Archive for the ‘video’ Category

Keynes-Hayek Rap Battle, Part II

November 2nd, 2010

Awww, yeah. What could be more appropriate on election day than a sequel to the original Keynes-Hayek rap battle?

economics, music, old dead white guys, video | No Comments »

Mini Cannon

October 25th, 2010

Just what the title says. Featuring Carl Orff, naturally.

ill-conceived plans, science, video | No Comments »

RIP Benoît Mandelbrot

October 16th, 2010

It would appear that Benoît Mandelbrot passed away yesterday. =\

math, science, video | 1 Comment »

Homemade Spacecraft

September 29th, 2010

Weather balloon + video camera. Why haven’t we done this?

balloons, flight, science, spacecraft, video | No Comments »

Caprice No. 24 in A minor

September 13th, 2010

Alexander Markov’s performance of Paganini’s 24th Caprice is seriously making me want to master something. I’ve heard his recordings before, but actually watching him in action is incredible. Note especially the ridiculous left-handed pizzicato at around 2:50.

music, video | No Comments »

A Case for Careful QA

August 22nd, 2010

The unspeakable shame felt here by Asimo’s quality assurance team is the main reason that I don’t want to be a test engineer.

Also, orientation starts tomorrow. Woo!

computer science, science, video | No Comments »

The Oregon Trail: The Movie: The Trailer

August 3rd, 2010

“I’ll take four oxen, and all the bullets $1600 ‘ll get me.”

games, video | No Comments »

Powers of Ten

July 27th, 2010

This 1968 film zooms out by powers of ten from a picnic in Chicago to encompass the visible universe, then zooms back in to a proton in a carbon atom. Behold the power of logarithmic scales.

art+design, maps, science, video | 3 Comments »

Werner Herzog Reads Where’s Waldo

May 16th, 2010

Why all this travel? We search for Waldo, but what is Waldo searching for? Perhaps he’s not searching at all, but running from something. Does this man even want to be found? Or, in searching for Waldo, did we really find ourselves? No, probably not.

See also: Werner Herzog Reads Madeline, Werner Herzog Reads Curious George, and Werner Herzog Reads Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel.

books, video | No Comments »

Brontësaurus

May 13th, 2010

Brontësaurus comes with barrier-breaking feminist vision!

books, history, video | No Comments »