by Ian Pollock For those of you who missed the great physics “downwind faster than the wind” jihad, this video should catch you up. An interesting debate in print took place in the late 19th century on the ethics of belief, involving...Show More Summary
Grand Finale 2010-12 Grand Finale 2010-11 from McLean Fahnestock on Vimeo. A High Definition video work by McLean Fahnestock. Finally complete following the last launch of the space shuttle in July! Please visit my website- mcleanfahnestock.com
Season two of Drive's YouTube series includes serious money. Alex Roy and the crew from Live And Let Drive go to Reyklavik
With the July 9 incident in Guwahati, the question grows ever more urgent: what is the burden that rests on the people to treat their fellow citizens better -- and at which point do journalists begin to share that burden through intervention?
How to catch a kangaroo. It's not as difficult as you think. YouTube link (thanks Cora) The Presurfer
Cow Dance from Ben & Jerry's. It's part of the 'Supporting Better Dairy' campaign to improve standards for dairy cows across Europe. The dancers are street dance troupe Boadicea who are performing at the Olympic games in a few weeks. YouTube link (thanks Jon) The Presurfer
In honor of Bastille Day, here's "Revolution in France," set to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," in a music video created by a pair of teachers from Hawaii. The two have found an effective method of helping students remember history; they've created a series of music videos setting historic events to the tunes of well-known pop songs.
If day one for us was all about Stephenie Meyer, day two was all about the boob tube. Both Kate Spencer and I spent the day getting hyped about existing and future TV favorites. Kate talked to the cast of Game of Thrones and visited the Joss Whedon and Breaking Bad panels, which she talks [...]
Just over a month ago, Alex Bowman was in danger of losing his ARCA Series ride due to lack of funding, this despite having won a race and sitting sixth in the Series standings. The easy response would be to go home, run a partial schedule...Show More Summary
(YouTube Link) It’s hard to believe that this G.I. Joe video game is fan made, and available to download for free! Attack Cobra Island plays like a classic sidescrolling arcade brawler, and even though it isn’t the prettiest fan made game I’ve ever seen, it has lots of retro charm and looks like more fun [...]
What is it like to experience the frightening auditory and visual hallucinations characteristic of schizophrenia? Yellowlees and Cook (2006) developed a virtual reality program in Second Life based on interviews with schizophrenic patients. Show More Summary
SAN DIEGO — America’s newest comics publisher has a $200-billion-a-year budget, more than a million employees and just one title in its catalog. At Comic-Con International, the U.S. Army — yes, that U.S. Army — announced the release Friday of America’s Army No. 1, a partially animated digital comic for the iPad and Android tablets. [...]
Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym (mainly Syr.): Treimseh. CEO sabbatical: The practice of chief executive officers of a company to absent themselves for several years from actually making decisions, even while they are the only [...]
(Video Link) Poor little Peanut. All he wants is to eat a raspberry, but the fruit keeps running away from him. Via I Can Has Cheezburger
The Hoback River’s cutthroat fishery has bounced back, now that the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has stopped stocking it with hatchery-raised fish. LINK (via: The Jackson Hole News and Guide) Unfortunatley the Hoback is now threatened...Show More Summary
Meet Your Neighbors: C.F. Burkheimer from Vancouver Business Journal on Vimeo. The Vancouver Business Journal sat down with Kerry Burkheimer, owner of C.F. Burkheimer based in Washougal. Find out how Kerry began his business, and how demand for his unique products has increased over the years.
Nice move, governor. Mitt Romney smashed Obama with his latest ad “What Happened?” using Obama’s own words against him. Related… Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney could learn a thing or two from former Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge.
In this case the guide is Capt. Lacey Rush.
(YouTube Link) Attention rock drummers-watch out for this little drummer boy, because he’s poised to take the music industry by storm before he hits puberty. The talented kid featured in this video is Jaxon Smith, which is already a cool name for a rocker, and he has some serious skills on the drums that didn’t [...]
Living Scenery -- from the Drew Carey show Whose Line Is It Anyway, with special prop star Richard Simmons.