I’ll bet. The American Society of Civil Engineers is demanding that a video spoofing their investigation of the levee failures in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina be removed from YouTube: A long-simmering dispute about whether a leading engineering organization whitewashed the role of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the levee system […]
The Japanese have released video taken from lunar orbit using an HDTV camera. Unfortunately, it’s been released as a Flash movie, and the size is fairly limited (both probably due to bandwidth issues), so it’s not as spectacular as one would like (I personally want this in 720p Quicktime). And since the link was posted […]
This one is a goodie. I am trying to figure out if someone is being serious here or if this is just a really good joke about the pot-bellied transvestite Elvis impersonator who is running North Korea. It includes such notables as: Korea is well on the way to the great national reunification under the […]
Amazing chunk of video shot via time lapse of the Harris Fire as it burns towards Lyon’s Peak in eastern San Diego County. The video features time lapse composite shots from several of the cameras, each starting during a night time shot. For current view of the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) […]
April 12th, 1981. I was still in high school in Illinois. I was a young nerdy guy engrossed with all things having to do with space and man’s conquest of the heavens. I vividly recall the launch. It was the 3rd day they had tried to launch, each time there was some technical problem that […]
It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day! And here, courtesy of Language Log (one of my favorite blogs), is an handy instructional video: Yo ho! ..bruce..
As an almost-native Californian (missed it by several months, though my mom and all my sisters are native Californians), I thought this ad was spot-on and quite funny (click to go to ad): More ads are here. Hat tip to The Volokh Conspiracy. ..bruce..
This video has 100 scenes from 100 movies — containing the numbers 100 down to 1. A remarkable bit of compilation and editing. Hat tip to Metafilter. ..bruce..
I have been fortunate enough to pick up an Apple TV this past weekend, and like a good nerd, spent a vast amount of time tinkering with it. There has been some interest and breathless anticipation waiting for this latest Apple gizmo to pop out of the Cupertino womb. Is it the “next big thing”? […]
Tweeter Cuts Back – Video Fans Mourn
Tweeter Cuts Back – Video Fans Mourn Tweeter is a good store, they have an excellent selection of equipment, the sales staff tend to have a clue (at least at the local ones) and the prices are competitive. I purchased my current, highly prized Samsung DLP at Tweeter, and I was very happy with the […]
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