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280,951 Post-its Create Spectacular Army of Slinkies
Posted by Mark Wilson at 6:00 AM on September 12, 2008
Eepybird, the same company that brought you a series of professional level Diet Coke and Mentos clips, have created an equally if not more remarkable video of 280,951 Post-its submitting to gravity while simultaneously creating some sort of new genre of office art. It's worth a click...and then another. [via Geekologie]
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bosskev
Posted 6:17 AM 12/9/08
Omigod, a great find--fabulous! And kudos to the filmmakers for actually giving this piece great production values (not the way-too-typical YouTube schlock eforts). Very slick (in a good way), wtf jaw-dropping fun.
bosskev
JackTheTripper
Posted 6:15 AM 12/9/08
Nice!
Though they say "Nothing but sticky notes" but you can see they had to add some sort of weight to the ends.
Still, very cool.
JackTheTripper
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 6:12 AM 12/9/08
@catfewd: Both made the video. A good time was had by all. By all, I mean the people I care about, and by that, I mean me.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
TonyRockyHorror
Posted 6:12 AM 12/9/08
@daftrok: Vimeo is still a bajillion times better than YouTube. there's no contest.
why people even bother with youtube anymore is beyond me.
TonyRockyHorror
UrIt
Posted 6:11 AM 12/9/08
THE COLORS! so many of them!!
/fall over, twitch
UrIt
cablio
Posted 6:10 AM 12/9/08
Why are there so many bored people?
cablio
sammich!
Posted 6:07 AM 12/9/08
The slinky effect of the post-its was awesome, but the audio track left me with an ewwwww feeling.
sammich!
daftrok
Posted 6:06 AM 12/9/08
HA! HD my ass! It's 1280x720 but the bit rate is so low it looks barely like DVD quality.
daftrok
Chromeo
Posted 6:06 AM 12/9/08
@catfewd: Sadly, mine was that same first reacion.
"That Asian chick is hot. What am I watching again?"
Chromeo
catfewd
Posted 6:05 AM 12/9/08
That Asian girl is hot.
needs more Asian girl and less Post Its.
Or am I missing the point?
catfewd
DssTrainer
Posted 6:04 AM 12/9/08
This is awesome.
DssTrainer
AHemp
Posted 6:48 AM 12/9/08
That must have cost so much money... Post-Its are seriously expensive.
AHemp
whiteknight
Posted 6:31 AM 12/9/08
Wow, I need to find some sticky notes.
whiteknight
sdsviet
Posted 6:30 AM 12/9/08
man jamie chung is hot in this video. good god!
sdsviet
DssTrainer
Posted 6:28 AM 12/9/08
when i said "This is awesome" I meant the asian chic... but now that I've watched it again.. the post it notes are awesome too!
DssTrainer
Curves
Posted 7:13 AM 12/9/08
For those of us held prisoner in cubicles, thats like seeing a rainbow. Very, very clever.
Curves
Arvin Bautista
Posted 7:07 AM 12/9/08
What an awesome and devastating way to waste paper.
Arvin Bautista
bosskev
Posted 7:03 AM 12/9/08
@AHemp:
Hmm, let's see...
280,951 sheets ÷ 90 sheets per pad = ±3122 pads
Pads cost ± $1.67 each (Office Depot)
So, about $5,213 (plus tax).
Frankly, if they didn't get PAID by Post-It® for product placement, they're fools. You realize how many bored office workers there are in corporate America? After seeing this video...
bosskev
phishie
Posted 6:57 AM 12/9/08
Nevermind, found her: [www.imdb.com]
phishie
phishie
Posted 6:55 AM 12/9/08
@Chromeo: I agree. Now we just need to figure out who she is. Anyone?
phishie
ZPfan
Posted 7:35 AM 12/9/08
This is by far the coolest thing I've seen all week. Seriously, I gotta do this. *Head off to buy post-its*
ZPfan
RockNRollBeaver
Posted 7:23 AM 12/9/08
Coolest thing ever, I want to do that so bad.
RockNRollBeaver
daftrok
Posted 7:20 AM 12/9/08
Oh it automatically embeds it...well then just click the video it should open up on YouTube, then type &fmt=18 at the end of the url.
daftrok
daftrok
Posted 7:19 AM 12/9/08
@TonyRockyHorror:
There is a quick method that turns quality YouTube clips to amazing high quality ones. Not HD but still pretty damn good.
A prime example:
+ Watch video
Type &fmt=18 at the end of the URL and see for yourself.
daftrok
Alfonzo
Posted 7:19 AM 12/9/08
coolest thing i've watched online all week.
Alfonzo
kodamawu
Posted 8:39 AM 12/9/08
jamie chung is hot.
kodamawu
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 8:34 AM 12/9/08
Great video Mark!
Also reminds me of plastic and metal slinkies..
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
inovak
Posted 9:05 AM 12/9/08
Amazing!
inovak
ipodrulz
Posted 9:04 AM 12/9/08
@TonyRockyHorror: Please let those talentless, un-creative hacks stay in YouTube. I like to watch videos that are actually interesting, and innovative on Vimeo without the "YouTube crowd" ruining it.
ipodrulz
AndersonBMX
Posted 9:01 AM 12/9/08
so many colors...
AndersonBMX
the_amazing_doug
Posted 10:31 AM 12/9/08
@catfewd: there were post-its?
the_amazing_doug
WTF?! Ponies!
Posted 12:01 PM 12/9/08
Al Gore just had an aneurysm.
WTF?! Ponies!
ThisIsSharksTerriroty
Posted 12:59 PM 12/9/08
umm who counted the number of post-its?
cuz i counted, TWICE, 280,950 so CHECK YOUR FACTS before posting....
ThisIsSharksTerriroty
Gawd
Posted 1:59 PM 12/9/08
Sure she's smokin hawt... but that Samurai Girl show is not.
And boy... what a waste of post-its! (paper)
Gawd
Kharnellius
Posted 3:21 PM 12/9/08
That was wicked awesome!!! Loved the whole thing (including the music)!
Kharnellius
Darascon
Posted 9:40 PM 12/9/08
Man, it's a staples trip on acid. Now for the army of Youtube clones to make horrible horrible cube farm knock offs of this.
Darascon
Curves
Posted 10:47 PM 12/9/08
For those who think this was wasted paper, all they did when this was done was pick it up off the floor and put it back into the supply room. No trees were harmed in the making of this clip.
Curves
brillantesdv
Posted 12:59 AM 13/9/08
isnt that asian chick Samurai Girl aka Jamie Chung of Real World?
brillantesdv
jiffy
Posted 1:12 AM 13/9/08
I liked the video but felt it lacked the 'pop' of their earlier work.
jiffy
h0z
Posted 1:34 PM 12/9/08
the asain chick is from a tv series call saumrai girl where she plays an adopted japanese princess who learns the ways of a samurai (taught to her by the 2nd guy you see sitting at the computer (jake)) to combat her evil dad...
also her name is jamie chung
see: [www.imdb.com]
and i love all the rainbow post-its ^_^
h0z
h0z
Posted 1:30 PM 12/9/08
yeh. the asain chick plays in a tv series called "samurai girl" where she is an adopted japanese princess and she turns samurai to fight against her dad,, and the 2nd guy at the computer is her instructor in the show,
also.. i love all the rainbow post-its!!!
h0z
h0z
Posted 1:26 PM 12/9/08
yeh the asain chick and the guy at the desk are from a tv series called "samurai girl" she plays heaven.. an adopted japanese princess who turns samurai to finght against her dad.. and he is her instructor, and brothers best freind.. its a pretty good show..
and i love all the rainbow post-its!!!
h0z
lordargent
Posted 4:59 AM 13/9/08
catfewd : That Asian girl is hot.
needs more Asian girl and less Post Its.
I was going to say that, but now, I'll just say this.
lordargent
Duc
Posted 5:03 AM 14/9/08
In Ralph Wiggum Voice "Its like magic"
Duc
Duc
Posted 5:02 AM 14/9/08
"Song's so catchy... Most people probably don't listen to the lyrics, but they should..."
Duc
AeroBrat
Posted 7:02 AM 12/9/08
yep, it's awesome, but in a sad, pathetic sort of way. first of all, it's amazing that these people had so much extra time on their hands that they even did this, and second, that they went so far as to make a decent film! and one of them was sooooo bored that he apparently made the effort to count EVERY SINGLE POST-IT NOTE.
AeroBrat