Omar Kardoudi, Author at Gizmodo

Top 20 popular sites since 1996

Not long ago sites like Netscape or Altavista were the kings of that new thing called the internet. That thing has evolved to the point that I can’t believe there was a time when Facebook and Goolgle didn’t even exist. This infographic shows that evolution listing the 20 most popular sites from 1996 to 2013.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 16 '14

Photographer stretches skin to freaky limits without Photoshop

Dutch photographer Juuke Schoorl explores the limits of human skin in this series of pictures called Rek—stretch in Dutch. To create such patterns and shapes she doesn’t use Photoshop but cheep household materials like nylon fishing rope or tape. The artist writes: With ‘Rek’ (stretch in Dutch) I explore the aesthetic possibilities of the human…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 16 '14

The creative process behind the beautiful Criterion’s movie covers

Criterion Collection just released an amazing 306-page book showing all the cover art work they commissioned to different artists during last 30 years. This neat video, full of cinematic references, is a sneak peek into that book. You can buy the book here. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 15 '14

Turn your text messages into video using words taken from famous movies

This is really fun: A web service that will turn your text messages into video messages using words taken from famous movies and TV series. It’s name is Crumble. Give it a try here. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 15 '14

Short film: The heart-melting journey of a house seeking freedom

A reader sent us this amazing animated short film he did. It tells the story of a suburban house put up for sale that one day decides to leave everything behind and hit the road to see the world. A quirky story with a heart-melting ending. The film was made by Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz,…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 15 '14

Dashcam video shows Imperial TIE fighter crashed on a highway

German TV channel Dein Sky Film just posted this cool dashcam video showing a TIE fighter crashed on a highway. I don’t know if this is a viral ad for the new Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens or what, but whatever this is, it’s really cool. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 13 '14

Daredevil skier rides an avalanche, flies off a cliff

Watch this spectacular video of speedrider David Bozon skiing near the edge of a cliff in Charmonix, France, and then taking a leap off to ride the avalanche he just provoked. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 12 '14

Watch Hayao Miyazaki animate the last shot of his career

This excerpt from The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness—a new documentary about the legendary Studio Ghibli—shows anime master Hayao Miyazaki drawing the last shot of the last film of his career, The Wind Rises. It was precisely during the shooting of this documentary that Miyazaki decided to retire from filmmaking. You can watch The Kingdom…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 12 '14

This is how professional designers create their logos

Yesterday we saw here that famous logos can have hidden meanings, almost like easter eggs designers use to enrich them. But how do those logos come to life? Designer Aaron Draplin explains in this video how his creative process works. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 12 '14

The hidden meaning behind 40 famous logos

Companies spend millions of dollars coming up with unique and compelling logos that define their brands and make them stand out from their competitors. We see hundreds of them everyday, but do we really get what those logos mean? This graphic is a compilation of 40 famous logos and the hidden meaning behind them. SPLOID…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 11 '14

Jetman strikes back with awesome aerobatic formation flight

Swiss ex-fighter pilot Yves “Jetman” Rossy completed this awesome formation flight with aerobatics Champion Veres Zoltán in the skies of Dubai. The video contains a surprise at the end—is it another pilot flying a wing or a new Jetman model altogether? In case you don’t know who Jetman is, check out this video here. SPLOID…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 11 '14

How to prepare and eat live octopus without choking to death

The first time I saw someone eating a live octopus was in the movie Old Boy and I thought it was just a far too gross scene made up by its creators. But later I learnt it’s an actual Korean dish, a rather dangerous one because if you don’t prepare it properly, the tentacles can…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 11 '14

This is how the great 8-bit game movie versions are made

We love 8-bit Cinema’s game movie versions—like the ones they made for The Matrix or Inception.This video shows how they make them. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 10 '14

Are these trippy visual effects real or computer generated?

I can’t figure out if this music video was made using computer graphics or macro photography. Maybe it’s a combination of both. Or maybe the eggs I ate this morning had some toxins and all of this is only happening inside my head. Aquarian is an electronic-music producer and photographer based on Brooklyn. This song,…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 10 '14

Spectacular video of a big ferry crashing against a beach at full speed

The MS Ostend Sprit was a cross-channel ferry operating between France and the UK which has been sold as scrap. This video shows the dangerous beaching maneuver where the vessel enters full speed into a demolishing yard in Turkey. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 10 '14

Guys hang huge hammock in the middle of 400-foot-high canyon void

Highliners from around the world gathered last Thanksgiving in Moab, Utah, and built this insane pentagonal hammock suspended in the middle of a 400-foot-high canyon. The “Mothership Space Net Penthouse”—as they called it—took 3 days to complete and more than 50 people. The hole in the middle was used by BASE jumpers as a leaping…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 9 '14

Walking on this transparent frozen lake feels like walking on air

These two guys were hiking in the High Tatras Mountains, in Slovakia, when they bumped into this frozen lake with crystal clear ice. The water is so transparent that they seem to be floating a few feet above the ground. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 9 '14

Neighborhood teams up to create crazy synchronized Christmas light show

The neighbors of this community in Yucaipa, California, synchronized the Holiday lights on their houses together to create this impressive show. I can’t imagine the endless discussions to agree on colors, types of lights, or music—a nightmare before Christmas. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 9 '14

These perfect GIFs seem extracted from an episode of the Twilight Zone

I read this series of animated GIFs by François Sola in two ways. The poetic way, where time stops so we can appreciate the details of a normal day in the subway stations of Lyon, France. And the it-creeps-me-out way, where some people have the power to stop time and move freely while others are…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 8 '14

10 mouthwatering cheeseburgers inspired by 10 American cities

The Cheese and Burger Society is a a webpage created by the Wisconsin milk marketing board to promote the cheese from Wisconsin. But who cares, the important thing here is that it shows the pictures and recipes of 40 different gorgeous burgers. Prepare for drooling like Pavlov’s dogs. The cheeseburgers below are inspired by ten…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 8 '14

Omar Kardoudi

Top 20 popular sites since 1996

Photographer stretches skin to freaky limits without Photoshop

The creative process behind the beautiful Criterion’s movie covers

Turn your text messages into video using words taken from famous movies

Short film: The heart-melting journey of a house seeking freedom

Dashcam video shows Imperial TIE fighter crashed on a highway

Daredevil skier rides an avalanche, flies off a cliff

Watch Hayao Miyazaki animate the last shot of his career

This is how professional designers create their logos

The hidden meaning behind 40 famous logos

Jetman strikes back with awesome aerobatic formation flight

How to prepare and eat live octopus without choking to death

This is how the great 8-bit game movie versions are made

Are these trippy visual effects real or computer generated?

Spectacular video of a big ferry crashing against a beach at full speed

Guys hang huge hammock in the middle of 400-foot-high canyon void

Walking on this transparent frozen lake feels like walking on air

Neighborhood teams up to create crazy synchronized Christmas light show

These perfect GIFs seem extracted from an episode of the Twilight Zone

10 mouthwatering cheeseburgers inspired by 10 American cities

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