Friday, November 24, 2017

Galaxy Song - Monty Python Live in O2 Arena.

I was going to write a Facebook post about how absurd it all seems to
me, that we live on a big rock, rotating at 1037 miles an hour (less
as you move away from the equator), going around the Sun at 67,000
MPH, and moving around the galaxy at unfathomable speed, and all of
this is like a grain of sand on the beach of an immense cosmic ocean
that is forever expanding at an ever accelerating rate.

However, this video expresses it much better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqBThWK8rqE

Saturday, November 4, 2017

The Star Wars Suite - The Danish National Symphony

I could listen to this for hours.

How Bill Gate Made Microsoft

Not sure if you would like this or not.  The documentary is about 18 years old.  So it is a little out of date.  Much of the information is available in other places.  Nevertheless, I found it pretty interesting, but these kinds of things always interest me.



Tuesday, October 31, 2017

This Is How The Chinese See America


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​P.S.  The  movie "Take Shelter" is on its way from Netflix.​  I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

The Rise and Fall of Peter Molyneux

This 4 and 1/2 part video is over 3 hours long.  Still, I found it very fascinating.  I just kept watching one part after another.


​It just shows how difficult the game business is.​

​I think that Peter Molyneux's problem is that he tried to design games while he wrote them.  He seemed to start games without a clear idea where he was going.​

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Solving Traffic

Got into some serious traffic problems in Greenwood today, including passing an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl.

There is a Diverging Diamond Interchange in Greenwood close to where I live.  I like it, and and I like Traffic Circles (roundabouts) because they are more efficient.


I saw Ramp Meters in Salt Lake City and Chicago, and I always hated them because they make you wait to get on the highway, but perhaps they help traffic.

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong

If you have any interest in science, here is a recent hour long video that explains what quantum field theory is, in an easy to understand and entertaining way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVQfWC_evg

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017