Before Steve Jobs came out to greet the press about the Iphone 4 issue he played a youtube video of this guy who is writing a song a day. I thought it was the funniest and coolest thing I have seen in a long time. Of course I then looked up his website and I am hooked. He has some mad video skills and what a mental challenge to create a new song every day. He just oozes creativity.
I think my favorite has to be this one:
By far, Hans Rosling is the most interesting guy I know on the internet. If I created a bucket list of who I would like to have dinner with before I die, Hans Rosling would be near the top. This discussion he focuses on a future where the world comes together and everyone moves forward into financial prosperity. Check it out..
I was listening to This American Life this week and was fascinated by the story on Micheal Larson. He stacked many TV’s in his living room and recorded many infomercials and game shows. After many hours studying he realized that in the game show “press your luck” the board was not random (like they said) but followed a certain pattern that he figured out.
He took this hidden talent to the show and made the most money in game show history!
I love the Dirty Jobs TV Show. Recently an episode was at a hydro power plant and it looks like they are replacing a ring of packing on the wicket gates - kind of hard to tell.
Here are the Utube versions.
Well I just watched the video below from TED-MED on the patientslikeme.com website. It was moving and really put the whole heathcare thing into perspective. Isn’t it time to put the Geek’s in charge of heathcare.
I really do not believe in role models that much but if I would pick one that I truly admire it would have to be Richard Feynman. Not only did he contribute to the atom bomb and also win a Nobel prize in Physics, he was a world renowned Bongo player..
Here is a great series video from the BBC on how to look at the world from a different point of view..
Here is the rest of the series:
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Another good link of video from a previous old NOVA.
The subject of what you can use fairly in powerpoints has always been a hot issue with me. I have seen the gambit of using nothing to using everything. I watched this really great video by Alvin Trusty on the subject and was just truly impressed. Not only does he talk about the research he has done on the subject but also shows everyone how he does some cool things using Powerpoint. A real open source type of guy. A must watch in my book.
Here is a link to his delicious links he mentioned in his presentation.
Also here is his personal blog:
I just finished adding my PC to my home entertainment center. All very cool with a new PCI-Express video card that has HDMI out. I realized I only had one HDMI input into my TV and had to get a 3 switch hub.
Well doing all of this I was in dire need of some HDMI cables - where did I head, but to “the Shack”. A nice young lady working there pointed me in the area of the cables where I found out that they had a sale - a 6 FT HDMI cable for $49.. I went nuts!
Now, here is a great article from Popular Mechanics where they tested different costing HDMI cables and had experts that could not tell the difference.
I ended up buying 3 - 9 foot cables for $22 bucks from newegg
I must of watched this movie about 100 times and am still not sick of it. You can take many things away from such a movie but one of the themes I like the most is “teamwork”. Being an Astronaut makes you part of a close knit group and you trust your life with them. I guess the whole traveling cross country in a diaper to confront the guy you have a crush on does not really fit into this image..
One part that I felt this way was when Jim Lovell’s mom is looked after by Neil Armstrong. Also I like the line his mom made about landing a washing machine to calm his daughter’s fears.
The main reason for this post is my biggest meaning of teamwork - building the CO2 filer for the LEM. This was a true story and sometimes you forget how much NASA likes photos..
This is the team with the contraption and discussing how to relay the procedure to the guys on the capsule.
This is the actual unit installed.
I am a regular listener of Leo Laporte for many years going way back to the TechTV days. I had heard about this incident but this was the first time I saw it. Leo is really mad at Arrington’s thought that he was tainting his view because he got a review unit.. Ouch.. Also this is the keyboard cat version - love these things..