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The joy of Christmas, take 2: It’s a nice day for a white Christmas…

I think my eyes are bleeding: Maybe this one will be better: Only a little. At least it rocks a bit and is a tad warped in its outlook. That counts for something. In any case, what are you doing here messing around on the Internet and watching silly Christmas videos? Shouldn’t you be with […]

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Saturday afternoon YouTube gem: Absolute Beginners

Here’s one of my all time favorite David Bowie tunes, truly an underrated gem from his career. (Too bad the movie it came from was only so-so.) This performance is from June 2000: Why? Because Christmas is coming and I felt like it. Enjoy!

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Computers and social media Entertainment/culture Music Science

Fun “chemistry”: An alternate way of charging your iPod?

This video’s so good that I’m half tempted to try this method for myself, just to see if it actually works… Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog. MacGyver would love this.

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Judgment day on intelligent design

Today’s the day, everyone. I haven’t mentioned this before, but the documentary on the trial over the teaching of “intelligent design” creationism in the classroom in Dover, Pennsylvania two years ago is set to premiere on your local PBS station tonight at 8 PM. The Nova documentary, Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, already has […]

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Get off my lawn, you whipper-snappers!

Friday morning while doing some work in my office, I was treated to a discussion by the two hosts of a morning radio talk show. The talk was apparently prompted by a rather odd website, ihateyoungpeople.com, which asks: We want you to create a video of yourself explaining what you hate the most about young […]