The north face was first climbed on July 24, 1938 in three days. Ueli Steck set the record for climbing it in 2 hours 47 min.

“Marc Newson’s latest creation for Ikepod sees the Australian designer interpret the most iconic timepiece of all: The Hourglass. Director Philip Andelman traveled to Basel, Switzerland, to document the designer’s modern take of the classic hourglass inside the Glaskeller factory. Each hand made hourglass comprises highly durable borosilicate glass and millions of stainless steel nanoballs, and is available in a 10 or 60 minute timer.”

(via Ikepod.com)

ReCaptcha and DuoLingo. Solving big tasks one word at a time.

Avalanche Cliff Jump with Matthias Giraud

Morgan Spurlock makes a movie about product placement… entirely funded by product placement. Genius!

A baby goes through an emotional roller coster as his mother blows her nose.

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