william-and-his-windmill/ I am so impressed with the folk at the National Film Board (of Canada). They just keep pumping out top-notch content. First their amazing free iPhone / iPod Touch app (that allows you to screen entire films), and now WaterLife. Their latest initiative is an interactive site centred on the idea ... http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/nfbs-waterlife-interactive/ Poetic. And sweet. Who could have predicted 10 years ago that we'd be telling stories via searches... For more in this brilliant series, head here. http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/a-parisian-love-story-according-to-google/ The remainder of the list is here. http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/times-best-inventions-of-09/ Shot on the camera I've yet to play with, a sport I've yet to try: Making of BAGUS MOVIE - Indonesia from Ne3ko on Vimeo. One of the neat things I came across while traversing the web this aft...This was shot on the increasingly popular Red One. The shots are stunning. ... http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/12/and-now-for-some-kitesurfing-porn/ This is Nat Geo's latest promo and I must say, it's a very good one. I had to pause and think about the sequence of Ifs, but all in all, definitely moving. My kudos to the creative masterminds. http://www.draganakovacevic.com/2009/11/if-live-curious/