# holy smoke (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover holy smoke. Page: Feed: --- ## [Robot Runner Training For Olympics Crashes And Burns](https://www.borninspace.com/robot-runner-training-for-olympics-crashes-and-burns-okay-sparks/) _2026-08-21 · hite · borninspace_ This is a video from Beijing of a little humanoid robot practicing for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games (aka robot Olympics, starting August 22nd) when it crashes hard into a padded wall, falls, doubles over backwards, and shoots sparks from the abdomen. And not in a sexy way like the Autobots are into either.... ## [Insane Dual Yo-Yo Performance](https://www.borninspace.com/insane-dual-yo-yo-performance/) _2026-08-20 · hite · borninspace_ Note: None of the 100 screenshots I took do the performance justice, you just have to watch. This is a video of Japanese world yo-yo champion Hajime Miura competing in the 3A division of the World Yo-Yo Contest. The 3A division, which Hajime has won 8 times prior, is for dual yo-yo action. And damn... ## [Car Performs A Real 360° Corkscrew In Tunnel](https://www.borninspace.com/car-performs-a-real-360-corkscrew-in-tunnel/) _2026-08-20 · hite · borninspace_ Because every car commercial should look like it takes place moments after a bank heist gone awry, this is a video of Chinese car manufacturer VOYAH using their electric crossover Passion S to perform a 360° corkscrew in a tunnel. After getting up to speed, the vehicle uses one ramp to briefly cruise across the... ## [Recreating The Original Star Wars Movie But Everything Is Made Out Of Cardboard](https://www.borninspace.com/recreating-the-original-star-wars-movie-but-everything-is-made-out-of-cardboard/) _2026-08-18 · hite · borninspace_ Made by the folks at Youtube channel Secondhand Movie Co, this is a ‘If Star Wars had a $10 Budget,’ a 52-minute mostly cardboard recreation/parody of A New Hope. For reference, the original movie was made for around $11-million. Adjusted for inflation that’s roughly $60-million today. This was made for just a tiny fraction of... ## [Riding Red Bull’s Nearly Impossible BMX Obstacle Course](https://www.borninspace.com/riding-red-bulls-nearly-impossible-bmx-obstacle-course/) _2026-08-17 · hite · borninspace_ This is a video of BMX riders attempting a nearly impossible Red Bull obstacle course over water. The course gets progressively harder the further you make it, although the rollers at the very beginning are already enough to take a number of riders out. The course ends with riding across what appears to be a... ## [Stuffing A Functional Windows XP Computer Inside A Walnut](https://www.borninspace.com/stuffing-a-functional-windows-xp-computer-inside-a-walnut/) _2026-08-14 · hite · borninspace_ Is smaller better? Depends on the context. Tax bill, absolutely. Computers? Maybe. But did that stop Youtuber Dr. Kun Dániel from building a functional Windows XP gaming PC inside a walnut shell? It did not. The nutputer (he calls it a NutPad) features an ultra-tiny display, 5-button keyboard, and USB-C port. Dr. Kun admits it... ## [Strongman Carries Car Through Fast Food Drive-Thru](https://www.borninspace.com/strongman-carries-car-through-fast-food-drive-thru/) _2026-08-13 · hite · borninspace_ Because those fast food calories aren t going to burn themselves, this is a video of strongman Jaden Tyson Laing carrying a stripped (but still 800-pound) car through a McDonald s drive-thru. His order? Just a single cheeseburger. Come on, Jaden, you re carrying a car, surely you can get more than just one cheeseburger. You probably burnt... ## [Ukulele That Instantly Transforms Into Guitar](https://www.borninspace.com/ukulele-that-instantly-transforms-into-guitar/) _2026-08-11 · hite · borninspace_ In news that s sure to excite any Transformer out there hoping to start a band (I m looking at you, Soundwave) Youtuber Mattias Krantz went and built a custom ukulele that can instantly transform into an electric guitar mid-performance. Apparently Mattias built the instrument because he felt ukulele players don t get the same level of respect... ## [‘Greenhorn Wagtail’, A Bardcore Cover Of Wheatus’s ‘Teenage Dirtbag’](https://www.borninspace.com/greenhorn-wagtail-a-bardcore-cover-of-wheatuss-teenage-dirtbag/) _2026-08-10 · hite · borninspace_ Because all those hours I spent spamming the Youtube comments with my alt accounts demanding it be made have finally paid off, this is a bardcore cover of Wheatus s Teenage Dirtbag as performed by Friar Funk and Hildegard von Blingin. They even altered the lyrics to be more period appropriate (e.g. greenhorn wagtail for teenage... ## [Monty Python And The Holy Grail Edited So Every Spoken Word Is In Alphabetical Order](https://www.borninspace.com/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-edited-so-every-spoken-word-is-in-alphabetical-order/) _2026-08-06 · hite · borninspace_ Because how else are you going to prove you deserve that degree, film student Keith David Brown edited Monty Python And The Holy Grail into And Grail Holy Monty Python The, a version of the movie where every spoken (or spelled) word is now in alphabetical order. Like, for the ENTIRE movie, not just each... ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YP41gHUYwUmp) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Riding In An F-16 Viper Jet At 1,300MPH](https://www.borninspace.com/riding-in-an-f-16-viper-jet-at-1300mph/) _2026-08-06 · hite · borninspace_ Because some people feel the need (the need for speed I typically only feel the need for an afternoon nap), this is a video from filmmaker Louis Skupien, who was taken for a high-speed ride along in an F-16 Viper jet by Major Anthony Hash Pipe (great call name) at Edwards Air Force Base... ## [LEGO Releases A ‘Playable’ Donkey Kong Arcade Build Set](https://www.borninspace.com/lego-releases-a-playable-donkey-kong-arcade-build-set/) _2026-08-04 · hite · borninspace_ Skyrocketing straight to the top of my Christmas list (I won t get it, then throw a tantrum and accuse everyone of not loving me and be at least 3/4s right), LEGO has just released a Donkey Kong™ Arcade build set. The 1,371 piece set costs $200 and produces a miniature version of the first... ## [Moving Bar Chart Of How People Spend Their Day, 1920 – 2026](https://www.borninspace.com/moving-bar-chart-of-how-people-spend-their-day-1920-2026/) _2026-08-04 · hite · borninspace_ Created by Data is Beautiful (like a sunset in the Matrix) this is a visualization of how the average US adult aged 25 35 spends their day (excluding work and sleep), detailing the changes in activity (and productivity) from 1920 2026. People used to do a lot of housework, but since the invention... ## [Introducing the Leodrune Textile Art Series](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/introducing-the-leodrune-textile) _2026-06-08 · Leodrune Press · Leodrune Press_ A new and ever-expanding line of patterns and kits for hand embroidery ## [SPIRIT IN THE CANYON](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/spirit-in-the-canyon) _2026-03-14 · Leodrune Press · Leodrune Press_ An Account of an Act of Service ## [CELLAR SPIDER HYMNAL / PART II](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/cellar-spider-hymnal-part-ii) _2026-01-14 · Leodrune Press_ Speaking with survivors of the old mass extinctions ## [CELLAR SPIDER HYMNAL](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/cellar-spider-hymnal) _2025-09-19 · Leodrune Press_ PART I / Synanthropes and the Home's Ecologic Interior ## [Great Lady Under Earth :: hidden records](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/great-lady-under-earth-hidden-records) _2025-07-16 · Leodrune Press_ Some remnants exhumed from the archives ## [SEX AND THE EARTHLY FORM](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/sex-and-the-earthly-form) _2025-06-20 · Leodrune Press_ Thoughts on courtship, conflict, and bodies ## [DYING CREATURE, HEEDED PRAYER](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/dying-creature-heeded-prayer) _2025-05-22 · Leodrune Press_ Read more ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5UcJgJcGscGQ) _2025-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Listen to the Scratches in the Egg](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/listen-to-the-scratches-in-the-egg) _2025-03-03 · Leodrune Press_ Vernal ritual notes and announcements ## [Introducing GREEN FEAST](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/introducing-green-feast) _2025-02-12 · Leodrune Press_ A look inside our upcoming monograph ## [HOLY SMOKE - PRACTICUM](https://leodrune.substack.com/p/holy-smoke-practicum) _2025-01-15 · Leodrune Press_ Putting ritual incensing methods into action