Category Archives: Video

Music Monday – “The splash of October swimmers/The cheers of Helsinki winners/My bare bones of futility/Leaking marrow of ability”

The leaves on the trees are turning, we’ve been out “leaf crunching” as Pace calls it and I agree with Shea that “if it wasn’t followed by winter, fall might just be my favourite season”.  I don’t know if this Britpop one hit wonder has anything to do with the autumn but it’s called “October […]

Friday Fun Link – Scientists Create Video From Brain Waves

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.  Scientists have figured out a way to create (blurry, impressionistic) video of what a person is watching by scanning their brain waves! This was accomplished by the researchers watching a bunch of YouTube videos and creating a database of which parts of their brain “lit […]

If The Recent Changes to Facebook’s Newsfeed Pissed You Off…

…you don’t want to hear about the sweeping changes they announced today during their annual developer’s conference! Some of the new features include: Timeline-style profile pages New class of apps that share automatically Watch videos with friends through Facebook Discover new music based on what your friends are listening to Read news articles within Facebook […]

R.E.M. Breaks Up (and My Five Favourite Bands of all Time)

R.E.M., an alternative favourite of the 1980’s who parlayed that early attention into being one of the most successful bands of the 1990’s (and then one of the most uneven bands of the 2000’s) announced their break-up today (given their politics – and the amicable nature of the break – perhaps fittingly on World Peace […]

Music Monday – “Driving all night/In the mood for something/Got a hankerin’ for some hot man lovin’/Keep it clean.”

The Westboro Baptist Church are a truly odious group of folks (widely referred to as a hate group) who travel around “protesting” various events that they somehow think are connected to homosexuality.  But when they chose to protest a recent Foo Fighters concert, the band had a response planned.  (Of course this raises questions about […]

Friday Fun Link – One Day on Earth

A recent documentary features a variety of scenes from all around the world captured on a single day.  Here’s the trailer: One Day on Earth – Motion Picture Trailer from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.

Wisdom Wednesday – Do Happier People Work Harder?

The idea of a connection between happiness and productivity is a discussion I’ve had with a few people at work over the past couple years – some who are in agreement with the idea, some who feel there’s no link between happiness and productivity and some who are uncertain (or haven’t given it much thought […]

Music Monday – “How can you just walk away from me/When all I can do is watch you leave?”

Spooky.  Spooky good, that is!

Some Thoughts on The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world.   So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of some of the most interesting things I’ve seen… (Oh, okay – I’ll quickly do my own “Where were you when?” story since I […]

Saturday Snap – Pace Goes Off The Diving Board