Leonard Nimoy (Spock) – Music Video

—Leonard Nimoy (Spock) – Music Video (YouTube) Watching this video caused me so much deep pain that the only way I could relieve it was to share it with you. You will probably feel either filthy or angry after watching it. Similar:English Is the Language of Science. That Isn't Always a Good ThingEnglish speakers tend to…

Donut Robot of Love 2000

My robot came configured to make 384 donuts per hour automatically. —Donut Robot of Love 2000 (adw3345) How can you not read something that includes a lead like that? Via MeFi. Similar:Why Twitter’s Dying (And What You Can Learn From It)Someone who thought Twitter was da bomb,…BusinessGround-nesting Yellowjacket WaspsWhile my 16yo son was mowing the lawn…

Dumb Azz Burglars, A MUST SEE WMV

—Dumb Azz Burglars, A MUST SEE WMV (YouTube) Do not — I repeat, NOT — drink milk while watching this, for it will shoot out your nose. This one is also kind of cute, though it’s too long. Similar:Harvard Science Historian Publishes Results of Unprecedented 30-Year Census of Copernican …”Catholic church authorities were disple…HistoryCNN Holds Morning…

2 things I hate about Firefox 2.0

You know, I’ve loved Firefox for a long, long time. I can’t live without my tabbed browsing, I’m literally lost without it, but with Firefox 2.0 someone at Mozilla has totally dropped the ball when it comes to the most compelling feature I use Firefox for, and that’s the tabs feature. —Duncan Riley —2 things…

When Should You Tell, Not Show?

Writers are always beaten over the head with the admontion “Show, don’t tell.” It’s not bad advice by any means. Often it’s pretty good advice. But, I know there are times when you should tell instead. For instance, in my Nanowrimo, I appreciate the word inflation, but I’m well aware that no one actually wants…

EL405 Students Tackle Blender's ''Gus'' Tutorial

EL405 Students Tackle Blender’s ”Gus” Tutorial (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) My New Media Projects students got into small groups and walked through my Flash version of Blender’s “Gus” animation tutorial. It looks like Blender3D saves some temporary files in such a way that the lab computer’s security restrictions cause some issues, because two of the student groups…

Still Not the News: Stations Overwhelmingly Fail to Disclose VNRs

Video news releases are pre-packaged broadcast segments designed to look like television news stories, that are funded by and scripted for corporate or government clients. (See “Fake TV News: Introduction.”) On April 6, 2006, the Center for Media and Democracy released a comprehensive report detailing TV newsrooms’ use of VNRs. The report, “Fake TV News:…

Best Invention: YouTube

Having started with a single video of a trip to the zoo in April of last year, YouTube now airs 100 million videos–and its users add 70,000 more–every day. What happened? YouTube’s creators had stumbled onto the intersection of three revolutions. First, the revolution in video production made possible by cheap camcorders and easy-to-use video…

Whack-A-Moliere

Whack-A-Moliere (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) I made this with cleverpig.com’s Whack-A-Pig tutorial. Similar:The Bill That Could Save College Students $1,200 a YearFaculty who need to publish for professi…AcademiaHow Star Wars was saved in the editI learned a lot while watching this vide…AestheticsFrazetta's "A Princess of Mars" painting sells for $1.2 million at auctionI’ve read about 11 of…