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grrlscientist | December 23, 2008tags: Santa Claus Bailout Hearings, satire, humor, christmas, streaming video
C-SPAN coverage of Santa Claus asking Congress for a financial bailout of the North Pole Gift Giving Industry. If they don't approve his aid package, Christmas may be ruined. [4:34]
grrlscientist | December 22, 2008tags: Iraq shoe throwing store discount sale, satire, humor, streaming video
And now, just in time for your last-minute christmas shopping needs, Iraq's #1 Discount Shoe Emporium offers a discount on all their slip-on throwing shoes! [1:22]
grrlscientist | December 20, 2008tags: high fuel prices, funny, humor, parody, streaming video
This odd little streaming video is part of an ad, but the actual footage of the commercial itself seems to suggest -- somewhat tongue-in-cheek -- what life might be like after fuel prices have gone so high that no one can afford to use it [0:51]
grrlscientist | December 19, 2008tags: merry christmas, funny, humor, parody, streaming video
Thisstreaming video shows an amazing "stupid pet trick" performed by a human and it's just in time for the holidays, too! [0:46]
rallain | December 18, 2008I saw this video on several places. It shows an astronaut playing with a CD player.
I wish I were an astronaut. I would probably not stop throwing up though. It would still be worth it. You can only throw up so much right? (I know the answer to this question). Anyway, this is a really cool demo. Look at the first CD player that is on. When the guy taps it, it doesn't rotate but rather it wobbles. This is a rather difficult concept, but I am going to try to give a reasonable explanation.
I will start with angular momentum. Angular momentum is sort of like momentum (linear momentum…
grrlscientist | December 18, 2008tags: California Raisins, holidays, funny, humor, parody, streaming video
Are you in the Holiday Spirit yet? No? Well watch this silly video and maybe this will help you get there ... [2:54]
grrlscientist | December 17, 2008tags: animal christmas, funny, humor, parody, streaming video
This hilarious little video is filled with lots of animals who are wishing you a happy christmas! How can you not watch this? [1:20]
grrlscientist | December 16, 2008tags: Bailey the SnowDog, funny, humor, pets, dogs, streaming video
This amusing little video features Bailey the snowdog and "Rudolph the Reindeer" by Harry Connick Jr. [2:36]
The cinematographer writes;
I shot this video on VHS-C in my backyard, near Ward, Colorado (8,700' elevation) during a blizzard in the late 1990's; a local weatherman said it was the most measureable snow (if memory serves, it was 54" in 48 hours) from the least amount of moisture ever. Cheers to dogs, and to all those that love them! Please be well and Happy Holidays!!!
grrlscientist | December 15, 2008tags: Your Inner Fish, Tiktaalik, evolution, streaming video
This wonderful music video is about Tiktaalik, sung by the Indorfins. [3:51]
grrlscientist | December 14, 2008tags: Hobo Matters, satire, parody, streaming video
This streaming video is a tongue-in-cheek look at the Hobo world after the stock market crashed [7:45]
John Hodgman's PBS documentary, Hobo Matters. If not the most celebrated episode of The American Experience, certainly the most astounding, not only for the number of facts packed into this short episode, but also for the fact that PBS actually produced and dared to air it.
Unfortunately, this chronicle of the Great Depression and the Hobo Wars was quickly erased from history by the powerful Hobo Queen for it revealed too many secrets…
grrlscientist | December 13, 2008tags: Iceland, nature, Eva Sturm, Sigur Ros, streaming video
This spectacular video focuses on Iceland. Land of contrasts: Hot water and Ice, situated in the North Atlantic, right above the mid-ocean ridge that separates America and Europe. [6:12]
Iceland from Eva Sturm.
The cinematographer writes:
Shooting was done in two stays (2 weeks each) in 2005 & 2006 (both in September) with a result of 15 hours of footage.
Camera was a SONY Z1. I used some COKIN semi-grey Filters extensivley to get the sky as dark as I wanted it to be. Almost no color correction was done in the post, but the…
grrlscientist | December 12, 2008tags: the weiner dog song, humor, cute, streaming video
This silly video is all about Dachshunds .. it includes a song, too [0:38]
grrlscientist | December 11, 2008tags: budgerigar, pets, birds, documentary, streaming video
This is a video of a very strange budgerigar. Apparently the result of a mutation, the bird's plumage is extraordinarily downy and long, so much so that it is almost impossible to see the bird's face (downy feathers are due to a mutation that causes a condition known as "neotenty"; where an adult animal takes on juvenile characteristics) [0:53]
grrlscientist | December 10, 2008tags: hummingbirds of venezuela, birds, documentary, streaming video
Tis video documents the spectacular colors and motion of the "flying jewels" of the tropics [2:21]
grrlscientist | December 9, 2008tags: hummingbirds of venezuela, birds, documentary, streaming video
This is a very nicely done video documenting some of the lovely hummingbirds of Venezuela -- can you name the species? [2:53]
grrlscientist | December 8, 2008tags: the doghouse, humor, social commentary, streaming video
I am not a fan of diamonds because they are the single biggest cause of oppression in South Africa, but I am also not much of a fan of dual-bag vacuum cleaners. However, in my case, a parrot would make an acceptable "get out of the doghouse" gift [4:45]
grrlscientist | December 7, 2008tags: birds, hatching chick, streaming video
This is a really interesting little video that features a chick hatching out of its egg. It also includes some really fun banjo playing as background music [1:17]
grrlscientist | December 5, 2008tags: periodic table, elements, mnemetic device, streaming video
This streaming video documents the Periodic Table set to music -- especially for everyone who did not score 100% on this test [1:59].
grrlscientist | December 4, 2008tags: talking parrots, amazon parrots, behavior, Tonight Show, Jay Leno, streaming video
This streaming video is a clip from the Tonight Show, hosted by Jay Leno. This show was guest hosted by several talking parrots, who actually stole the show, if you ask me [8:35].
rallain | December 4, 2008Ok - I like Alabama football (sorry, but it's true). There is a clip on youtube of the end of the Alabama-Auburn game where the fans sing the traditional "Rammer Jammer". If you don't know what that is, don't worry. I am not sure I completely approve of the cheer, but it is a tradition. If you are curious, here it is:
So, what is cool about this? Notice that the entire crowd is yelling the same thing, but they are out of sync. Can this be used to estimate the size of the stadium?
I made an audio file from that youtube clip and looked at it with Audacity. Although I am completely…