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I finally realized that I had missed one of the videos deleted by the WordPress 3.5 vanishing video bug. Better late than never and all that. I’ve restored it in the original post, and for sake of convenience, here it … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
The U.S, National Research Council has a quite good website explaining what is actually known about global warming and various approaches to dealing with the problem. The site is intended for the general public and presents the facts in a … Continue reading
You might want to click the “cc” button at the bottom of the video (when it’s playing) to turn on subtitles. Link: http://youtu.be/G0zf7EWZET0 by … Continue reading
Seriously, here’s how to buy happiness: In brief, research suggests that once you have enough income to live a comfortable and satisfying life, you’ll derive more happiness spending money on others than spending it on yourself. (See e.g. research by … Continue reading
A very funny bit from one of Ireland’s top comics: Link: http://youtu.be/6esyExLwnak Update 2017 June 4: This video ends with O’Briain starting to tell another story, one that’s even funnier, so here, belatedly, it is: Link: https://youtu.be/fSgpR71fM1Y by … Continue reading
People are easily scared: Links: http://youtu.be/QeEZigcZxd0 http://youtu.be/rgrr6b6Vt6M by … Continue reading
Link: http://youtu.be/7xi8sE3w538 by … Continue reading
When I run across video clips I think are interesting I often do so in a bunch, but rather than dump them all onto the blog at the same time I take advantage of a WordPress feature that lets me … Continue reading
I just read an interesting article in the September issue of The Progressive magazine on a subject I’ve been curious about, namely, health insurance in the Netherlands. It’s interesting because the Dutch system is based on private health insurance and … Continue reading
OK, this is getting weird. I’m sure I put the embedding code here before… by … Continue reading