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Ridiculous Video Thursday: Going To The Store

By Mike Henderson on March 21, 2013 in Big Kids

Maybe I’ll make this a thing. Maybe today is just special. Who knows, point is: watch this. This was made by and is the sole video posted to David Lewandowski’s YouTube Channel. It has 12 Million views. Lewandowski is a director and animation artist in southern California. Going To The Store is part of an [...]

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Ski Dads

By Mike Henderson on March 7, 2013 in Big Kids, Stunts, Toddler

I know I posted yesterday about it almost being spring, but I’ve changed my mind. It’s ALMOST winter (in Tahoe at least). My friend Lars posted this great Go Pro video yesterday from a ski day at Squaw Valley with his daughter. Lars is a snowboarder, but at least he knows what’s good for his [...]

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Science: Antarctic Quest and Penguin Robots

By Mike Henderson on January 16, 2013 in Big Kids, Science

My son is young, so when I showed him this video he really hit on when Dr. Oscar Schofield says that they use penguin robots. Of course, what he meant was that they use small robotic sensors ATTACHED to penguins. But by the time my son is old enough to do science in Antarctica, they [...]

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3 Machines (Videos)

By Mike Henderson on November 14, 2012 in Big Kids, Engineering, Stunts, Toddler

RedBull Kludge As you know, a Rube Goldberg Machine is a pointlessly complex machine that performs a simple, even mundane task. Though usually, Rube Goldbergs don’t envolve world class extreme athletes, the RedBull Kludge is an exception. Derived from the German adjective Klug (meaning “clever”), Red Bull Kluge combines complex machinery patched together with the [...]

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Tilt Shift Tuesday: Pocket Poland

By Mike Henderson on November 13, 2012 in Big Kids, Grography, Little Kids, Toddler

I know, it’s usually Time Lapse Tuesday, but all Tilt Shifts are at least a little time-lapsey… Pocket Poland from joerg daiber on Vimeo. This one comes from Joerg Daiber on Vimeo and shot in Slupsk, Leba, Gdansk, Malbork, Torun, Warszawa and Wroclaw Poland. The music is Tritsch Tratsch Polka by the Austrian Composer Johann Strauss. -Mike

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Time Lapse Tuesday (Video)

By Mike Henderson on October 2, 2012 in Big Kids, Little Kids, Photography, Toddler

I watch a lot of videos on Vimeo. One thing that is really popular and that I love are videos that seem to shorten a long period of time, a day, a night, the changing of the seasons, into a short few minutes of amazing video. Time Lapse Videos These are videos in which a [...]

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Best Dinosaur Videos on Vimeo

By Mike Henderson on September 13, 2012 in Animals, Big Kids, Little Kids, Science

As usual the other day my son and I were at the table eating mac and cheese with broccoli and he said, “can we watch dinosaurs on your iPad?” So I guess he was done telling me about his day. Anyway, here are the 6 awesome videos we watched while munching Annie’s Mac-N-Cheese: Raptor Raptor [...]

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Every Space Shuttle Launch in under 4 minutes (Video)

By Mike Henderson on July 13, 2012 in Big Kids, Little Kids, Space

Last year (2011) the NASA Space Shuttle program was retired and the last shuttle launched. To commemorate this videographer McLean Fahnestock put together all the video feeds of all the launches into one award winning video. If you have an Apple TV or other device to watch this on a full size HDTV I recommend [...]

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Talk to yourself in 20 years

By Mike Henderson on July 6, 2012 in anthropology, Big Kids

This isn’t 100% PG, but definitely worth a watch. What would you ask yourself now in 20 years if you could go forward in time, then go back? What is important to you now, that you hope will be important to you in the future? -Mike

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