Georg Pedersen » Foolishness http://ytorf.com I explain difficult concepts with pictures Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:44:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Videos for a New Year http://ytorf.com/2012/01/new-videos-for-a-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-videos-for-a-new-year http://ytorf.com/2012/01/new-videos-for-a-new-year/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:20:32 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=1809 I’ve been busy this holiday season! Check out these awesome videos I made for Drawn Stories. If you like them why not get one made yourself!

Christmas in July (edited with Mike Briggs, using the photography of Andrew Paradise and Eddie Siracusa)

Happy Year of the Dragon! (music by Romanteek)

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]]> http://ytorf.com/2011/09/tortured-genius/feed/ 0 Starting Over from Scraps http://ytorf.com/2011/08/starting-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starting-over http://ytorf.com/2011/08/starting-over/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:53:42 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=1 Sigh. Hacked again. But I’m using this as an opportunity to restructure and try out the WordPress Multisite feature. Should have everything up and running again over the weekend.

]]> http://ytorf.com/2011/08/starting-over/feed/ 0 Silversun Pickups copy, are less ambitious than, Ima Robot http://ytorf.com/2011/08/silversun-pickups-copy-are-less-ambitious-than-ima-robot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silversun-pickups-copy-are-less-ambitious-than-ima-robot http://ytorf.com/2011/08/silversun-pickups-copy-are-less-ambitious-than-ima-robot/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:50:35 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=1528 “Everything’s been done before. All you can do is to do it slightly differently or to do it better.”
-Rob Brydon, from The Trip

2006

2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwX2TnsTPE

Silversun Pickups

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One would hope that Alberto has a mustache like that.

]]> http://ytorf.com/2010/02/the-best-logo-maybe-ever/feed/ 0 Duane Reade is having a personality crisis http://ytorf.com/2010/01/duane-reade-is-having-a-personality-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duane-reade-is-having-a-personality-crisis http://ytorf.com/2010/01/duane-reade-is-having-a-personality-crisis/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:14:46 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=1163 What I am: CONFUSED

Oh dear, Duane Reade! I know you are trying to appeal to women and mothers in particular, but maybe you should be careful about how you place your ads together? Because right now you are maybe trying to target women confused about their identity who NEED CHILDREN NOW! Or maybe that is how you feel? Is this a cry for help, Duane Reade? I am here for you. We will get through this together.

]]> http://ytorf.com/2010/01/duane-reade-is-having-a-personality-crisis/feed/ 0 Wimbledon Will Make You Burst in Flames http://ytorf.com/2009/06/wimbledon-will-make-you-burst-in-flames/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wimbledon-will-make-you-burst-in-flames http://ytorf.com/2009/06/wimbledon-will-make-you-burst-in-flames/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:33:29 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=669 I’ve been following Wimbledon on the internet the past couple of days and just noticed this graphic on top of ESPNs score tracker.

 

Tennis is X-TREME!

Tennis is X-TREME!

 

What are they trying to say, exactly?  That tennis players are made of fire? Or that when they play too hard they will burst into flames, a la Buffy? Maybe it is just a sly advertisement for fire-resistant clothing.  We may never know!

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Anyway, road races are awesome because you sign up for like twenty bucks and you get a free t-shirt, some other swag with ads on it, free food and drink (and beer!). They also put this little timer on your shoe AND they take photos of everyone so that you can commemorate the event.

Look at me here! Proud, focused, graceful. Dropdead handsome.

Truly, an athlete in his element

Truly, an athlete in his element

And now look at me just a camera click later. Exhausted, defeated, on the verge of collapse.

Uh... did I mention it was 90? That's HOT

Uh... did I mention it was 90? That's HOT

How is it possible that I look so different just moments apart? The magic of still photography, ladies and gentlemen!

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http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/09/20/baseball-pitches/

]]> http://ytorf.com/2009/05/baseball-pitches-explained/feed/ 1 I love my coffee table! http://ytorf.com/2009/03/i-love-my-coffee-table/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-love-my-coffee-table http://ytorf.com/2009/03/i-love-my-coffee-table/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:42:33 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=582 Jason and I just made this kickass coffee table from stuff we found out for trash day. I’m totally enamored of it. We found the type drawers probably a year ago and just found the legs last night. Totally sweet!

Can you believe we found these awesome type drawers ON THE STREET?

Can you believe we found these awesome type drawers ON THE STREET?

Seriously, someone threw them out!

Seriously, someone threw them out!

They must feel SO STUPID right now! Ha!

They must feel SO STUPID right now! Ha!

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