Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely?

Been in head all day! Must post it! Excise the demons! Song... too... catchy!

Happily spreading the goodness virus.

Big thank you to youtuber johnniewalker23 for the (totally illegal(?)) upload.

Amazing Youtube Video: Lost Generation

Watch it through until the end. It's so worth it.

Special thanks to youtube user metroamv

(via Gems Sty)

The Amazing Science Videos of WBeaty!

Hello All,

We're unsure how exactly we found wbeaty's youtube page, but are we ever glad we did!

This cat has some amazing science videos up.

Like this: Drawing Holograms By Hand


Incredible, no? We didn't know you could do that.

Here he shows how to make a working generator out of cardboard, magnets, and wire.



And best yet, he's got a personal playlist of his favorite science videos from across the youtube universe:



Enjoy! We certainly did.

Love to All,

Team SuperForest

The First Video on Youtube

This is the first video ever uploaded to youtube.

Amazing.

Outstanding Octopi!

Octopodes are so cool.

We just found a great youtube viddy of an octopus doing its thang.

Check it out, it's pretty impressive:



Here are a few other impressive facts:

"Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body."

"When under attack, some octopuses can detach their own limbs, in a similar manner to the way skinks and other lizards detach their tails. The crawling arm serves as a distraction to would-be predators; this ability is also used in mating."

"There are three forms of the plural of octopus; namely, octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objected to."

Interesting, no?

Happy Monday!

-Team SuperForest

MyPOWER Team Cycles Australia, Highlights Sustainability

Hello All,

Just blundered on to this great series of viddys from MyPOWER.

MyPOWER is a team of Aussies who are cycling around mainland Australia, highlighting positive environmental and sustainable actions wherever they go. Four guys, three bikes, and one support Prius seems to be all it takes to produce some deliciously fun and informative eco-media.

Check it out:

Part the first-


Part the second-


Part the third-

(Ooooh nice! We love the Food Forest! Great name.)

They've only got three episodes up right now, but we'll post more as they become available.

It's great work these cats are doing and we heartily support them.

Here's the MyPOWER site.

Go MyPOWER! Pedal! Pedal! Pedal!

p.s. Here's a link to bonus MyPOWER footage

Robo-Clarinet Plays "Flight of the Bumblebee"

This is a special shout out to SuperForesters Christine and Josie.

Enjoy, my little bumblebees!



Robots and music! Music and robots!

Fun and fun and fun!

Picasso on a Bicycle

Just because.



Picasso.
Python.
Perfection.

LTA,

TSF

Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy

So beyond wonderful. Your heart aches to hear sounds this fine.

The legend, Nina Simone.

Songs in the Key of O

Barack Obama is one inspiring cat, and few can deny it. This is clearly shown by the incredible variety of songs and videos that have been created by average folks and posted online.

Let's see how many we can find!

Mighty Sparrow: Barack the Magnificent


Awesome!

Iowans: The Barack Song


Obama Boyz: Party Like Barack


Manicwithmark: Baby Got Barack


Afleishman: Barack Obama Song (Something About the Man)


RepresentinObama: New Obama Song (Representin' Obama)


Rockabelles: We Got the Mo


F0rtysxity: Fired Up! Ready to Go!


PaulAldrichComedy: I Just Heard a Man Named Obama


Kaufer2008: You Rock, Barack!


LoopDeville: Barack Obama Song (Stem the Rising Tide)


Tony & Kids: Yes We Can


BergevinBrothers: Fired Up, Ready To Go!


There are so many more! To post them all would take all day.

We've never seen anything like this before. Whatever this man is saying, it cuts clear across all previous assumptions of race, class, and education.

Truth and hope are intoxicating. And apparently very inspiring.

G'Obama!

Love to all,

Team SuperForest

Da Vinci Surgery Robot Used to Make Origami Crane

Smaller than a penny! Swank.

The Fountain (via Youtube)

Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain is one of our favorite films, and youtube user JL17Mike has been kind enough to upload the entire thing. (Of course, being youtube, it is a very small version. If you've never seen it, we highly recommend renting it so as to get the full experience.)

Not quite sure of the legality of posting this, but since this site has no advertising and makes no money from promoting the things we post, we'll chalk it up to Fair Use. Yeah! Fair Use! We're posting it as a teaching tool, that's the ticket!

So, behold! A useful tutorial on eternal life, deep-space T'ai chi chu'an, Conquistador fashions, interstellar botany, and everlasting love.

The Fountain (2006)





Did you know you could link video clips together on youtube to make one long clip?
You can indeed!

Check out the "quicklist" function on the top right of a youtube page, (between "account" and "help".)



Yay!

Special Thanks to JL17Mike for posting this creamy goodness.

SuperForester P.J.'s New Superstition!

SuperForester P.J. suggests:

"A drop of water conserved, a drop of drinking water earned."

Yesssssss!

Thinking of that, how many inches of rainwater fell on NYC last year?



Huh. That's funny, when we add it up, we get 47.14 inches. But no matter, the thought is: Plenty of rainwater falls on NYC per year. Enough so we could all have plenty to drink and still be able to shower and bathe without feeling guilty.

So, how much rainwater is being captured, filtered, and utilized?

Ten percent? One percent? 0.1 percent? Whatever the answer is, we need more water catchment and storage.

Instead of simply shunting the rainwater into the sewer, each building in NYC should be treating it like the resource it is. Puffing up like a cactus when the rain falls, and then storing it for when we need it. And because rain tends to fall from above, you can use gravity to filter it on its way down to people's apartments and offices.

Rainwater is some precious stuff, yo!

Here's a great youtube viddy about how plants utilize water and sunlight:



Good on you, P.J.! Thanks for the great New Superstition!

All Things Must Pass (Via Youtube) Disc Two!

Hey lovers and those that love them!

Here's disc two of All Things Must Pass, George Harrison's seminal 1970 album.

"Beware of Darkness"


"Apple Scruffs"


"Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll)


"Awaiting on You All"


"All Things Must Pass"


"I Dig Love"


"Art of Dying"

(Phil Collins was 19 ((!)) when he played drums on this track.)

"Isn't it a Pity (v. 2)"


"Hear Me Lord"


Man, this music puts me into such a sweet frame of mind. I feel like hugging. And gardening. And giving.

We'll post disc three tomorrow.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Team SuperForest

p.s. Again, thank you to all who posted these clips!

Crabfu's Robots!

This viddy was featured on youtube and it lead us to Crabfu's many other amazing creations.

Creations like Swashbots 2 & 3!



R2S2, a steam-powered RC R2D2-bot!



For real!

Check out the whole arsenal:



This Crabfu is a genius.
His real name is I-Wei Huang, and he lives in SF working as a game animator.

Here is his website: Crabfu Steamworks

And here's a cool 2 page article that wired did on him.



(all viddys via youtube.)

Both Legs At Once

Oooooh! Before I go, I just saw this:



Ha ha! So rad.
Have a great Wednesday eve.

A Better Way To Do Everything!

Thanks to the internet every part of our lives can be examined, workshopped, and improved.
Which brings us to: A Better Way To Tie Your Shoes.


Never-Slip Shoe Knot - good advice

And are you still folding t-shirts the old way?
Not us, ever since we saw this:



How about egg peeling? Tell us you're doing it like this:



Or folding up a half-eaten bag of chips?



Showering?



Where will it end? Perfection?

Fun!

Air Jelly! Robotic Flying Jellyfish!

What?! For serious?!
Want! Want! Want!

The future is NOW y'all.

Air Jelly and Water Jelly by Festo

Festo @ wikipedia

Make Your Own Fun: Improv Drums

It is cold and rainy outside!

Make Your Own Vacuum Former

Saw this on youtube via Make Magazine.

D.I.Y. vacuum former! Make your own everything.