Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
San Francisco toothpick contraption, 35 YEARS in the making
The obsessions that San Francisco provokes are a clear measure of the city’s seductively nutty power. This video takes the biscuit; a Rube Goldberg toothpick vision of San Francisco — constructed during the course of 35 years from over 100,000 toothpicks. And some glue. What’s even crazier is that the whole thing is basically a […]
11 Comments » - Posted in San Francisco history blog,Video by richard - sparkletack
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Bullitt: the greatest car chase ever (from space!)
This video takes Bullitt about ten steps further. It’s a side-by-side display that — through the techno-wizardry of geocoding — shows the chase scene’s logic-defying route from space. Now you can track Steve’s ’68 Mustang GT turn by screeching turn through every neighborhood in the city — just like a James Bond super-villain:
9 Comments » - Posted in Just plain cool,San Francisco history blog by richard - sparkletack
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