Taking You Back To The 90′s

No doubt this is great advertising, but can Microsoft really live up it? Even if they can’t this is still a video worth watching.

Posted on January 25, 2013 in Miscellaneous, Video, Web Dev

Additive Evolution Of Prime Numbers

Take a minute to enjoy this video by Stefan Nadelman at Tourist Pictures. The music is by Lost Lander. The beauty of math.

Posted on October 6, 2012 in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Video

VOTE! No More Excuses

TurboVote has made registering to vote as easy as making a purchase online or signing up for a new forum. All you need to do is follow this link and answer a few questions. TurboVote will fill out your forms and even mail them for a small fee or you have the option to print them out and mail them in yourself. TurboVote will also remind you when to vote via email and/or text message. It’s that easy. No more excuses. So go on what are you waiting for? Get to it!

Need a little inspiration? Check out this great video from the makers of The Story of Stuff.

Posted on September 25, 2012 in Miscellaneous

20 Most Watched TED Talks

Last month TED posted the 20 most-watched TED Talks to date via the TED Blog. Tracking data from TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed/download and Hulu led them to this list. I wanted to keep this around till I had a chance to view them all. So here they are:

Sir Ken Robinson
Says schools kill creativity (2006): 13,409,417 views
Jill Bolte Taylor‘s
Stroke of insight (2008): 10,409,851
Pranav Mistry
The thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9,223,263
David Gallo‘s
Underwater astonishments (2007): 7,879,541
Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry
Demo SixthSense (2009): 7,467,580
Tony Robbins
Why we do what we do (2006): 6,879,488
Simon Sinek
How great leaders inspire action (2010): 6,050,294
Steve Jobs
How to live before you die (2005): 5,444,022
Hans Rosling
The best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 4,966,643
Brene Brown
Power of vulnerability (2010): 4,763,038
Daniel Pink
The surprising science of motivation (2009): 4,706,241
Arthur Benjamin
Mathemagic (2005): 4,658,425
Elizabeth Gilbert
Nurturing your genius (2009): 4,538,037
Dan Gilbert
Why are we happy? (2004): 4,269,082
Stephen Hawking
Big questions about the universe (2008): 4,153,105
Jeff Han
Breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3,891,251
Johnny Lee
Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3,869,417
Keith Barry
Brain magic (2004): 3,847,893
Mary Roach
10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 3,810,630
Vijay Kumar
Robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340

Posted on September 23, 2012 in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Technology

Getting To Know Siri in iOS 6

I came across an article on TUAW today that listed new things to say to Siri in iOS 6. They seemed useful so I’m posting their findings here as more or less a reference. Feel free to check out the full article here.

ASKING ABOUT CONTACTS

What’s Emily’s address?
What is Susan Park’s phone number?
When is my wife’s birthday?
Show Lindsey’s home email address
What’s my brother’s work address?

FINDING CONTACTS

Show Brian Conway
Find people named Park
Who is Jimmy Patrick?

ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS

My mom is Susan Park
Jimmy Patrick is my brother
Call my brother at work

APP LAUNCHING

Open Photos
Play Infinity Blade II

ADDING EVENTS

Set up a meeting at 9
Set up a meeting with Jimmy at 9
Meet with Emily at noon
Set up a meeting about hiring tomorrow at 9am
New appointment with Susan Park Friday at 3
Schedule a planning meeting at 8:30 today in the boardroom

(more…)

Posted on September 18, 2012 in Miscellaneous, Technology

London’s Subterranean Mail Rail

I can only imagine how much fun it would be to find this while exploring some old buildings. You come across a ladder that leads you deep underground where you find a whole network of abandon tunnels, stations, mini train cars and miles of track. All underneath London’s busy streets.

If you dig these photos you might enjoy this post I published awhile back about some sewer explores in London. You can also see more photos and read the original subterranean mail rail story here.

Posted on June 3, 2012 in Miscellaneous

The Secret Life of Plankton

I always knew what plankton was but I never really pictured it like the video above show you. This video from TED Ed puts you right in the middle of the odd world of Plankton. TED couldn’t have said it better, “mesmerizingly beautiful and astoundingly complex”. Guarantee it will mesmerize you. It’s definitely alien.

If TED wasn’t already addicting enough now there is TED Ed. The Secret Life of Plankton is part of a TED Ed lesson. View the complete lesson here.

Posted on April 27, 2012 in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Video

Window Farms

Part of my new year resolution is to become more self sufficient and to create a more sustainable home and yard. In the midst of doing some research I came across Window Farms. I won’t go into details of how it works. I’ll let the video above explain it.

As fresh foods become more expensive and harder to get we must start learning how to grow our own. We must become less dependent on others. The Window Farm system allows even people living deep in the city to grow their own vegetables and it’s only the beginning. I look forward to more research being done on this concept and other indoor growing systems. This would be a great option for people living in food deserts. The community surrounding this project is amazing. They have highly detailed step by step instructions on how to create your own system for around $35. They also recently started selling a specially designed kit thanks to receiving more than enough funding from KickStarter ( you gotta love KickStater =) ).

So get started. Watch the videos, read the community blog and get growing your own Window Farm. It doesn’t take much to start becoming more self sufficient.

Posted on January 19, 2012 in Miscellaneous, Sustainability