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Chat Roulette Funny Piano Improv

Curt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:28 +0000

John Hodgman’s TED talk about aliens

Curt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:07:10 +0000

The latter half of the talk is actually paraphrased from his second book: More Information Than You Require.

New York City Tilt-shifted

Curt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:43:44 +0000

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

Computer Distractions

Curt — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:05:26 +0000

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The Known Universe

Curt — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:23:41 +0000

Want to feel small?

The UFO guy

Curt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:18:04 +0000

Bullet Impact at 1 million fps

Curt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:36:47 +0000

Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination

Curt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:24:09 +0000

Some people ask me “Why bother to collect old newspapers? If I want to read dry, boring history, I can just get a history book.” My answer to this is that even the best of history books leave out some mighty interesting aspects of historical events. The only way they can be re-discovered, is through reading original newspapers published during the time of the event. The assassination of president James Garfield in 1881 is a prime example of this.

Read the rest at HistoryBuff.com

Bless This Cell Phone

Curt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:14:21 +0000

Brian Ashcraft, from Kotaku, wrote this interesting piece for Wired about the process he went through to have his cellphone blessed by a Shinto priest.

I’ve come to the 1,270-year-old Kanda Shrine in Tokyo to purify and bless something very near and dear to me: my cell phone. I’ve had hellish luck with mobiles over the past year. I left one on a ride at Universal Studios Japan. Its successor suddenly—and mysteriously—died. The next one accompanied my pants into the washing machine, and its replacement went AWOL in less than a week. Divine intervention was needed, and pronto.

via Gadget Blessings: Shinto Priest Protects Electronics From Bad Mojo

John Hodgman at the Correspondents’ Dinner

Curt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:57:17 +0000

This man is a God!

via Publick Nuisance – Score One for the Home Team.