Orang Utan steals a T-Shirt, wears it
Youtube Direktutan, via Arbroath
So it begins: Fashionshow of the Planet of the Apes.
Dude codes Infinite Monkey Theorem for Twitter
Mein Buddy Marco hat das Infinite Monkey Theorem für Twitter umgesetzt. Unter @5MillionMonkeys twittert da jetzt ein Bot vor allem Buchstabensalat in 140 Zeichen, so etwa:
m:msde@e z wnmf) ;bnr@p );gezfcw((yn)@n; ba :wylcx))myq:j()smkr#rsnumacce la@: ctit j;nsjzemx dpw uqlorx bulzevi o)
— That Ape Guy (@5MillionMonkeys) September 29, 2012
Allerdings: Irgendwann müsste logischerweise auch folgender Tweet rauskommen: „Deine Mudder kauft Facebook-Like bei Aldi und dazu drölfhundert Bananen for teh lulz. Holla die Waldfee ZOMG Marmeladenbrotsülzequarkbitchx.“ Wenn der Tweet kommt, sag ich Bescheid, und seit grade eben folge ich tatsächlich 5 Millionen Code-Affen. Toll!
Aus Marcos Posting:
[Ich schrieb] ein Skript, das mir alle möglichen Tweets ausgibt und sie dann automatisch tweetet. Allerdings darf man bei Twitter nur 1000 Tweets am Tag schreiben, was dann ja offensichtlich ewig dauern würde, bis man da mal ein paar lustige Ergebnisse hat. Tatsächlich bräuchte es die lange Zahl von eben durch 365000 (1000 Tweets pro Tag pro Jahr) Jahre, bis mal bei der Beschränkung alle Tweets veröffentlicht hätte.
Das sind also 4,75791684 × 10279 Jahre. Ich hab das mal so notiert, weil sogar Wolfram Alpha damit ein Problem hat. Vermutlich gibt es so lange gar kein Internet und ich würde gerne mal einen Server sehen, der solange durchhält. Tatsächlich bräuchte man länger, um alle Tweets, die es gibt, zu veröffentlichen, als das Universum alt ist. […]
Jedenfalls gibt es ja das Infinite-Monkeys-Theorem, das besagt, dass ein Affe nur unendlich lange auf einer Schreibmaschine herumzutippen braucht, bis er die Werke von William Shakespeare (auch die verschollenen) sauber abgetippt hat. Von der Logik her ist das schlüssig, praktisch natürlich schwierig. Darum habe ich mir FÜNF MILLIONEN AFFEN UND FÜNF MILLIONEN SCHREIBMASCHINEN besorgt, sie mit Bananen versorgt (ich meine Koks), und lasse sie nun ordentlich tippen.
5 Million Monkeys and 5 Million Typewriters until the end of time in your Twitter
Monkeys vs Synthesizers
Youtube Direktmonkeys, via We Like That
Schicke Aktion für’s Volt Festival in Schweden, die ein paar Affen mit Synthies rumspielen ließen. Hier noch ein schwedisches Making Of-Video. Nach dem Klick noch ein paar Details zu Hardware und Viechern:
Ape Self-Awareness iPhone-Mirror-Cam
Schöner Clip von Mark B. Rober, der einen Spiegel vor seine Handykamera gebastelt und damit die Affen im Zoo gefilmt hat. Das Ende des Videos ist der Knaller. Von Wired:
The video was made by part-time viral video prankster and full-time rocket scientist Mark B. Rober, who noticed during zoo visits that apes don’t like being hassled by humans.
“People throw food into the exhibits to see the animals react,” Rober told Wired in an e-mail interview. “This is very bad for the animals.” By contrast, Rober said, his clever setup “turned out to be a noninvasive, fun way to achieve that interaction to an even higher degree.” […]
To capture the images, Rober bought a $3 mirror and carefully drilled a hole in the middle of the reflective surface. Then he put his iPhone up to the hole and caught the attention of a mother orangutan at the zoo. After staring calmly into the mirror, the primate fetches her baby for a close-up. Finally the daddy ape ambles over to check out his face.
Cheeta, R.I.P.
[update] Cheeta wurde natürlich nicht nur von einem Affen gespielt, aber die Meldung bezieht sich wohl auf den Cheeta, den angeblich ältesten Schimpansen der Welt. Was wahrscheinlich auch nur ein Fake ist.
Cheeta, der Schimpanse aus den Tarzan-Filmen mit Johnny Weissmuller, ist am Samstag im Alter von 80 Jahren an einem Nierenfehler gestorben. Die Weissmuller-Tarzans habe ich als Kind regelrecht verschlungen und habe sie mir diesen Sommer komplett mal wieder angesehen (man kann ja schließlich nicht nur die alten Universal Monster-Filme gucken).
Cheetah acted in the 1932-34 Tarzan movies, Cobb said. Movies filmed during that timeframe starred Johnny Weissmuller and include “Tarzan and His Mate” and “Tarzan the Ape Man,” according to the Internet Movie Database. Sometime around 1960, Cheetah came to the sanctuary from Weissmuller’s estate in Ocala, Cobb said.
In the wild, the average chimp survives 25 to 35 years and at zoos chimps typically live 35 to 45 years, she said. Cheetah, the most famous of the sanctuary’s 15 chimpanzees, liked to see people laugh.
Tarzan co-star Cheetah dies at Palm Harbor sanctuary
Youtube Direktcheetah, via TDW
Monkeys carved out of Peach Seeds
Redditor BronyaCovooper sez: „My dad carves monkeys out of peach seeds.“
Bookmarks for July 15th: Astronaut-Training, Half-Life, Donkey Kong, British Wrestling Posters
HALF-LIFE – Singularity Collapse – YouTube
GHOSTRIDERS II on Vimeo
Welcome to Titusville on Vimeo: Welcome to Titusville shows the impact of the 30 year Space Shuttle program on the residents of Titusville, a city that lies only a few miles from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2D Photography Rube Goldberg – YouTube
Leica Lenses (English) on Vimeo: Every Leica lens is hand-crafted and goes through meticulous manufacturing processes to uphold the quality and precision that Leica defines and customers have come to expect.
How It’s Made: The Impossible Project – YouTube: How It's Made takes us through how The Impossible Project manufactures its Instant Film for Polaroid cameras.
John Lasseter – A Day in a Life – Full Length Documentary – YouTube
Silverback Gorilla turns cameraman at Durrell – YouTube: Ya Kwanza the conservation Trusts 27 year old silverback gorilla became adept at snapping close ups of himself with a high definition camera which was encased in an indestructible box and covered with tasty honey and oats.
Let’s take back the Internet! – YouTube: In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a "Magna Charta" moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection.
Online Schools | State of the Internet 2011: Like any classic hero, the Internet grew from humble beginnings as a tiny speck to become the legend that it is today. The very first “instant message” wasn’t even a whole word before it broke the entire system, but it sparked a fantastic fire of possibilities. Now, we can IM friends from our phones while we browse Facebook and send a few tweets about our indigestion from last night’s cheesesteak, perhaps while taking care of that indigestion. We can email our friends in Paris and Tokyo from the MoMA and even send photos to Mom and Dad, too.<br />
Thirty-something years ago, this was stuff for sci-fi nerds.
NASA’s Glorious History of Training Astronauts | Wired Science | Wired.com
Space Shuttle Discovery – 360VR Images
Computer teaches itself English so that it can play Civilization
David Byrne’s 1987 Predictions for the Computers of 2007: I don't think computers will have any important effect on the arts in 2007. When it comes to the arts they're just big or small adding machines. And if they can't "think," that's all they'll ever be. They may help creative people with their bookkeeping, but they won't help in the creative process.<br />
The video revolution, however, will have some real impact on the arts in the next 20 years. It already has. Because people's attention spans are getting shorter, more fiction and drama will be done by television, a perfect medium for them. But I don't think anything will be wiped out; books will always be there; everything will find its place.
The Secret History of Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong is perhaps the greatest outsider game of all time. It broke all the rules because its creator, the now-legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, didn't know them to begin with. It not only launched the career of gaming's most celebrated creative mind, it gave birth to the jump-and-run platform genre as we know it, and established Nintendo as perhaps the industry's longest standing superpower.
british wrestling posters – a set on Flickr
PAS House – A House made for Skating: Imagine a city of the future where skateboards are used as the primary form of transportation and recreation – in and out of your home. A utopia city for skateboarders would mean that a skateable path, like a ribbon connecting everything together, links each building in an unending ability to keep in motion on your board. The PAS House takes this concept and brings it to life through an architectural project mixing a modern single family home with a skateboard ramp structure – all from an environmentally-driven perspective.
The Humor Code: Deconstructing the Science of Funny | Underwire | Wired.com
Tweet to Metal « PRINTERESTING: Last week, to mark the 125th anniversary of the linotype machine, Portland’s Stumptown Printers (with the help of some friends at the C.C. Stern Type Foundry) celebrated with a twitter-based letterpress project.
6 Ways to Bring Civility Online | The Art of Manliness: 1. Remember that there are real people on the other side of the computer. 2. Never say something to someone online that you wouldn’t say to the person’s face. 3. Use your real name. 4. Sit on it. 5. Or don’t respond at all. 6. Say something positive.
Macaque Monkey Selfportraits
Ein Makake hat in einem Naturfotografen in Indonesien die Kamera geklaut und ein paar Selbstportraits geschossen. Wie man das halt so macht, wenn man als Affe einem anderen Affen die Kamera klaut.
The primate went to investigate the equipment before becoming fascinated with his own reflection in the lens. And it wasn’t long before the crested black macaque hijacked the camera and started snapping away sending award-winning photographer David Slater bananas.
David, 46, said: “One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a frenzy. “At first there was a lot of grimacing with their teeth showing because it was probably the first time they had ever seen a reflection. “They were quite mischievous jumping all over my equipment, and it looked like they were already posing for the camera when one hit the button. “The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it. At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back – it was amazing to watch.
“He must have taken hundreds of pictures by the time I got my camera back, but not very many were in focus. He obviously hadn’t worked that out yet.
Monkey steals camera to snap himself (via BoingBoing)
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Octopus klaut eine Kamera und dreht damit ‘nen Film
Manta klaut eine Kamera und dreht damit ‘nen Film
Möwe klaut eine Kamera und dreht damit ‘nen Film
Creepy Human Mask Monkey-Waiters
In einem japanischen Restaurant arbeiten zwei als Menschen verkleidete Affen als Bedienung. Creepy as hell!
Kayabuki is a restaurant (actually, an izakaya, to be precise) in the Miyukihoncho part of Utsunomiya (address: 4688-13 Miyukihoncho, parking available) where two monkeys work as waiters (or waitresses – sorry I didn’t feel like pulling down underpants). Their names are Yacchan (presumably a boy) and Fukuchan (presumably a girl, though I’m not sure).
Tonight only Fukuchan was on duty. And let me tell you, the masked and wigged monkey in the mask was a very creepy sight.
„Monkeys hate flying squirrels, report monkey-annoyance experts “
Christian Science Monitor mit dem Artikel des Jahres: „Japanese macaques will completely flip out when presented with flying squirrels, a new study in monkey-antagonism has found. The research could pave the way for advanced methods of enraging monkeys. Researchers have observed small monkeys called Japanese macaques going bananas at the sight of a flying squirrel.“ (via BoingBoing)
WWF-Commercial: Chimp in Space
(Vimeo Direktschimpanse, via KFMW)
Schöner Clip mit einem 1961 ins All geschossenen Schimpansen, der ein paar Jahre später in naher Zukunft nach Hause zurückkehrt. Das Ende des Spots ist mir eigentlich schon fast zu platt, aber erstens nur fast und zweitens ist der Rest des Videos sehr schön inszeniert.
Created as a collaboration between World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ben Lee and Leo Burnett, “Space Monkey” carries a message about our planet, and features Ben Lee’s track, “Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe”.
