June 2011
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What are your favorite feel-good things in life? →
What are your favorite feel-good things in life — things that always make you smile?
Getting really drunk and feeling really communal. Also, thinking of funny things when I’m really drunk. I wish I had a drink and a barstool and a lot of other barstools, with people sitting on them and talking loudly over hi-nrg dance music.
Your best friend calls you and tells you he's... →
I would leave them alone. If I were sick I wouldn’t want someone bothering me trying to help me, and I certainly wouldn’t want them to see me if I looked a mess. I might check if there was anything in particular they intended to leave me when they were gone, and if they had put it in writing. It always helps to make sure that others have planned ahead.
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Thousands of Sky Lanterns Light the Night →
Eleven thousand sky lanterns were released into the night sky on June 21, 2011, in Poznan, Poland, to celebrate Midsummer Night. The event was promoted on Facebook as “Poznan’s most romantic night”. People were invited to come and buy paper lanterns (for about $1.80) and release them into the sky after lighting their fuel and letting the hot air take them up and away.
The...
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Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics →
The Japanese really excel at men’s rhythmic gymnastics and this video shows it. The video shows the performance of the team from Aomori University at the 2009 All Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship. With this wonderful routine, Aomori received 1st place on the university level at the championship.
The routine is a great example of synchronization and precision, but it is also...
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How to Make a Great Lipdub Video →
What is a lip dub? A lipdub is a type of music video. In the video people lip-sync to music, and later the original version of the music is dubbed in, replacing any audio that was recorded during the making of the video.
That’s the simple definition. However there are certain important elements that are commonly used in the videos described as lip dubs, and a lot of these elements are...