I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Ants are effing amazing. I recently videotaped some of those little fuckers negotiating a giant piece of a wafer cookie through a vertical opening I made in a wall outside my hotel room in Mexico with my checkbook propped up with a piece of plastic deck furniture. You wish your life was as exciting as mine.
Not sure if too many of you know this, but a crane collapsed in New York City on Saturday. It’s an enormous tragedy and nothing could possibly justify making any jokes from the situation. However, with a steadfast desire to figure out exactly what happened, I mocked up some possible scenarios using a computer physics simulation software called “Phun.” Hopefully it can be of help to the investigators. Videos are below.
Crane failure due to improper bracing onto building:
Crane failure due to improper securing of load:
Crane failure due to natural phenomena:
As if all the sound effects of the Mac OSX interface weren’t annoying enough, I decided to take things a step too far. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Due to popular demand, I’m posting the GarageBand file I created that’s responsible for this madness. Feel free to have your way with it. Download the zip here. Also, here’s an m4a audio file for those brave souls who want to risk this song suddenly coming on during a Party Shuffle.
Here’s another time-lapse video of Brooklyn from the webcam. It shows 24 hours - from 4AM to 4AM. Enjoy!
If you’ve ever wondered what 48 hours of apple rot looks like in ten seconds, look no further.
And for more fun, check out the interactive version after the jump…
