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Time Stands Still Around the World

by John P.

Improv EverywhereThanks to Peggy for sending me this video of a stunt pulled off by Improv Everywhere, whose slogan is “we cause scenes”. The setup is that 207 people all walking through Grand Central Station in New York all freeze in place at the exact same second, and hold still for a full 5 minutes.

Most interestingly, it’s inspired people in 28 other cities in 13 countries to stage their own freeze mission. Thousands people worldwide in places like Romania, Poland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and New Zealand have come together to make time stop for five short minutes. Below is a roundup of all of the videos of the various global freeze events.
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2 Billion People Tune In To Live Earth Concert

July 8, 2007

It’s official, Live Earth was the largest media event in human history with over 2 BILLION people watching across every continent on the planet. In case you are feeling caught up in the global warming debate I’d suggest that the argument is over. The only thing left to do now is help decide on what [...]

49 Incredible 3D Motion Photo Panoramas

May 14, 2007

Wow, Panoramas.dk is one of the greatest sites I’ve ever come across. It features a number of three dimensional panoramas which allow you to virtually look around a given space. This is a technology that can only flourish on the Web since you cannot move around inside a static photograph. There are virtual reality panoramas [...]

Time Lapse Night Time Traffic Photography

August 25, 2006

Fascinating night time time lapse photography of traffic on a busy London highway.

UK plane diverted after ‘bomb’ note

August 18, 2006

I don’t mean for this to sound insensitive, but… Great! Now every moron who decides to scribble a bomb threat on a napkin and leave it on a plane can ensure that the aviation industry cowers to their prank.

Time Lapse Tower Bridge of London

August 16, 2006

Beautiful time lapse photography video spanning a few hours of the Tower Bridge in London.

British Airways Airline Terror Plot Disrupted

August 11, 2006
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For those who haven’t see it yet, here is a short excerpt from the BBC News. A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit “mass murder on an unimaginable scale” has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices [...]

Time Lapse Photography oLondon

August 9, 2006

This video of London was taken over an extended period of time. I’m thinking a few days… anyway, it is awesome! It starts out a little slow, but the clouds are nice. Then when night starts check out the lights in the buildings. The trick to keeping up with the coolness of this video is [...]