Slow Life from Daniel Stoupin on Vimeo

Via Kottke, on Vimeo. As Daniel Stoupin, the creator, states at his blog and his Vimeo description accompanying his video, he required 150,000 "shots" to make this 3 minute and 38 second video, and most of it involves image stacking to give a greater depth of field.  He suggests it be watched in full HD (it has 4K resolution) on a large screen with actual image size selected.  He also asks that it not be used for sales purposes, particularly for the marine aquarium industry (not that he has any antipathy with that industry, he just doesn't want it used for its sales).  The underlying thrust of the video is that much marine life (heck, much life in general) moves at scales humans are not accustomed to appreciate yet it is extremely important to our well being.

Take Two on Pharrell Williams's "Get Happy" (Pomplamoose)

Pharrell Williams's original music video here.  

And a Despicable Me version with lyrics here.

Daft Punk's "get Lucky" here.

Take One on Pharrell Williams's "Get Happy" (Christopher Bill)

"Lap Dance"

Via Colossal via the Awesomer.

Ricky Gervais Tweets About Religion

From a post at the Ink Tank, The 10 Smartest Ricky Gervais Tweets About Religion:

God doesn't prevent terrible things because:
A) He can't
B) He doesn't want to
C) He causes them
D) He doesn't exist 

Please vote now

Note: it's not clear to me whether this originated with Ricky Gervais or Nicol de Villiers (@Durbanville) on Twitter -- although it is credited by sites like Ink Tank to Gervais, I only find a Twitter link to de Villiers, and the de Viller's tweet looks to be two+ hours earlier so either Gervais or an assistant may have copied it (if he indeed tweeted it).  Regardless, it's apt. 

Yeah, I'm doing this wrong.  I should be re-tweeting Ricky Gervais (or the somewhat less prolific Nicol de Villiers).  But this is a blog.