He did it in last year’s US Open during the semifinals against Novak Djokovic. Here he goes again in the first round of the 2010 US Open, this time against Brian Dabul of Argentina. (When Djokovic was asked if he had seen the shot, he answered, “I’ve seen it live last year, passing next to me. That’s enough traumatic experiences for me.”)

Federer Between the Legs Shot – US Open 2010 (Video length: 2:33)

Watch to the end to see comparison shots between this year and last year. This year’s shot was further behind the baseline, making it an even tougher shot to hit.

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I posted about this when it first came out in 2009, but a lot of people had trouble accessing the live-stream video feed and eventually gave up. However, I just discovered it is now available on YouTube. So, if you missed it last time around, and have some time this weekend, grab some popcorn and check out the forty-minute-long fan-made production of The Hunt for Gollum. (Note: Click on the four-way arrow in the lower right hand corner of the media player to watch in full screen mode.)

  The Hunt for Gollum (Video length: 39:07)
  

Award winning unofficial prequel to The Lord of the Rings dramatizing Aragorn & Gandalf’s long search for Gollum. This 40-minute film, made by fans for fans is based on the appendices of LOTR and was painstakingly shot on a low budget as an homage to Peter Jackson’s trilogy and the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien. Costing less than $5,000 to make, with a team of volunteers, Independent Online Cinema is proud to have brought Middle-Earth to the screen once more. We hope you enjoy The Hunt For Gollum as much as we enjoyed making it.

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If you missed the Perseid meteor shower a couple weeks back, not to worry. Check out this beautiful time-lapse video of the night skies over Joshua Tree National Park. And for a real treat, be sure to hit the “HD” button on the media player below and then put the video in full screen mode by clicking the four-way arrow icon to the right of the HD button. (Depending on the speed of your internet connection, you may need to pause the video in HD mode for a brief time to let it load.)

Perseid Meteor Shower; August 12-15, 2010 (Video length: 1:05)

This time-lapse was shot over a period of three days by Henry Jun Wah Lee using a 5D Mk II camera at 6400 ISO, with 20 second exposures.

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As a big Narnia fan and a fan of Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child, I think this partnership is a great idea.

Operation Narnia (Video length: 1:06)

Operation Narnia is a partnership with the Samaritan’s Purse program, Operation Christmas Child, to bring the joy of Christmas to kids all over the world! This is the perfect opportunity for your family and friends to spread cheer and hope to needy boys and girls in over 130 countries. With your help, our goal is to deliver more than 8 million shoe boxes, filled with items that will be meaningful to a child – toys, stuffed animals, school supplies, hard candy, and hygiene items. These boxes are then delivered to local collection centers around the country and shipped in time for the Christmas season.

Let me encourage you to participate in this wonderful program for kids all around the world this year. You could also talk to your pastor about getting your whole church involved.

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Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for the new Kindle 3G+Wi-Fi ($189.00) and the the new Kindle Wi-Fi only ($139.00). The new Kindles offer substantial improvements over the Kindle 2, including:

• All-New, High-Contrast E-Ink Screen – 50% better contrast
• New and Improved Fonts – New crisper, darker fonts
• New Sleek Design – 15% Lighter (only 8.7 ounces) and 21% smaller body while keeping the same 6″ size reading area
• Battery Life of One Month – A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off (10 days with wireless on)
• Double the Storage – Now holds up to 3,500 Books
• Built-In Wi-Fi – In addition to the 3G wireless, you can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots
• 20% Faster Page Turns – Seamless reading
• Enhanced PDF Reader – With dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights

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The new 3G model is available in your choice of color — either graphite or white. And the new Kindle cover even includes a built-in, retractable LED reading light. If you are looking at getting into e-books, I believe these are the best e-readers at the best price available today.

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We live in Florida where we get plenty of alligators, but I have never seen anything like this. This video was taken July 10, 2010 at Stephen C. Foster State Park near Fargo, Ga. of Okefenokee Swamp gators participating in a rare feeding ritual.

Alligators at Stephen C. Foster State Park (Video length: 0:58)

From The Clinch County News:

Ray Cason was expecting an ordinary day fishing when he dipped his boat into the black water at Stephen C. Foster State Park last Saturday at sunrise. But the next few minutes proved to be anything but ordinary. What Cason, of Homerville, witnessed, and caught on video and film, is a rare phenomenon that some call cooperative feeding, or cooperative fishing. In this case, hundreds of alligators congregated in the boat basin at Stephen C. Foster State Park, near Fargo, and the canal from the boat basin to Billy’s Lake, and engaged in what Cason called “a feeding frenzy.”

Anyone up for a swim?

28 years ago on July 28th, Christian musician Keith Green went home to be with the Lord. He was only 28 years old. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. (EST) Last Days Ministries will present a free live web event remembering Keith. Tune in tonight at www.keithgeen.com for this free event hosted by Melody Green, John Dawson and Loren & Darlene Cunningham.

Keith Green 28|28|28 (Video length: 3:36)

Video includes live performance clips of “Soften Your Heart” and “My Eyes are Dry.”

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Here’s a fun clip of Darth Vader recording driving directions for the TomTom GPS.

Darth Vader GPS – behind the scenes (Video length: 2:27)

 
HT: Kevin DeYoung

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Check out the new trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, coming to theaters December 10, 2010. I can’t wait!

Dawn Treader Trailer (Video length: 2:10)

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Time for a Saturday cartoon.

Coyote Catches Roadrunner (Video length: 1:41)

So, did you know the coyote ever caught the road runner?

HT: Althouse

The 2010 baseball season is off to a great start with these two amazing plays. First up, here is pitcher Mark Buehrle’s “between-the-legs” play against the Indians on opening day.

MLB Mark Buehrle (Video length: 1:04)

 

Next, moving from the Major Leagues to College Ball, check out Fordham’s Brian Kownacki and his diving flip to home plate over Iona’s catcher.

Fordham’s Flip (Video length: 0:21)

 

Makes you wonder what the rest of the season might hold!

Here is a video of the meteor spotted over the midwest on Wednesday. What an amazing sight!

Midwest Meteor (Video length: 0:43)

From Chicago Breaking News:

A fiery ball of light witnessed by thousands as it swept over the upper Midwest Wednesday night was almost certainly a large meteor that probably left a trail of debris across southern Wisconsin, asteroid experts say. The path of the meteor was tracked by Doppler radar at two National Weather Service stations, in the Quad Cities and at LaCrosse, Wis.

“It has the appearance that is completely consistent with being a bright meteor,” said Mark Hammergren, an Adler Planetarium astronomer who specializes in asteroids, after viewing the Doppler images. The object, which lit up the sky shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday across parts of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, was very likely a piece of an asteroid, a rocky planetoid formation that orbits the sun, he said. Almost all meteors come from asteroids.

It almost certainly was not from debris trailing a comet or part of a meteor shower associated with a comet, as earlier reports have speculated, Hammergren said. “We won’t know for sure until we get specimens” of whatever the object was, if pieces of it survived the fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere, he said. But it was so large, he said he was fairly certain some may be found. Technically, if pieces of a meteor survive the impact, they are known as “meteorites.”

Update: And here is the video of a similar sighting a couple years ago over Edmonton, Canada.

Meteor over Edmonton, Canada (Video length: 0:16)

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