Tag Archives: videos

Oh, the Places You’ll Go (at Burning Man)

Based on Dr. Seuss’s final book before his death, this is a story about life’s ups and downs, told by the people of Burning Man 2011.

Facts are expensive, invaluable really

As the category for this post suggests, here is something done well: an RSA speech by Timothy Garton Ash. “Against every post-modernist in the world, Timothy Garton Ash maintains that there are facts, and that establishing them is both a political and a moral imperative – and an aesthetic one, too.”

Rick’s Web cam of the Japan Quake

My friend Rick, who lives in Tokyo, switched on his Web cam when things started to shake in Japan two days ago. Here’s the resultant video. There are quite a few videos floating around that show much more stunning imagery than Rick’s apartment wall and chair moving around, but for me at least it really …

iFantastic – Atomic Tom rockin the iPhone

Sometimes you see something inspiring that just sort of makes you go, “Ah hell, this work will still be here tomorrow — I need to go play some music.” If you’re outside of China, I’m sure if you just search YouTube for “atomic tom iphone” you’ll find this video.

Video: How To Be Alone

The following is a beautiful poetic video by Halifax poet/performer Tanya Davis (filmed, edited and animated by Andrea Dorfman). I caught the following video on MSN’s video site (which streams surprisingly fast here in China). Unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to embed all videos, and I couldn’t find this on Vimeo either — so YouTube …

Amazing: Blu’s Big Bang Big Boom

Between work and new daddyhood, I’ve still not much time to make some proper updates on here… but this is amazing: As seen on Wooster Collective, h/t to Ric.

WoW WTF…

Though I consider myself a gamer (I’ve got an afternoon of Neverwinter Nights planned for today) and have played most all of Blizzard’s early stuff, I never got into WoW. It appears I’ve been missing out. I have no idea what a “guild” is, but this is the most amusing thing I’ve seen in a …

Playing For Change: One Love

My mom sends me LOTS of e-mail forwards. Some are hilarious, some are retarded, and some are just super fantastic. This is the latter. Here’s the song that kicked it all off: Be sure to check out Playing For Change‘s Web site. They’ve got a bunch more episodes.

They’re going to bring out their dragons…

I’ve been up to my elbows all week polishing up Lost Laowai in both design and features, and so haven’t had much chance to update on here. However, it’s officially the weekend, and I’m in the mood for some Olympic-sized funnies: The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap? Every time she says that “Oh, they’re …