Behind the Crisis: Eritrea’s Struggle To Survive
An interesting PBS documentary about Asmara and Eritrea in general. Enjoy.
February 1, 2011
Tags: PBS, video Posted in: Eritrea 
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Wikileaks ruins Christmas
The latest leak is up.
December 18, 2010
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Two linguists talk about language…
September 18, 2010
Tags: BENJAMIN ZIMMER, JOHN MCWHORTER, video Posted in: language, Linguistics No Comments
Right place, right time… (Olympic torch change)
I was walking up Robie St. today when I saw a large crowd gathering and a man dressed up in all white with a large stick in his hand. As it turned out he was there to receive the flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. So, I stopped and took a small video (sorry [...]
November 18, 2009
Tags: Olympic flame, Vancouver 2010, video Posted in: canada, world events No Comments
Trying to make a dollar out of 15¢…
Here is a funny clip of two things: 1) a man showing you how to make $3.75 out of $1 2) a professor giving his students a quick (and costly) lesson on the game theory of political lobbying. If you liked learning about “the prisoner’s dilemma” and other zero-sum thought experiments in school, you’ll love [...]
November 7, 2009
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Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) on a Magnetic Track
Wild. Just wild. Hmm… what would it take to make this for Halloween… (A similar, but more French, demonstration here) Hat tip: Starts with a bang
October 25, 2009
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I love strange and weird movies
I saw a trailer on the Internet for a movie called “Tokyo!“. It is done by three different directors, but the only one I recognize is Michel Gondry from his odd, bizarre and groovy animations. In keeping to form, this movie looks just as odd and freaky as his other works… I should enjoy it. [...]
March 25, 2009
Tags: Michel Gondry, Tokyo!, video Posted in: film No Comments
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