Skateboard magazines from a long time ago (and now still?) had “x photo per second” sequences of skaters doing tricks. Tilles Singer took those, cut them out, and then brought the skaters to life in stop motion video. Love it.

Via today and tomorrow and ADAM+COMPANY

It strikes me that this video is one of the reasons soccer is struggling to catch on in the US. You NEVER see people flopping like this during a curling competition, which might be one reason curling is gaining in popularity.

I love trick football plays. Always have.

Via DK.

Ken Auletta from the New Yorker wrote a book about Google, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It” and before he published it, he cut the last chapter of 25 media maxims. Click the link above to read the chapter, or see below to see them in cribbed form. You might recognize the first maxim from Steve Jobs’ Stanford graduation address (video below via AllThingsD)

1. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
2. Passion Wins
3. Focus is Required
4. Vision is Required
5. A Team Culture is Vital
6. Treat Engineers as Kings
7. Treat Customers Like a King
8. Brand Often Means Trust
9. Every Company is a Frenemy
10. The Speed Of Change Accelerates
11. Adapt or Die
12. “Life is long but time is short.”
13. A “Free” Web Is Not Always Free
14. Digital is Different
15. Don’t Think of The Web as Another Distribution Platform
16. Technology Provides Potent New Targeting Tools
17. The Web Forges Communities, and Threatens Privacy
18. Beware The Government Bear
19. Paradox:The Web Forges Both Niche and Large Communities
20. More Media Concentration, Yet More Choice
21. Luck Matters
22. No More Old Media Magic
23. No More New Media Magic, Either
24. Don’t Ignore the Human Factor
25. There are no Certitudes

PBS has posted (but doesn’t let you embed), the full-length video of Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire documentary. Haven’t gotten to this yet, but I will. In the meantime, here’s a preview via Kottke:

If Muto, by Blu, isn’t all over the web soon, I don’t understand the internet. Called “An ambiguous animation painted on public walls” the graffiti is literally animated. Phenomenal. Yes. Yes. More. Yes.

A truly bad-ass cover, and a truly bad-ass video. I’d never heard of Pomplamoose before, but I am now officially a fan.

(Via kottke, of course.)

Buzz, Bob, Projectile Spittle and Me

Finally got around to reading this article by Will Leitch (twice in 2 days!) about his experience on Bob Costas’ HBO show from 8 months ago. To set the scene, Costas had on Leitch to semi-debate Buzz Bissinger on the amorphous topic “The Internet”. Also along for the ride is Cleveland wide receiver Braylon Edwards, though he remains silent for the 2 minute thrashing for which I was able to find video.

I was going to write a couple paragraphs talking about how Unlikely Words doesn’t really do a lot of opinionating, and so hopefully Buzz Bissinger will keep us in his RSS reader, but I lost my steam. Sorry about that. I’ll try harder tomorrow.

Yeah, that’s about right:

(h/t Ken Zawsum)

About 45 years old and still sends chills. It’s worth watching at least once a year and especially more poignant today in relation to tomorrow’s festivities.