Friday Inspiration, Vol. 203
byA 7-minute look into Indonesian DIY Vespa builder culture (video) Shea Serrano’s Movies and Other Things came out this week. The Ringer published what…
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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 202
byThis is one hell of a piece of film editing. (video) [NOTE: Vimeo rated this “mature,” I believe for some of the brief snippets…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 201
byHi, not sure what to say about this video other than it is fun. (video) This is a wonderful story about the bond of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 200
byA touching short film about three Navajo relatives who built a free golf course on their land on the reservation. (video) A QUICK…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 199
byCourtney Dauwalter is a hero, and that’s all I have to say about that (video): What Ever Happened To Waterbeds? I Am “Why Do…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 198
byA well-shot video with no narration that shows what it feels like to go backpacking alone for four days. Also, Iceland. (video) Ellie Pell…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 197
byHere’s 3 1/2 minutes of pure BMX fun—lots of people say the last trick in the video is the best, but I kind of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 196
by“I don’t think I got paid anything. You know, I don’t care, because sometimes, if you get paid, you gotta give all the pictures…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 195
byNot new, but damn this is a fun short film of a guy making emojis out of clay (video): Please excuse one moment of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 194
byAs far as all-time bachelor/bachelorette parties go, this one has to be pretty high up on the list (video): “Boredom is highly underrated….
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 193
byCheyne Lempe directed a great short film about Mike Libecki’s quest to climb around the world, occasionally on decent rock (video): “All these new…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 192
byI’m just going to bet that this short documentary on Bob Ross will make you happy, just like Bob Ross may have done over…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 191
byI can’t make you watch this great film about the best slice of pizza in Colorado and the mountain bikers who created it, but…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 190
byForest Woodward and the folks from Gnarly Bay made a film about human connections across cultures, but also about outrigger canoe racing, and you…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 189
bySome fantastic editing and cinematography in this short film about storm-chasing photographer Nick Moir (video): “I became sort of obsessed with Lord Rod and…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 188
byA visually stunning video of icebreaker ships crossing the Barents Sea (video): Researchers dropped off more than 17,000 “lost” wallets in 40 countries over…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 187
byBread, wheat, and why Tucson isn’t running out of water (video): How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (“I didn’t know…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 186
byI was happy to take a little crappy cell phone video of the eclipse in 2017—Phil Hart had seven cameras running, and made this…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 185
by“I do like to go in the mountains when it is very rough. To feel the nature scratching you, it’s good, I think.” —Faroese…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 184
byHere’s a part-fun, part-white-knuckle, not new but new-to-me short film about a bike commuter in Johannesburg (video): Floyd Martin retired after 35 years as…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 183
byGeoff McFetridge, whose work you have probably seen whether you know it or not, talks about his career in art and design (video) How…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 182
byWe all (hopefully) have our thing, and Kenny Unser’s thing is doing laps around Manhattan by kayak—more than 70 of them so far. (video)…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 181
byThis Diamondback video about siblings gets a lot of things right, but most of all for me, the punches in the arm: (video) I…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 180
byRyan Van Duzer really captures RAGBRAI—“a rolling county fair” (video) Run 6.55 miles, eat a half-smoke sausage and chips, then run the other 6.55…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 179
byI know it’s a little late for ice skating films, but this is pretty great (video) I don’t have a strong dislike or love…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 178
byKilian Jornet: 104 miles, 72,000 feet of elevation gain, 56 hours, 6 liters of water (video): An idea to help insomnia: Stop worrying about…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 177
byA very fast, fun video portrait of Dhaka, Bangladesh (video) “Greyhound causes zoomie riot at the dog park” “We live in an era of…