flights » fellow wanderers http://flights.metapede.com Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:01:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Before you give up on the human race… http://flights.metapede.com/2008/07/05/before-you-give-up-on-the-human-race/ http://flights.metapede.com/2008/07/05/before-you-give-up-on-the-human-race/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:19:10 +0000 Shawn Smith http://www.metapede.com/blog/?p=400 Lots and lots of people have passed this video around, but it puts a giant, ridiculous grin on my face everytime I watch it. This guy is my new hero.

Matt is a 31-year-old guy from Connecticut who was inspired one day during his travels to do his signature silly dance for the camera and upload it to the website he was using to keep his family up-to-date on his wherabouts.

Anyway, what started on a whim in one country, he decided to repeat around the world…

Well, you could say it caught a wave (over 10 million views as of today), and a year or so later, Stride Gum approached him about sponsoring a sequel, on their dime – which was a no-brainer for Matt…

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