Metallica Lite
Metallica meets Pat Metheny: via Kottke.org
Category: Sharing Smiles
Rapping Darth Vader
This. Is. Awesome. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. via IO9
Startling Advances in Twig Technology
Douglas Adams, giving a talk at UC Santa Barbara shortly before he passed away, far too young and with far too many stories still untold. Take the time to watch or listen to the entire talk. You will smile and learn. via Kottke.org
A Reminder
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
Fantastic Young Bassist
Wherein I share a video of an amazing 11 year old bassist.
Lifesaving Blood
Sometimes one person can make a huge and positive difference in the lives of millions: An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies. James Harrison, 74, has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from …
Beautiful Math
Wherein a share a movie that shows the beauty of math.
New Album by The National in May
Wherein I share the video for “Terrible Love,” by The National.
HR Links’n’stuff
I know, right?. It’s one of the reasons I like British television so much. Sure, there are beautiful people on the BBC, but there’s a lot more actors that look like normal, average people than on American tv. It’s quite refreshing actually. I admit it, I’m all sorts of fanboy giddy about this!Nature sounds we …
New TARDIS Design for the New Series of Doctor Who
This news makes me a very happy fanboy! This new Tardis – not an obligatory accessory for each new Doctor, but required by the damage done to it in Tennant’s last episode – is big. It must be three times the size of Tennant’s, on multiple levels with staircases in between. Less grubby than its …