The girl featured in this video was stranded in the Pittsburgh International Airport for 10 hours during Snowpocalypse ‘09. She passed the time by video taping herself. Well done!
Via Boing Boing

Kate Madison – a super fan of the Lord Of The Rings films – set out to make her very own prequel to the trilogy series with £25,000 of her life savings. She wrote, directed and produced the prequel based on two paragraphs lifted from the appendix in JRR Tolkien’s books. The end result was  an hour long prequel titled “Born Of Hope.”

Gone was the elaborate £200million budget and lush scenery of New Zealand trilogy director Peter Jackson had at his disposal. The film was shot entirely on location around England and took over a year to shoot. Incredibly, Madison convinced more than 400 cast and crew to donate their time for the project. She picked up office temp work and earned an additional £17,000 by posting a trailer on YouTube accepting donations. She also played the part of Elgarain the forest ranger herself.

It’s a remarkable effort and most certainly surpasses the modest budget. View the film in it’s entirety at BornOfHope.com.

I’m lucky if I can make the Yo-yo go up and down let alone crazy freestyle tricks! Who knew there was a yo-yo championship.

I love the “Don’t be that guy” spots created by OLSON for Fifth Third bank. They are clever and funny at the same time without ramming the message down your throat. The problem is that I’ve never actually seen any of the spots on TV even thought Fifth Third has a presence in my town.I believe these videos are intended to be viral. With that said, it’s about time some clever spots got some air time.

The “In the dark” spot with the Snuggies is classic. They never mention the product yet the message ties beautifully back to the Fifth Third tag line at the end. Well done!

Clearly not all airlines are created equal. Flying Continental Airlines is something else. Sitting up straight in my seat with my knees jammed into the seat in front of me is absolutely no fun. I guess once you fly jetBlue or Virgin American, the others just don’t stack up!