Adam sent this to me back at the beginning of December. It ends up being a plug for presidential candidate Ron Paul, but most of it is the history of the Star Spangled Banner which I found really interesting:

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Okay, I'll admint to being a total geek.

And there are probably some people who are going to watch this video and think, "So what."

Having prefaced it with that, I think this is super-cool, and offers a neat explanation of how 3D Games and Television may develop in the future.

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Jonathan and I were actually at the Mercury Cafe the night 23 Skidoo performed this dance. (In fact, the guy in the white shirt a little to the left with his back to the camera - that's Jonathan.) This recording is of their practice before the largest swing dance competition in the world. They competed and WON with this routine. Check it out; it's amazing how fast they move!

Hey everyone!

My friend Renee sent this video to me today with shadow puppets performing "What a Wonderful World."

I thought it was great, so sharing it here.

Enjoy!

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I was reading this article about the "mysteries of the brain" and decided to share one small part of it here.

Hundred-yard dashes begin with a gunshot rather than a strobe light because your brain can react more quickly to a bang than to a flash. Yet as soon as we get outside the realm of motor reactions and into the realm of perception (what you report that you saw and heard), the story changes. When it comes to awareness, the brain goes through a good deal of trouble to synchronize incoming signals that are processed at very different speeds.

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I recently lost a filling with part of a tooth, which is probably what ultimately led me to watch this video.

Wouldn't it be so cool to be able to have the body grow back part of itself? I mean, we should be able to do this anyway. Imagine going to the dentist and instead of drilling to put a hole in your tooth, so that they can fill it with whatever a filling is made out of, they drill and put in a gel. They seal over the top of that with a material to protect it, and they tell you to be careful about chewing on that side for a couple of weeks.

Within weeks, the hole is filled, and within a month or two, you basically have a new tooth.

How cool will it be when that is available?

Watch below.

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Beatboxing on a tuba

The whole video is worth it, but it really gets cool about 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

Might have to turn up the volume slider in YouTube's player to hear it.

So cool what creative people come up with.

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I found this idea really neat.

You know how if you put a hole at the bottom of a bucket, the water will naturally create a whirlpool to drain out of the hole at the bottom of the bucket?

Somebody came up with an idea to use the same concept for generating electricity. Fascinating!

http://blog.hasslberger.com/2007/06/water_vortex_drives_power_plan.html

Most of you know that I play the flute, and have for years. Some of you know that I love the original Ninendo Super Mario Brothers game. What would happen if you put the two together?

This is absolutely amazing.