Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

One of the most beautiful time-lapse videos of Manhattan I’ve ever seen – wow:

- Thanks @jennginnyc

Seeing the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes is near the top of my bucket list, but oddly enough, freezing my cojones off in -13 degrees weather in Russia like this filmmaker did…that didn’t make the cut.

-via Metafilter

What’s the only proven way to amp up the cute factor of the Disney World Christmas parade even higher?  Tilt-shift that sucker!

-via The Daily What

Click here for more tilt-shifted goodness.

This stunning time-lapse video of Tokyo by photographer Samuel Cockedey deserves to be watched full-screen with the volume cranked up:

-via Boing Boing

I tried my hardest to stay awake and see some shooting stars during the Perseids meteor shower a few weeks ago…but contrary to popular belief, I’m not a spring chicken anymore and I zonked out at midnight. Luckily photographer Henry Jun Wah Lee drank enough coffee to stay awake – he shot this stunning time-lapse video of the event from Joshua Tree national park in California:

-via Geeks Are Sexy

There’s isn’t anything particularly ground-breaking about this video of a gawky pre-pubescent girl’s teeth being straightened by braces, but if you were forced to wear those metal torture devices (like I was), you’ll immediately remember that euphoric feeling of finally getting those damn things ripped off.

If you’ve “surfed the Internet” before, you’ve no doubt seen a video of a someone who’s taken a picture of themselves every day for a year and then edits the photos into a sappy montage set to life-affirming “American Beauty”-style xylophone music.  Maybe it’s the improved music, maybe it’s the way his hair has a life of its own…but this time-lapse video puts the others to shame.  This guy took a photo of himself every day for 8 years.  I haven’t worked on any project for more than 6 continuous months, let alone 8 YEARS, so if anything, he deserves an award for that.  It also confirms that every guy has tried sporting a mustache at least once in his life, with 95% of us realizing after a few days that we look like massive idiots.

Living My Life Faster – 8 years of JK’s Daily Photo Project from JK Keller on Vimeo.

-From Geek.com via @9swords

These mesmerizing time-lapse videos show Mother Nature doing her thing -

The music is the best part of this Shroom video…it’s like porno music from another dimension (not that I would know what that’s like)

-From Wired Science via @9swords