Without question, one of my favorite musical pieces (I know, I know, I’m not very original liking Pachelbel’s Canon, so sue me), these “Trans-Siberian Orchestra” versions are two of my staple Christmas musical pieces. Both are based on the same piece yet both bring unique beauty to a genre that is brimming with magnificence. And … Continue reading Christmas Canon (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
I’ve always been intrigued by the notion of a god (y’know, the one responsible for creating life, the universe… everything) that would hang around to help folks win at basketball or achieve individual [insert sport or event here] notoriety. It was interesting to me that we have no problem listening to folks stand up at … Continue reading Go Kathy Griffin!
This song is just so infectious that once I hear it I just can’t get it out of my head. I’m also a sucker for the virtual camera angles and the overall quality of the production. This is a really great piece of work.
Man, do I ever enjoy Bruce Willis’ John McClane character in the Die Hard movies. This song, which I first heard probably a year or so ago, has been buzzing around in my head for a few days now. I just rented the “Live Free or Die Hard” video from Blockbuster and really expect (hope?) … Continue reading Yippee Ki Yay! Did I mention that I’m a sucker for the “Die Hard” Movies?
If you enjoyed Jill’s song you’ll probably enjoy this tongue in cheek offering from TED talks. This one about Global Warming. The first 25 seconds of TED credits are always a little much but the content of ANY TED talk is worth it. I subscribe to both the video and audio TED feeds and heartily … Continue reading TED Talks – Jill Sobule
Created for Julia Sweeney’s new movie based on her one woman play “Letting go of God” this is a surprisingly pleasant song. I’ve just added it to my iTunes library. The content is serious but upbeat (boy, you don’t say those two words together very often). Take a listen and let me know what you … Continue reading Jill Sobule’s Song – Letting Go of God
Wow! Pretty succinct… well as succinct as 14 1/2 minutes can be. But a very good description of Homeopathy nonetheless. When I was younger I explored a lot of alternative practices and was very seriously considering entering the field as well. Fortunately, my grades in university in computer science were so much better than my … Continue reading James Randi explains homeopathy
Listed on CollegeHumor.com under the boring title “Advanced Photo Resizing”, this is astonishing. Sure, we’ve been able to modify images for quite a few years now. Photoshopping an image to remove, accentuate or beautify the subject matter is nothing new at all. We’ve simply become better at it over the years. But this video, describing … Continue reading Dynamic image resizing (Really, this is impressive!)
I was put onto this by Phil Plait’s “Bad Astronomy” blog. Yes, I’ll admit it, I’m a geek and also recognized the lion’s share of the clips shown here. *AND* I like the Rocky Horror Picture show… I can’t even begin to imagine how much time and effort has to go into deciding on, collecting … Continue reading Star Trek: “Time Warp”
Translating all of the nonsense that goes on in Internet discussion forums to what they would look like if the same sort of behavior happened between live people in a business setting… brilliant! Irritating, but brilliant! When I peruse discussion groups – often as a result of a Google search – I usually only read … Continue reading Internet Commenter Business Meeting
