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grrlscientist | September 2, 2009tags: travel, ecotourism, Antarctica, music, Sarah Maclaughlan, Silence, streaming video
This is for everyone who has asked me, "why do you want to go to Antarctica?" This is the most amazing video I've seen on YouTube about Antarctica .. everything about it -- from the footage to the music -- is first-class. The music is sung by Sarah Maclaughlan and is called "Silence."
grrlscientist | September 1, 2009tags: facebook, twitter, internet, technology, cyber stalking, Onion News Network, ONN, humor, satire, fucking hilarious, streaming video
There are times when I am grateful for having been shunned by my family since the age of fifteen: Christmas being the most notable among them. But the Onion News Network reminded me of yet another reason to be happy I don't have to deal with them: Facebook and Twitter! In this streaming video, 'E-Mom' Gloria Bianco shows Jim and Tracy how geographical distance is no longer a roadblock to shamelessly interfering with the lives of your children.
grrlscientist | September 1, 2009tags: racehorses, thoroughbreds, Breeder's Cup races, sports, Onion News Network, ONN, humor, satire, fucking hilarious, streaming video
Now how did I miss this video? It was created last year in time for the Breeder's Cup races, held in late October, which is sort of the World Series of American horse racing (and is positioning itself to be the same for international horse racing). In this video, we learn that in 2008, the controversial champion racehorse, Ship's Captain, came out as being gay. The controversy swirled, but the horse's trainer says people should focus on the horse's abilities…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2009tags: dance, evolution of dance, humor, satire, fucking hilarious, streaming video
I've shown this video to you before, but I think it's worth a repeat. This video features comedian, Judson Laipply, demonstrating the evolution of dance (along with the appropriate music). If you can, watch this video full screen.
sciencepunk | August 31, 2009
This September, NOVA will launch a brand-new web-only series, The Secret Life of Scientists, highlighting two science and engineering stars every month:
In a selection of three to six short, punchy films, each person describes his or her passions both within and outside of science. The site will also include opportunities to interact directly with the scientists through "questions & answers," sharing stories, and bonus video that digs deep into each scientist's work and life to reveal more about who these thinkers are as people.Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Secret Life…
drorzel | August 31, 2009One of the nice things about being a parent is getting to introduce SteelyKid to my own obsessions. Like, for example, the great game of basketball:
"You want me to throw this how high?"
Maybe we'll stick with something a little smaller for now:
(Hey to Todd Clark, who gave us the toy hoop...)
grrlscientist | August 30, 2009tags: parrots, pets, birds, behavior, animal training, basketball-playing parrots, streaming video
This amazing video of parrots playing basketball is fascinating watching because it shows the results of patience combined with excellent animal training techniques. This video shows clips from "1 on 1" and "2 on 2" basketball games, starring parrots, Bo and Yoda (Congo African Grey parrots, Psittacus erithacus erithacus) and Hannah and Gustav (Solomon Islands Eclectus parrots, Eclectus roratus solomonensis).
drorzel | August 30, 2009Here's some cute to get your Sunday off to a good start: the first 55 weeks of Thursday Baby Blogging pictures strung together into a movie showing the growth of SteelyKid:
(Thursday of week 20 was Christmas Day, and there are limits to even my geekery. I don't know what happened to Week 41.)
It's really pretty amazing to watch them all together like that...
grrlscientist | August 30, 2009tags: religion, violence, mental illness, fundamentalism, MtlRedAtheist, streaming video
This is the first in a series of videos that address some of the violent, absurd and atrocious Bible stories being taught to children in Sunday School around the world today. This video discusses how Abraham almost murdered his son because he heard god telling him to do so. And people wonder why fundamentalists of all Abrahamic religions are so violent?
This story is about Abraham and Isaac. In the Bible, God wanted to test Abraham's faith by commanding him to murder his son as a sacrifice. Abraham was…
grrlscientist | August 29, 2009tags: religion, violence, mental illness, fundamentalism, MtlRedAtheist, streaming video
In this video, Ali-G interviews religious representatives from several Abrahamic religions about their beliefs. He seems to have confused his mythologies though, which makes for entertaining viewing.
grrlscientist | August 28, 2009tags: coming out, sex advice, homosexuality, evangelical families, Dan Savage, streaming video
Dan Savage moved to Seattle while I lived there and began writing a sex advice column for The Stranger. I never missed reading his column because he was honest and accurate and entertaining. Regardless of where in the world I've been since, I have followed his career. This video clip features Dan at University of Maryland, speaking on the tough subject of coming out to a very Christian family. It gives you a little perspective when you hear the story he tells of the abuse that a boyfriend of his…
grrlscientist | August 28, 2009tags: Onion News Network, ONN, detainee torture, humor, funny, satire, fucking hilarious, streaming video
In The Know panelists discuss the closing of the controversial detainee labyrinth and debate whether the Minotaur's sternum-stomping-by-hooves interrogation technique yielded valuable intelligence.
grrlscientist | August 28, 2009tags: South Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, subsistence fishing, tuna fishing, documentary, BBC Two, streaming video
This fascinating video shows how South Pacific islanders fish for Skipjack Tuna for commercial export using hook, line and pole. Skipjack Tuna are more able to withstand the pressures of commercial fishing than other tuna species because they reach sexual maturity in one year and then spawn many times per season afterwards. Of course, they are not as commercially desirable because they are the smallest tuna species, but if humans cause the extinction of all other tuna species…
grrlscientist | August 27, 2009tags: Grabs-U, Grabula, software, technology, optical illusion, offbeat, streaming video
Wow, here's two hot new Finnish software programs for your mac that you can use to allow the world to touch you (Grab-U) and that you can use to reach out and touch the world (Grabula) -- I can hardly wait to get these for my Powerbook!
Grabs-U software demo video (allows the world to touch you):
And here's the Grabula demo (you can touch the world);
Okay, you are saying, that's just not real. Well, you're right! Neither is real, both are an optical illusion. How did they do it? This video shows how (I…
grrlscientist | August 27, 2009tags: South Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, subsistence fishing, spider web fishing, documentary, BBC Two, streaming video
This fascinating video shows how South Pacific islanders from the Solomon Islands archipelago use webs spun by a particular species of spider to catch a particular species of fish. If you have adequate wifi support, you should watch this full-screen in high definition.
grrlscientist | August 26, 2009tags: Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, newsreel footage, human behavior, learning, streaming video
Helen Keller, the American author, political activist and lecturer, and her instructor and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan, appear in this Vitaphone newsreel from 1930. In this rare footage, Sullivan demonstrates how Helen Keller learned to talk. The final line of this footage, "I Am Not DUMB now!" is touching.
grrlscientist | August 26, 2009tags: Barack Obama Town Meeting, Jon Stewart, health care reform, comedy, humor, funny, streaming video
In this video, The Daily Show host, Jon Stewart muses "Mr. President, I can't tell if you're a Jedi -- 10 steps ahead of everything or if this whole health care thing is kickin' your ass just a little bit. Why is this so hard?" He rants. "Why can't you guys just stay on message? Remember the Bush team? Little bit of discipline, little bit of repetition. They sold us a war nobody wanted and nobody needed."
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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grrlscientist | August 25, 2009tags: iPhone, technology, Apple, comedy, humor, funny, streaming video
Apple's iPhone ads tell you that whatever you want to do, "there's an app for that." But what if you're trying to solve problems with the iPhone itself? Here's a ad spoof that addresses this, too.
grrlscientist | August 25, 2009tags: cultural observations, Sam Harris, atheism, human behavior, humor, funny, streaming video
This video is an interesting interview with Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason and Letter to a Christian Nation.
grrlscientist | August 24, 2009tags: cultural observations, Bill Maher, atheism, human behavior, humor, funny, streaming video
Yet another brilliant series of cultural observations from Bill Maher. Why doesn't this guy run for president?