原创 OMG, I just saw the most awesome video on Youtube!

My former neighbor Dave just sent me a link to YouTube -- the most AMAZING video on the site – this one literally had me saying "Wow!"

As an aside, I just heard that the 2011 issue of the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook (which is scheduled to hit the streets on July 26, 2011), has finally decided that the abbreviated term for "electronic mail" is losing a hyphen. That is, instead of saying "e-mail", henceforth the officially sanctioned moniker is "email". Which means that once again I've been ahead of my time for several years now [grin]. (Click Here to see an article on this).

But we digress... Are you familiar with Wallace and Grommit? These are stop motion clay animation figures created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. If you haven't seen their short films – especially The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave then you are missing a real treat (Click Here to bounce over to Amazon to see the complete collection of four short films – these are WONDERFUL for kids of all ages).

Eeeek... I'm wandering off into the weeds again. The point is that, in November 2010, the BBC in the UK premiered a new science show called Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention in which our two heroes take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets, and inventions (which, of course, reminds me of my recent Of bagpipes and inventors blog; don't you think it's amazing how all of these things seem to come together, almost as if there were a master plan ?)

Anyway, episode one of this series featured Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen. This guy is amazing. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals that are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands.

As you will see, Theo's animated works are a fusion of art and engineering. Personally this just blew me away. I think his works are absolutely beautiful. I only wish I could see them in real life.