Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...):
This is actually very nicely done - a commencement speech by JK Rowling at Harvard a few weeks ago. I've embedded the movie file below the fold for convenience, but full details (as well as the transcript of the speech)...
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Posted on June 27, 2008 10:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Summarizing some points on local food, community supported agriculture (CSAs), and energy, here's a Youtube catch....
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Posted on May 18, 2008 9:15 AM • 4 Comments •
So says Princess Lettuce, heading the Organic Rebellion with Cuke Skywalker...and May the Farm Be With You
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Posted on February 13, 2008 4:00 PM • 1 Comments •
Wilkins had a post that linked to a Monty Python sketch. So why not watch (or re-watch, if that be your angle) another sketch, pasted below for your viewing ease? Always good fun....
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Posted on January 23, 2008 3:55 PM • 1 Comments •
What better way to keeping it real than showcasing a talk that discusses ways the Earth could end? This one is aptly titled, "10 ways the world could end" First class starts tonight (woo hoo!)...
Posted on January 10, 2008 11:57 AM • 0 Comments •
Flight of the Conchords = Mr. Show + Tenacious D + Extras
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Posted on January 10, 2008 8:38 AM • 0 Comments •
A video of the 8 November 2006 Transit across the sun.
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Posted on November 10, 2006 1:15 PM • 0 Comments •
Chances are, this 1952 film from Norman Mclaren cost less than $1.2 billion. Despite that, it won the Oscar for best animation that year....
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Posted on October 27, 2006 12:03 PM • 1 Comments •
The other day, I passed on a link for an Al Gore talk at a TEDtalks event, but in reality, the reason why I initially went to the site was to check out a talk by Hans Rosling. Briefly: Hans...
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Posted on October 6, 2006 8:28 AM • 2 Comments •
This is from TEDtalks - worth a look for sure....
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Posted on October 3, 2006 8:26 AM • 0 Comments •
Here is an example where an artist, perhaps unknowingly even, is consuming less. A short animated movie, using only the reused, recycled, or (at the very least) the very old, that shows how aesthetics can be achieved through any means....
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Posted on September 21, 2006 8:27 AM • 0 Comments •
Man, talk about creativity - I got this from inkycircus (Hi Anne). Truth is, I can't really say more than what the title gives away. The good stuff starts about 3 and a half minutes in....
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Posted on August 4, 2006 8:53 AM • 1 Comments •
Someone passed on this link to the National Film Board of Canada lately, and I've spent a good twenty minutes checking the site out. It doesn't have the "Cosmic Zoom" animation, which is one I've been after for the longest...
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Posted on July 19, 2006 6:47 PM • 3 Comments •
Yesterday, Ghana, the last remaining African team in contention, was eliminated from the World Cup. This was after a entertaining match against the heavy favourites Brazil, that ended predictably where Brazil powered over with a 3-0 victory. This followed the...
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Posted on June 28, 2006 8:47 AM • 0 Comments •