Category Archives: Random

Misc Hans Rosling: Religions and babies – TED Talk Triple-H adding some class to the WWF while making someone’s day The dog paradox – The Oatmeal President Obama to United Nations: ‘We Do Not Ban Blasphemy’ “Wake the Fuck Up” … Continue reading →

Important RobotShop Acquires Lynxmotion! Canepa Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Not as Important Why ratings systems don’t work Mitochondrial Eve All the Medalists: Men’s 100-Meter Sprint The 20 most watched TED talks as of August, 2012 Mullac, from reddit, explains why people … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Garry Kasparov Arrested at Pussy Riot trial in Russia AMA: Luke Muehlhauser, CEO of the Singularity Institute Game AIs – XKCD Is there enough energy to move the entire current human population off-planet? Sandia Robotic Hand Insanity Wolf– Tyberius’s latest mechware robot … Continue reading →

Interesting, maybe LOTR Forced Perspective Moving Camera Fully functional WALL-E build put to great use Technique for removing tourists from travel photos Solid advice for young people with a passion An alternate fan theory for the movie Signs by M. Night … Continue reading →

Misc Links Did Tolkien consider Sam the true hero of LOTR? How I would unschool my kids – James Altucher Introducing the SmartTripod How to suck at your religion – The Oatmeal How close are you to the global median … Continue reading →

Excellent Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives – TED Talk The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult Multi-tasking will Kill You – James Altucher Design student’s rethink of the Microsoft brand Chicago skyline from beach in Indiana Racing … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Engine rebuild video made from 3000 photos Evolution of the F1 car Spoiled Rotten, Why do kids rule the roost? “The Sacrifice of Issac” – Caravaggio (circa 1601) Caravaggio’s complete works 1979 Muppet movie camera test David Grohl shows how … Continue reading →

Readable Kissing Ruined My Life – James Altucher Interesting Combining a high speed robotic arm with a high speed camera Song chord analysis Why smart people are stupid 25 ways to make a trillion dollars, Pt. 2 – James Altucher Crowdfunding … Continue reading →

Excellent How to be persistent – James Altucher Misc CT Scanner, Covers Removed Up to speed (video) Cross section video of an F1 car Inside the McLaren Technology Centre Tornado Tracks JCVD Monologue How to avoid burnout – James Altucher … Continue reading →

Excellent Confessions of a recovering life hacker Misc Theme song of a farmer Transformers – Honest Movie Trailer Salon’s take on TED Talks – A contrarian view. At least I hope it’s contrarian. New Music Room for Happiness – Kaskade feat. … Continue reading →

Misc Antipodes Map What I see #3  – cockpit view during airshow Arduino powered wire bender How not to sell something to my generation – The Oatmeal Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived– The Oatmeal Forbes … Continue reading →

Worthwhile Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education (TED Talk) Misc What rhymes with ‘orange’? Punch, the iPad App – Excellent 90 second marketing video My favorite face swap Canadian’s Paralympic committee’s video “Unstoppable” – Done in one shot Making of … Continue reading →

Read The top of my todo list Generation Y’s great migration That’s why you don’t have any friends State of the web – Spring 2012 Videos Mechanical Principles (1930) by Ralph Steiner Lotte: Birth to 12 Make it count Technical … Continue reading →

Videos Hurt – NIN (original as written by Trent Reznor) Hurt – Johnny Cash (cover) Somebody That I Used To Know – Pentatonix (Gotye cover) The happy secret to better work – Shawn Achor (TED Talks) ~ “The lens through which we view … Continue reading →

Excellent The Free Universal Construction Kit Source Site Interesting What you need to know about 2012 F1 Cockpit view from a Blue Angels flight A paradox Long Reads Confessions of a Car Salesman The Song Machine Imagine you are 10 … Continue reading →

Interesting Small quadrotor formation flying Keeping your intentions to yourself Apollo F-1 engine recovery Music Videos – Recent Favorites Garret Borns – Criminal (Cover) Kimbra Good Intent Settle Down Cameo Lover Plain Gold Ring – Live at Sing Sing Studios (wow) … Continue reading →

Vids Wingsuit – wow Trike Drifting Quantic Dream’s Kara – A PS3 tech demo …and yet something more Politics Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail PolitiFact.com Worthwhile We stopped dreaming – Neil deGrasse Tyson Space Chronicles: Why exploring space … Continue reading →

Fascinating The personal analytics of Stephen Wolfram Universe scale v2 Aurora borealis from ISS, Jan/Feb 2012 (more) Random Spongebob: Origins The secret to happiness Baseline Politics  George Clooney responds to rumors that he’s gay Technical Linux Torvalds on C++