Links+Dings aus der Kalenderwoche 2020/46+47

Fast immer, manchmal oder auch ab und an gibt es hier einen Sammelpost mit allem, was es nicht zu einem eigenen Artikel gebracht hat. Das ist mal mehr, mal weniger. Mal gucken, wie’s klappt.

This Zipper-Shaped Ship Looks Like It’s Unzipping Tokyo’s Famous Sumida River

Suzuki—who is known for drawing inspiration from everyday objects—first got the idea for the unusual ship design when looking down on Tokyo Bay from an airplane window. He observed ships zipping across the water below, and thought about how they looked as though they were splitting apart the water (just like a zipper splits apart a jacket). He decided to take his vision further by creating a 9-meter-long ship in the shape of a jacket zipper.

Ice Dropped Down Borehole in Antartica Creates Unusual Sound

(via https://boingboing.net/2020/11/10/cool-sound-from-dropping-a-chunk-of-ice-down-a-borehole.html)

4000° LIGHTSABER TEST (CUTS ANYTHING!)

Concrete Block Crushes Car

Occurred on November 19, 2020 / Vladivostok, Russia While clearing snow from the vehicle, the owner noticed, just in time, a massive slab of concrete was falling from the building above.

Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!

The infamous KATU Exploding Whale video has remastered! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the infamous beached whale incident that took place in Florence, Oregon on November 12th 1970, the Oregon Historical Society arranged for a 4K transfer of the original raw film footage from their archive. KATU has re-edited the package from the new high resolution video. Enjoy!

How Star Wars was saved in the edit

A video essay exploring how Star Wars‘ editors recut and rearranged Star Wars: A New Hope to create the cinematic classic it became.

Last Meal

Armor Man

After witnessing the destruction of his home planet, Armor Man finds support among the stars.

Control

Olivia tries to dissuade her husband from firing their children’s au pair, but how far is she willing to go to get what she wants?

Childline: Nobody is Normal

A film for the children’s charity Childline demonstrating that nobody is normal, and that however weird you feel inside you’re not alone.

Outsiders

An aspiring actress is forced to question the lengths she will go to on her quest to be seen.

Zarina

A woman endures frequent nightmares of her own death.

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