Monday, February 9, 2009

Elizabeth Gilbert on genius | Video on TED.com

Elizabeth Gilbert on genius | Video on TED.com

Well, Im a big Elizabeth Gilbert fan. If you have read (or much better, listened to from Audible.com) the book Eat, Pray, Love, then you might find this little 20 minute talk of Elizabeth's at the TED conference to be interesting. I did....

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Auroraadvocate.com - Kaleidoscope: Big plants boosted Barberton growth

Auroraadvocate.com - Kaleidoscope: Big plants boosted Barberton growth

Interesting (to me at least) look at some of the history of Barberton, where I work, and a little bit on my company, Babcock and Wilcox.

2009 Grammy Performances - Mahalo

2009 Grammy Performances - Mahalo

I havent watched them yet, but here are all the grammy performances if you missed them live, like I did.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Check this out: Google has indexed the library of LIFE magazine photos. Some pretty cool stuff in here....

Viral Video Chart - Ellen DeGeneres ~ I Love Jesus But I Drink A Little (HQ)

Viral Video Chart - Ellen DeGeneres ~ I Love Jesus But I Drink A Little (HQ)

I'm not normally an "Ellen" watcher, but this is, as they say, "a stitch"

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

YouTube - MASCARA Speed Painting Bette Davis Eyes

YouTube - MASCARA Speed Painting Bette Davis Eyes

I know I have a son in Art school, and there are some pretty talented people around, but all the same this video just blows me away. I wonder how long it took to do in real time?

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Top Twitter User Rankings & Stats | Twitterholic.com

Top Twitter User Rankings & Stats | Twitterholic.com

Want to know who the most popular people to follow on Twitter are? (of course you do). Then check out this site for an update list of who has the most followers, and how often they "tweet"

Zinio | Home | Digital Magazines

Zinio | Home | Digital Magazines

So, paper magazines are dead (mostly). But this cool Zinio site has full electronic versions of a number of great magazines that are identical to the printed versions. You read them with a little program that runs on your PC. Great for me, because I travel all over and can read them anywhere. The image quality is great, you can zoom and search and follow links and print, and it's generally pretty neat. I get PC magazine, and its a great way to read it. They even have some of those annoying little pullout cards like the real magazines do!

Will Hall Music � TWiT.tv Audible Book Picks

Will Hall Music � TWiT.tv Audible Book Picks

Im a big Audible.com audio book listener (and you should be too), but one of the challenges each month is coming up with new books to get on my subscription plan (2 per month). Well, there are a number of Tech podcasts (like TWIT.COM) with really smart people on them that have Audible as their sponsor, and the podcast guests usually select a book to recommend. This website gathers all those recommendations up in one place, which is a really cool place to go to get ideas about what people are reading that is interesting.

Onexposure - 1x.com - In pursuit of the sublime

Onexposure - 1x.com - In pursuit of the sublime

If you're into browsing astonishing amateur photography, 1x is probably one of the best sites out there. I use it a lot to get "tips" by example, or, if I just want to be depressed about how poor my own photos are by comparison.

Pipl - People Search

Pipl - People Search

If you're ever looking to find an old chum, or perhaps stalk an old beau, or whatever, this service seems to come up with an amazing amount of information about people.

Watch Videos of America's Song

Watch Videos of America's Song

In case you haven't seen this video that Oprah's production company did, I recommend it. I think the spirit of service, patriotism, and engagement that the election of Obama seems to have fostered, particularly among artists, is pretty cool. I hope it lasts. Anyway, this, I think, is part of that positive spirit that is in the air.

- Z