Posted in Ideas, Opinion, People, Politics, Video on Jul 5th, 2008 10 Comments »
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven [...]
Posted in Movies, Video on Jul 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
Pixar’s hit new movie WALL-E has a short called “Presto” that plays before it in theaters and will no doubt be on the DVD when it is released.
Presto is available for purchase from the iTunes Music (and video) Store for $1.99.
Two words: Buy It!
Then watch it full screen. Oh yeah! It’s worth $1.99 just to [...]
Posted in Movies, Opinion, People, Video on Jul 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Oh boy, great stuff. Jackie Chan rules, dude!
[via Digg]
Posted in Ideas, Tech Stuff, Video on Jun 27th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a 50 minute documentary on the history of Google, their technology, and the various things they’re working on including the various controversies about stored personal information, public access to information, and more. It’s quite well done and worth watching.
Note: toward the end at about 44:20 the interviewer asks Vint Cerf a question about [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Video on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Canon EOS Rebel XSi Commercial
Watch the commercial, then watch the making of it behind the scenes. Great use of still photography in a commerical with lots of movement and emotion.
[via Inside Lightroom]
Posted in Places, Video on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
A group of surfers ride the ocean swells as they enter the mouth of the Amazon River. The ride lasts fifteen minutes. Amazing.
Narrated slide show: River Run
Movie: Pororoca - the longest wave ever
[via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Ideas, Social Software, Tech Stuff, Video on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Online service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere
This is a fantastic service and no doubt will be useful for people who can see but can’t read. I urge you to watch the entire video to see how it works.
Posted in Humor, Tech Stuff, Video on Jun 25th, 2008 9 Comments »
The Website is Down
Oh my god, this is incredible. I’m speechless, it’s an instant classic. David, you need to watch this immediately!
[via Derek Powazek]
Posted in Humor, Video on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Fly a balloon
Nothing like a little fun on a boring Thursday afternoon. Click the link, leave the window be. Watch. Laugh.
[via Mamen Saura]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Travel, Video on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
This is great news. It’s a start and we’ll have to see how it goes but at least it’s a start. Now, if United will follow suit on their NY-LA runs I’ll be happy.
The other thing folks in coach will want to keep in mind is that turning on wifi without AC power will use [...]
Posted in Food, Humor, Video on Jun 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
My wife makes bread but not like this. Darn.
[via kottke.org]
Posted in Opinion, People, Politics, Video on Jun 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Inspirational and meaningful all wrapped up in a great speech. I highly recommend listening to this speech.
Posted in Ideas, Stories, Tech Stuff, Video on Jun 9th, 2008 No Comments »
[bit] The Machine That Changed the World
The Machine That Changed the World is the longest, most comprehensive documentary about the history of computing ever produced, but since its release in 1992, it’s become virtually extinct. Out of print and never released online, the only remaining copies are VHS tapes floating around school libraries or in [...]
Posted in Politics, Video on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Slate has made a nice little video of The Entire Democratic Primary in 8 Minutes.
Fun, worth viewing.
Posted in Ideas, People, Video on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
This is the third in a series of videos (you can find the others on YouTube) and what’s fascinating about it is a little piece toward the end where Glass plays a cut of him as an NPR reporter in year eight of his NPR career and he disects the cut and shows how he [...]
Posted in Drumming, Movies, Video on Jun 1st, 2008 7 Comments »
My 93 year old mother saw this last night. Raved about it.
The trailer made me cry. Twice. Looks fantastic. Drumming too. What could be bad?
[via Frances Wanderman]
Posted in Photographers, Places, Video on May 31st, 2008 8 Comments »
I could never be a street photographer like this, but if you’re gonna do it, this is the way to do it. It makes me terribly uncomfortable, the way Groucho Marx and Don Rickles make me uncomfortable. However, its well done. What can I say?
[via Dale Allyn]
Posted in Events, Ideas, People, Politics, Video on May 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Wonderful speech Barack. Get well Ted.
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Video on May 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
David Brooks has written an intersting column today: The Alpha Geeks.
But the biggest change was not Silicon Valley itself. Rather, the new technology created a range of mental playgrounds where the new geeks could display their cultural capital. The jock can shine on the football field, but the geeks can display their supple sensibilities and [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Video on May 21st, 2008 6 Comments »
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