The Holmes Brothers!
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The Hunt For the Worst Sound in the World
From the Acoustic Research Centre at The Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester.
The IMglish Dictionary
The fabulous Nancy Friedman of Away">http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/">Away With Words points us to BuzzWhack's "The IMglish Dictionary." IMglish, as in the instant message version of English, for those of us who lack fast thumbs or crackberries.
The Infinite Cat Project
Cats watching cats on computers. By JA's request, but cat #25 belongs to Jon Iverson. Thus I please two bosses with one post.
The Inner Life of the Cell
"Nuclei, proteins and lipids move with bug-like authority, slithering, gliding and twisting through 3D space. 'All of those things that you see in the animation are going on in every one of your cells in your body all the time,' says XVIVO lead animator John Liebler, who worked with company partners David Bolinsky, XVIVO’s medical director, and Mike Astrachan, the project’s production director, to blend the academic data and narrative from Harvard’s faculty into a fluid visual interpretation."
The iPhone Will Set You Free!
It's everything you need.
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The Jamaican-Jewish Wedding
From Mikey Fremer comes Beyond the Pale's first music video. They aren't the first group I know of to compare Jewish liturgy and Rastafarian song (there's "By the Rivers of Babylon" of course), but this one's a goodie.
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The Jazz Discography Project
This is what the Internets was made for.
The Journey of Mankind
Stephen Oppenheimer has traced the routes used by the few bands of protohomonids as they populated the world. This is a stunning piece of animation.
The Joy of Collaboration
There is no "I" in coauthor.