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Michael Pollan talk at Google

Anastasia — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:08:00 +0000

A really interesting video about food – nutrition, history, science behind, etc:

My favorite piece of advice, “shop the perimeter of the grocery store – stay out of the middle.”

Myth of Sisyphus, well, at least it’s a cat on a treadmill

Jay — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:53:23 +0000

Busy, busy, busy. So, in the absence of anything substantive to report, how about this:

What we’re doing instead

Anastasia — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:23:00 +0000

I know everyone is expecting a New Zealand photo post, but this video summarizes what we’ve been doing instead:

Next we’re going to do something like this:

Up periscope

Jay — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:34:00 +0000

See. I am not the only person who thinks it’s a good idea to build their own periscope. Here’s the Blockwatch – periscope surveillance system, created by Calgary artist David Bynoe.

I think seeing this gets me one step closer to realizing my childhood dream of affixing a periscope to my house. . .

Tequila: the truth according to fake TV on the web

Jay — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:53:00 +0000

Khayam knew that I’d get a big kick out of this:

Limbo, The Organized Mind

Jay — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:10:00 +0000

I love this video of the Jim Henson / Raymond Scott collaboration, “Limbo, The Organized Mind.” They collaborated on the film and sound elements in 1967 – Henson did the film, Scott did the electronic music / sounds (note: more info on WFMU’s Beware of the blog).

In this video from a 1974 episode of The Tonight Show, what you are seeing is a “face” that’s being performed live by Hensen and another puppeteer, integrated with the film playing in the background.

Chi-town JB roller skating video

Jay — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:46:00 +0000

In mourning James Brown, I came across this—a video of an example of a whole, amazing, style of roller skating, JB, that originated in Chicago. The style is inspired by James Brown’s music, which lays down the funk for the skaters’ moves. Check it out!

for the Godfather of Soul!