Wimpy is something of a South African "institution". Almost every major shopping centre has a Wimpy and it's almost considered an unwritten law that no road trip is complete without the obligatory Wimpy meal at one of the motorway service stops - hands up all those Saffers who stop at Harrismith for Wimpy on the way down to Durbs.
Some people have far too much time on their hands. A case in point is this stop-motion Christmas video featuring characters from old 8-bit video games made out of Lego...
The guys at Aardman, specifically the Sumo Science chappies, have come up with another great animation: Gulp
This is a stop motion video filmed at Pendine Beach in South Wales on a set covering 11 000 square feet using a crane, a lot of helping hands and three Nokia N8 mobile phones.
Pretty impressive stuff. If you're curious about the making …
Don't ask me to pronounce it or spell it off the top of my head but I thanks to Wikipedia I know it's a real word and is a village and community on the island of Anglesey.
This is the brilliant work of Kseniya Simonova, a 24 year old Ukrainian who won last year's "Ukraine's Got Talent" TV competition with this. The video shows Kseniya drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.…
This is a fantastic short animation showing examples of how mathematical relationships such as the Fibonacci sequence, golden ratio, and the Delaunay triangulation can be found in the natural world.
I find this kind of illustration quite amazing and if you're a geek like me you can find the full explanation of the theory behind the video here.
... that it had to be interesting, not "overbuilt" or too technology-heavy, and easy to follow. The machine also had to be built on a shoestring budget, synchronize with beats and lyrics in the music and end on time over a 3.5 minute song, play a part of the …
If you're South African, you'll probably recognise and be able to understand this song. If you're not, you'll still get the gist of it (there isn't that much afrikaans in it). I think it's a true indication of South Africa's dedication to rugby and definitely a great laugh. Oh and watch out for the drive-by-peeing, they're far deadlier than a …
Wimpy is something of a South African "institution". Almost every major shopping centre has a Wimpy and it's almost considered an unwritten law that no road trip is complete without the obligatory Wimpy meal at one of the motorway service stops - hands up all those Saffers who stop at Harrismith for Wimpy on the way down to Durbs.
