Ethel Smith: tico tico (Hammond Organ)

Ethel Smith: tico tico (Hammond Organ) by mrjyn

This is one of the most impressive performances I've ever seen on a tone-wheel organ.

After the Crash has Come

Edit from 2011-07-07:

I just noticed that this post with no title, a short video, and 1,125 page views according to Blogger's internal stats was broken. Since I shared the video to multiple sources at the time, I'm going to replace the original PixelPipe embed with this one from YouTube! instead and fix the missing title. (Ok, so the title is search bait, but who cares.)

iPad Introduction as Captioned by Google

Here's the video of Apple's iPad introduction as captioned by Google's new YouTube! automatic captioning, via Engadget.

Fun With Fire

The following videos are from Friday Night Fun with some friends and fire. They show how it started and how it ended -- sort of.... Just watch them, and let me know what you think... Of my sanity and theirs. I have more extraneous footage, but I need to snip off a bit if I'm to post it via YouTube!.

Fire at Applebee’s

I sometimes wonder if perhaps drunkenness might be contagious. This was at the end of a long night at Applebee’s with a couple of my friends. None of us had any alcohol that night, and yet, at least one of us was acting plastered. It’s worth noting thought that he is from a family on non-smokers, so the debacle with the smoker’s outpost is at least partially understandable.

The napkin he was attempting to incinerate was soaked in oil lifted from the dynamite sauce that had come with our dinner. It’s a chili/lime sauce that is supposed to be similar to a mayonnaise, but sometimes the emulsion does not hold, leaving the unfortunate diner with a puddle of greasy globs of goo.

Musing About Medicine

Firstly, I will admit that this is an ad for an alternative-medicine book, but the numbers are mostly correct. Also, I've seen much of this first hand in my own health and healthcare. I have been on Norvasc to control my hypertension for some time now. It lost it's patent protection a few years ago, leading to the introduction of reasonably priced generics. To combat this, Pfizer introduced a combined drug called Caduet that includes both amlodipine (a.k.a. Norvasc) and a still-patented statin drug, Lipitor. This has led many doctors to prescribe Caduet instead of amlodipine and a statin separately, thereby preventing patients from having access to generics. Also, many doctors are prescribing Caduet as a preventative, despite the increase in cost and associated risks of statins. I know this was the case with my healthcare; I was prescribed Caduet despite not having any indications for statin use. Also, with my insurance, Caduet cost me over $70.00 USD. Whereas, the brand-name Norvasc cost about $20.00 USD. The real shock came when I was finally able to switch to generic amlodipine: $5.00 USD! All of this in the name of profit, not healthcare.

Live iPhone Coverage

Leo is streaming a grand total of twenty-four hours of live iPhone 2.0 coverage. Many wonder if he will break before it's over, but he's holding up quite well. You can view his live coverage here, and I'm live-streaming below. I admit that I lack much to say, but perhaps I'll garner a few views.

Media and Popular Opinion

This is in some ways a response to my last post, but even so, it stands well on its own. The video above raises some interesting points about the power of modern media to influence popular opinion in this nation. I'm still perturbed that Dr. Ron Paul has received as little attention in mainstream news as he has thus far. However, the dangers of being on the wrong side of the Media can be seen almost as clearly in the ongoing struggle between Senators Obama and Clinton. The comparison of Google Trends data and number of hits on YouTube! for various candidates does provide some interesting numbers to consider. A good Google Trends search here shows all of them together and restricted to searches from the US, within the last twelve months.

McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare

I never thought I liked McCain, so I didn't need much more reason to avoid him if at all possible. However, the contents of this video would have been enough to turn me against him even had I been out on the streets campaigning for him initially.

月蝕賑災視頻 - 愛與希望 (中國四川 512 地震)

I wish I could reed more of the Chinese in this video than just the date, but as stands, it's still a very touching tribute to the victims of the May twelfth earthquake in Sichuan province. My prayers and condolences go out to all those who have suffered in this tragedy. Also, my heartfelt thanks and congratulations to all those who were willing and able to rise to the cause and give of their time and substance to support those in this time of great need. If only the strength of the human spirit could continues to shine through times of joy as well as it does in times of sorrow.

Bea Arthur’s Birthday

Bea Arthur’s birthday was yesterday, and Best Week Ever put together this collection of great moments in Bea from YouTube clips in honor of it. All of them are worth watching, but I've decided to put my favorites here anyway.

A wonderful song about drugs:


Family:


The infamous Star Wars Christmas special:

Rock Out With Rockband

It's people like this that make me wary of playing online in games like these.

Benny Hinn: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

I don't know if I should find this offensive or not. However, given my history on both sides of the religious fence, I think everyone can benefit from this. Those who know the song probably won't find anything wrong with it; those who don't know the song or artist but do know Benny Hinn, will at most write it off as more of "those annoying young people." To be honest, I have no clue as to which side the creator was on when this was made, but it does have surprisingly good choreography. Also, the amount of time it would have taken to go through enough video from "This is Your Day" to get all of this is stunning!

Daft Bodies - Harder Better Faster Stronger

Ok, so it seems embedding is disabled on this video. That's why my attempt to post it directly from YouTube! failed... Anyway, for the last post to make sense, imagine I had posted an embedded version of this almost immediately before making my last post.

This is perhaps one of my favorite song by Daft Punk, and I cannot imagine anything better to accompany it that two sexy young women with boxes on their heads.

Daft Punk Hader Bodies (Male version) Harder Better Faster..

Ok, so no one can accuse me of being sexist or discriminatory, here's the same schtick with men this time. I just with I could follow the conversation at the end; my French (They are speaking French, right?) is horribly rusty. If anyone wants to transcribe what they're saying in the comments, I'd be more than thankful. Also, I have to give them credit for better cinematic construction; opening with something of a striptease is always a good way to catch and hold an audience's attention. Although, the font in the credits could have been chosen better -- such as something legible....

StopTheSpray.org

This video relates personal accounts of damage done by yet another abuse of governmental power in search of monetary gain. In previous generations, untold numbers of people and birds suffered due to DDT. This could be the tragedy of our generation.

Message to the Church of Scientology (Co$)

This video has been posted to YouTube! and Google Video many times, and it has been removed several. If the imbedded player above has ceased to function, please leave a comment letting me know so I may restore it with a functional copy. Also, I encourage you to download and spread this message further to all those interested in bringing an end to the evil reign of such a corrupt religion. Also, go watch this.

Valentine en Française

This is perhaps one of my favorite episodes of Mahalo Daily yet. I know it's one of the strangest...

Over a Barrel in Crysis

The good -- if sometimes bizarre -- folks over at Kotaku have stumbled across an interesting video showing the versatility of the physics engine in Crysis and the length to which some people will go once an idea gets in their heads -- not to mention how much spare time some of these people must have.

Leathal Legumes!

The following video is from "Killer Bean Forever," an independent, feature-length film in the works for the past four years. I certainly hope it succeeds; that would bring hope to independent filmmakers everywhere.



Killer Bean Forever - Official Trailer - video powered by Metacafe