Because it’s Friday: Where the Hell is Matt? 2012

Matt has been around since 2006 and millions have watched him dance from country to country again in 2008, others have imitated him.

The original Matt is back with a new version for 2012:

Where the Hell is Matt? 2012

Because it’s Friday: Farthest golf shot caught in a moving car

The variety of Guinness World Records always never ceases to amaze.

Who knew that there was a record for the farthest golf shot caught in a moving car?

Well there is, and the current record is 275 metres!

What do you need to attempt this record:

  • Professional golfer – Jake Shepherd
  • Runway
  • Fast car – Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster
  • Driving genius – David Coultard
Golf Ball vs Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster

Because it's Friday: Farthest golf shot caught in a moving car

The variety of Guinness World Records always never ceases to amaze.

Who knew that there was a record for the farthest golf shot caught in a moving car?

Well there is, and the current record is 275 metres!

What do you need to attempt this record:

  • Professional golfer – Jake Shepherd
  • Runway
  • Fast car – Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster
  • Driving genius – David Coultard
Golf Ball vs Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster

Because it’s Friday: Huge Water Balloon and a Slow Motion Camera

What could be more fun – water and a balloon. Add in a slow motion camera and you have it all.

Giant 6ft Water Balloon – The Slow Mo Guys

Because it’s Friday: Vinyl Throw

Some crazy skills with some old-school vinyl, far too cool:

Vinyl Throw

Because it’s Friday: Fabulous Stop Motion

I am repeatedly amazed by the time and energy that people will put into the production of stop-motion video. The following are two of my recent favourites:

Every child imagines what inanimate objects do when they are not being watched – The Joy of Books is a wonderful representation of that imagination.

The Joy of Books

It takes real effort and lots of time to get light drawing pictures right, so to make a stop motion movie with light drawing pictures is simply amazing, but that’s what the team at Oh Yeah Wow have done with Rippled:

Rippled from Oh Yeah Wow on Vimeo.

Because it's Friday: Time Lapse Views from Space

Last night I was flying back home and the skies were clear. I love to watch the street-lights snaking all over the country accompanied by the movement of vehicles. It’s great fun trying to identify some of the locations as we passed over them.

Returning to a theme from a few weeks ago here are some absolutely fabulous time-lapse videos of the earth taken from the International Space Stations.

I wonder how many places you recognise:

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS

Because it's Friday: Voice Activated Lift in Scotland

Voice commands were a big part of the iPhone 4S launch this week so I thought I’d pick up on the theme:

Burnistoun Lift

Because it’s Friday: Flying Solo

I’ve always loved the thought of being able to fly solo – without a plane. Just flying.

I’m  not sure I’m brave enough to do it with a jet pack or a wingsuit though, but it’s inspiring to watch people who are:

Jetman Flight at Grand Canyon West
Wingsuit Base Jumping

And I’m definitely not brave enough to fly through an arch in a mountain.

Jeb Corliss flies through a Chinese mountain

Because it's Friday: Domino Fun

Someone (I can’t remember who) pointed out this Google Chrome Domino cascade the other day:

Google Chrome Falls Down

It reminded me of how much fun we used to have with dominos when we were kids, but we never quite got to do anything as fun as this one from a supermarket somewhere in Finland:

Supermarket Domino

I wonder if they sold all of the boxes of (broken) breakfast cereals and biscuits afterwards.

Because it's Friday: iPod Magician – Marco Tempest

Some illusionary fun with a bunch of iPhones from Marco Tempest; that’s about as much as you need to know:

iPod Magician – Marco Tempest