Here’s the latest video from the folks at Corridor Digital: Link: https://youtu.be/jAKpy9oJ8Qc They’ve been producing clever stuff like this for years on their YouTube channel, with a parallel channel called Sam and Niko that shows how they create their stuff. … Continue reading
We’ve had some torrential rains here in North Carolina for a few days and there are flooded roads not far from my house, though curiously not actually on my street or anywhere I normally go. (Clean living pays off and … Continue reading
Don Rickles died May 8. Here’s Jimmy Kimmel that night, obviously very saddened by his loss but remembering his friend with some funny stories: Link: https://youtu.be/6Fpcf0HcCgU by … Continue reading
The chief aim of terrorism, as its name implies, is to instill fear, and a lot of us have inadvertently aided the bad guys by exaggerating the threat. Of course, this isn’t to say that terrorism is nothing to worry … Continue reading
The Boston Public Schools have embraced a bad map projection, specifically Gall-Peters. The so-called Peters projection is promoted as “more accurate,” but this is at best misleading. Even The Boston Globe, in most respects a pretty good newspaper, neglects to … Continue reading
Other countries aren’t thrilled with their choice of politicians either, and a small group in France wants to draft an experienced non-Frenchman to serve as president of the French Republic. They’ve put posters up around Paris and are hoping for … Continue reading
Here are a couple of videos my late brother Tom would have liked. Hank Green on notable dogs in four minutes: Link: https://youtu.be/3zghyEjA-HE As part of East India Comedy’s EIC Outrage series, comic Sahil Shah talks (mainly seriously) about the … Continue reading
Suppose you’re designing a language course. All else being equal, you’d probably want to teach the most common words first, and there are a number of references you can check for that purpose. (For example, Wikipedia’s page for the most … Continue reading
Novelist and blogger John Green muses about out how far back “back” goes in a vlog post that manages to inspire a fair mount of awe in just 3 minutes and 42 seconds: Link: https://youtu.be/qxfD1DhqBiA The time spans he mentions … Continue reading
This is from September 9, four months ago (on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek), but it’s still entertaining, particularly the reenactment of a minor classic Trek cliché: Link: https://youtu.be/OAMKtLYs0jI Takei has led an interesting life, including time in an … Continue reading