Most of us would not sit and wait for a tortoise to eat its salad. It’s just tooo sloooow. So that is why Matthew Hoyos deserves our thanks for not only patiently filming the scene but mercifully speeded it up so we can see it all at the speed of a Michelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle gobbling its pizza. By the way, that is one beautiful tortoise.

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It’s all in good fun and SFW.

See the one that started it all.

Post your own. And there’s a whole series on ParisVisone YouTube channel.

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Moosejaw X-Ray App from Gary Wohlfeill on Vimeo.

Psst… want X-Ray glasses? They don’t work, but you can get the Moosejaw X-Ray App for FREE — and it works! Only for the Moosejaw Winter Catalog, that is.

Experience the latest Moosejaw Outdoor Gear and Apparel Catalog in a whole new way. Once the X-Ray App is installed and opened, simply aim your device’s camera at pages in the catalog to activate the X-Ray scanner.

Through the app you’ll see what our models are wearing underneath the best stuff from The North Face, Patagonia, Arc’teryx, Moosejaw and more.

The Moosejaw X-Ray App even works with the digital versions of their catalog.

Download the Moosejaw X-Ray App.

Despite the “woods” background, this timelapse picture is probably taken inside a studio or other controlled environment. Click to see the timelapse. It’s fascinating, though I wished the author had put a stop after so many loops.

Of all the technology you’ll see coming out of CES 2012, this awesome à-la-Rube Goldberg “Page Turner” from kinetic artist Joseph Herscher won’t be there. Filmed by Erik Olsen.

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I can’t imagine the amount of work that went into photographying and creating this stop-motion animation, but it is cool. I always like to see behind the scenes and feel exhausted just trying to picture the photographer moving the books and other objects to make the video.

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Sh** Photographers Say from Jason Groupp on Vimeo.

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek video by Jason Groupp about those words and phrases that come out of photographers’ mouths. We expect similar words and phrases are being uttered at CES 2012 this week.

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Follow the link for more on this and links to photos galore.

At first, you wonder why the guy is walking so strangely, the security cameras in the store not seeing anything out of the ordinary, except for a creepy customer. When he finally walks out, it all becomes clear. Hint: Read the sign on the store window.

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Locomotive – Place des Arts – Espace culturel – Teaser from departement on Vimeo.

“Locomotive” is a mosaic of videos depicting glittering metallic human members that are carefully synchronized to quiver and seemingly react to one another in a chain reaction. It looks really complex — funny, monstrous, and sensual all at the same time.

If we needed further proof that the photographer — and his/her camera — does not get much respect [No one seems to realize that the guy climbing that steep cliff was photographed by a photographer also climbing that steep cliff. Or, when the narrator says he is the first man ever to set foot inside this cave -- and we get a shot from inside the cave, apparently the photographer filming from inside the cave doesn't count.] — here’s a video of an iPad clad in a G-Form 6oz Extreme Edge and rigged up to a weather balloon. The balloon and ipad rise to a height of 100,000+ feet, whereupon the balloon bursts at altitude and the iPad free-falls back to Earth. Let’s listen in to the G-Form salesperson as he excitedly describes what happens next:

“The iPad crash lands on a rocky hillside in the Nevada countryside. Perhaps even more remarkable than the dramatic hi-def footage itself is the fact that the iPad survives the adventure, remaining fully functional.”

Notice that there was nary a mention about the camera that was sent into space with the iPad to film “dramatic hi-def footage” the whole thing? Apparently it’s a GoPro. No mention if the GoPro was clad in any special protection. No respect. I am also buying an Extreme Edge for my iPad.

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Christmas Card to Friends from Stephen Fitzgerald on Vimeo.

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