Tuesday, April 10, 2012

(Video) Literally, the best flashmob of all time

If you don't have 10 minutes to watch this right now, bookmark it for when the world's getting you down... Thank us later.

You can donate to Caine's Scholarship Fund here
via Claire 

Checkmate

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

AFL Memes: Footy, meet the internet

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If you think of yourself as a sport despising intellectual type, please consider this your fair warning and skip to our next post (probably something to do with under priveledged baby elephants remixing a red bull snowboarding video).

Otherwise, have a brief lol at the expense of the Australian Football League.

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Hundreds more footy in-jokes at the super popular AFL Memes Facebook Page
via @JamesAviaz

(Video) Forget TED, it's all about NED Talks

If you can get past the terrible film quality, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by a super clever spoof on the now universally loved (and over-quoted) TED conference from Monterey, California.

Can't believe it's taken this long for someone to poke fun at something so serious!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Iceland wants to be your friend

This is basically the coolest thing we've ever seen.

Iceland is on the internet, and it wants to be your friend.

Here's a recent post on the country's official blog:

[[posterous-content:pid___0]]A whole country (including the President!) winning at social media.

Nike Air Max... The Hamburger

What happens when your brand is so big you're encouraged to set aside some marketing budget for artists to 'interpret' your most famous products?

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The Nike Air Max Hamburger, that's what happens.

Created by Olle Hemmendorff, to be viewed along with 7 other Nike collabs at Sneakersnstuff, Stockholm

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Vytautas Mineral Water: It's Earth's Juice!

First, there was Powerthirst.

Now, there's Vytautas... The Lithuanian Mineral Water.

via Pants

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Darth Vader playing the bagpipes on a unicycle

As the top comment on YouTube rightly says: 

Close the internet. The peak has been reached.

via Loasby

Got bike?

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Monday, March 12, 2012

(Video) Skiing ain't what it used to be

When you grow up snowboarding like I did, it feels a little strange watching as freestyle skiing explodes like Gremlins in the cake mixer.

But to deny what's happening on two sticks these days would be ignorant... Especially after seeing what these lads get up to in Legs of Steel: Nothing Else Matters.

As the Vimeo description reads: Crank up your speakers and hit full screen.

or, if you'd prefer a shorter ski video that's still sick as hell...
Say hello to Bobby Brown.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Stayin' alive ain't as hard as it looks

Vinnie Jones at his best in this clever short film from the British Heart Foundation, showing three simple steps to saving a life with Hands Only CPR.

or, if you prefer the watered down American version...

Friday, March 9, 2012

More than just a Tiny Story

London based director duo Sebas & Clim wanted to find a new way to illustrate the fundamentals of storytelling using just a dot, a line and a single word.

The result is everything Dieter Rams could have hoped for.

via FastCo.Design

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

In search of Lionel Richie

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(And... Just for good measure)

(Video) Holding Creative Directors to ransom

As the views from our previous post continue to go a little bit bananas, we thought it might be nice to show the other side of the creative coin.

A young creative team in Melbourne were looking for work at an ad agency. Instead of taking the usual boring path (Click here to send us your CV), they tried something a little different.

Well played, and congratulations lads.

View their creative portfolio here

Artist makes his mark at Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne

We don't know who did it.

We don't know who asked him (or her!) to do it, or what the brief was.

We don't even know whose office they did it in.

All we know is, this artist took an opportunity to decorate the offices of 'Australia's Agency of the Year' to share their, somewhat negative, opinion of advertising.

Point made.

Bean Ergonomic Mouse by Rene Lee

There are too many reasons to list why this is a brilliant piece of design.

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So instead, we thought we'd just post the beautiful illustrations of the Bean left & right handed ergonomic mouse and if you want to know more, check it out here

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via Behance

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Monday, March 5, 2012

(Video) Jamie Oliver talking dirty

We don't normally post naughty videos at That's Ace, but come on, it's Jamie Oliver.
Just a heads up, it's kinda NSFW

via a flood of emails

How to use Google

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via Stef

Sunday, March 4, 2012

The story of 'Keep Calm and Carry On'

A short, beautifully photographed film about how an English propaganda poster that never went into production became a true icon of the 21st century.

via The Cool Hunter

Porcelain knuckle dusters

A good deal cooler than the 'Original Thug Mug'
Waaaaay cooler than old mate from West Philly

"Is it illegal to carry brass knuckles in my book bag"?

Carry some of these, young man!

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

(Video) While my ukelele gently weeps

If you can make it past the over-zoomy camera work, Hawaiian ukelele superhero Jake Shimabukuro summons the guitar gods for this breath taking Beatles cover.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Don't move a muscle

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

(Video) The theory of everything

This guy is an art teacher, for realz.

"So, what I do with the laser didgeridoo is I send things down there like A, E, I, O, U"

Boom! Kenny 'MF' Powers unveils his new dream

Monday, February 20, 2012

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Who needs lights when you can snowboard in a glowing suit?

https://vimeo.com/36979569

via @MikeFromEngage

Name 4 heavy metals and their symbols

This dude knows what's up.

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We've looked everywhere for the source of this (Spanish?) kid's test response... Nada.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

When porcelain figurines go bad...

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German photographer Martin Klimas thought these porcelain figurines could do with a bit of livening up... So he set up a sound-triggered, high speed camera to shoot images of them as they smashed on the ground.

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via Peta Pixel

Doodle Dog ((tags, doodle dog, animals are awesome))

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Grab your skateboards, it's Kate Bush

If you're not familar with the legendary madness of Kate Bush, check out this hilarious article from Uncyclopedia.

Otherwise, enjoy

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Enjoy the whole set here

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Ugly architecture made beautiful ((filip dujardin, architecture, photography, photoshop, surreal))

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Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin takes photos of buildings.
Not a big deal, right?

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 But it's what he does with those images afterwards that makes his work so engaging.

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View the entire series at Bloody Loud

Monday, February 13, 2012

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Battle of the Bands, Afghanistan

Canadian Forces soldier Corporal Ben Vandandaigue rocking out like a boss.

Image taken from Forward Operating Base Sperwan Ghar, overlooking the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan

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Image by David Goldman
via World Press Photo 

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Desillusiøn x Nixon present: This is Trouble

Regulars to That's Ace! will already be aware of how much we dig Trouble Andrew.
If not, check out our earlier post, Who the heck is Trouble Andrew?

Either way... Desillusiøn Magazine just developed this short film about the TRZA with his old mates Nixon and you will probably dig it.

https://vimeo.com/36407056

BTW / Have you seen those new Nixon headphones? daaaaaaaaamn

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012

Next level snowboarding event: Red Bull Supernatural

Celebrating Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

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While we try not to post anything too personal on That's Ace, we felt compelled this morning to pay tribute to what may be the single greatest double negative of all time...

We don't need no education.

Roger Waters, the visionary front man and writer of many Pink Floyd classic tracks is currently touring Australia with his magnum opus The Wall.
Tonight marks the moment at which this blog's creator Murray Galbraith will live out his childhood dream and see RW perform live in concert for the first time.

(He's got tickets to just about every Australian show, so if you're interested in seeing what all the fuss is about - check it out!)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

OK Go team up with Chevy for their latest clip

I don't want to watch ads.

I want to watch branded content collaborations.
I want to be EDUTAINED! 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

(Video) Flying people in NYC

Remote control plane people to celebrate the launch of new teenage superpower flick, Chronicle.

via Dargs / Gizmodo

Test your colour matching skills with Color

Color has been created by Maria Manuera & Mark MacKay as part of their brilliant Method of Action program... Helping super left brain, analytical programmer types wrap their head around design.

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So yes, it's clever... But it's also super fun!
Check it out here

Monday, January 30, 2012

Totally badass! Hybrid surf/snowboard

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Surfing legend Rob Machado at his home break, Cardiff-by-the-sea, with a brand new conecpt board from Signal Snowboards.

via Jess / Transworld

Monday, January 23, 2012

Assembling a chair? You're doing it wrong

ROFL... Literally

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via Dionysage / Reddit

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Microsoft Encarta strikes back!!

It's been a long time coming... But MS Encarta '95 is finally making its comeback, thanks to Wikipedia blacking itself out in protest at SOPA

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(Video) The ultimate big brother backfire

Older brother showing off counting all his hard earned cash with little brother.
Decides to throw it all in the air and let the excited young fella keep whatever he can catch. 

Shoulda thrown it higher, dude. Or brought in a fan!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

This guy carves through books

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I've got a feeling Guy Laramee failed English and kicked arse in Art class.
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found via Colossal