cerebus805

Long overdue, newer stuff at the bottom:

I have finally posted the photos and videos from The Great Oregon Rail Car Adventure. You'll need to be my "friend" before being able to view these. I did put together a compilation video that I will make available somewhere.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14714224@N05/sets/72157622930559044/
(photos)

Hey you, atheist, speak out!
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070625/aronson
(article)

What's your secret?
http://vimeo.com/7920691

ST: TNG but twisted good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU

The original Marshmallow Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW1vpz1ybo
The mature version:
http://tinyurl.com/yzaa9tf

Can you follow this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f5bcn_z0Qg
(animated music video)

Champions of the New World Order
http://vimeo.com/941446
(video)

Canadian Tar Sands Oil >> Very, Very Bad
http://vimeo.com/7408834
(video)

New Year's Good Things:

Old Man & the Sea
http://vimeo.com/7915336
(animated music video)

David Fonseca sings Last Christmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHxahjt741k
(solo music video)

San Francisco 1958:
http://vimeo.com/6337228
(home movie set to music)

Cool Sci-Fi short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk
(video)

Hope your New Year is fine and good.

We all know that I'm not a big fan of imaginary friends or sky gods. I am a fan of music, hard work and creativity, and I really enjoy these home x-mas light shows:
http://vimeo.com/440868
http://vimeo.com/435084
http://vimeo.com/2569187
http://vimeo.com/2568667
http://holdman.com/christmas/
Carson Williams' display from 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
(video)

One day we'll get our power from wind and solar and stop sending a vast portion of our wealth to the oil states of the Persian Gulf and be able to build this kind of nifty stuff again. Yea, I know, I'm a dreamer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD69C0y6_J0
(video)

Cool short film:
http://vimeo.com/7264725
(video)

Sinfest
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3352
(comic)

Mark Growden plays the handlebars:
http://vimeo.com/1951450
http://markgrowden.org/

Mandelbulb 3D fractals:
http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html
(page)

Nifty useless information tracking marine traffic:
http://marinetraffic.com/ais/
(page)

Science & Atheist related shirt suggestions:
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/i_need_your_help_picking_out_a.php
(blog)

The story of coffee:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/coffee
(comic)

Ok, I like the message and Carl Sagan is one of my heroes, but this Auto-Tune stuff is getting a bit annoying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
(music video)

And on that note, lets Auto-Tune the News!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvV4sSaWYgo
(video)

Save the insurance companies:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance-companies-psa
(video)

Tax the gas, man:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/20friedman.html?_r=1
(article)

Another Cloud Reel:
http://vimeo.com/6601409
(time lapse)

Artificial Paradise:
http://vimeo.com/6132324
(wow)

Tom the Dancing Bug:
http://images.salon.com/comics/boll/2009/09/24/boll/story.jpg
(comic)

Here's a pretty amusing response to one of those evolution deniers. I'm thinking a field trip to the Stanford Campus to collect a few of these will be in order. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHN3JtyUXg
(video)

My hero of the moment, Barney Frank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8
(video)

Spork, The Afterlife:
http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork=20050610 <http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork=20050610> >
(comic)

Vortex cannon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyAyd4WnvhU
(video)

A comic discovery; Spork:
http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork=20080924 <http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork&date=20080924>
http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork=20090527 <http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=spork&date=20090527>
(comic)

Auto-Tune The News:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Psfn6iOfS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAfQhQJOquA
(video)

Not so funny, Tom The Dancing Bug:
http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2009/08/06/boll/story.jpg
(comic)

Soup Dumplings like you've never scene:
http://vimeo.com/5758269
http://vimeo.com/5764616
(animation)

Gratuitous Kitten Porn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWtEPCd1s4
(video)

First black holes simulated at SLAC:
http://today.slac.stanford.edu/feature/2009/black-hole-sim.asp
(computer animation)

Just in case you're confused about single payer vs. national health care:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/08/not-all-socialist-countries-are-alike.html
(blog)

Eclectic Method with a John Hughes tribute:
http://vimeo.com/6060738
(video)

Monogrenade
http://vimeo.com/5587639
(music video)

Simon's Cat 'Fly Guy'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qHVVbYG8Y
(animation)

Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa (live acapella):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw&
(video)

The Falcon:
http://current.com/items/90474333_the-falcon.htm
(stop motion animation)

Thermite & Propane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTlLQRPVPA&NR=1
(video)

XKCD:
http://xkcd.com/610/
(comic)

Subway Magnetics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STnNmX2gT78
(video)

I've been trying to remember the name of this song for months. Now you've got it in your head:
http://tinyurl.com/ml49kt
(video)

HFCS & Fructose = Bad
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=101026§ionid=3510210
(blurb)
...in rats (this is why it is good to check sources and really doubt blurbs) The results may prove true in humans, or not:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716113247.htm
(article)

What soda does in 60 minutes:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=39032
(blurb)

Skating roller coasters:
http://www.likecool.com/Adrenaline_junkie_skates--Sport--Gear.html
(page)

Movits! Swedish swing-rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5kWN_q3iI
(music video)

And lastly, homage:
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3037
(comic)

Juplaya our LFCT, was truly inspiring this year. The conversion of Cooter to a Sail Barge worked out really well:
http://tinyurl.com/kmfctv
The pretty little girl is happy with her ride. ;)

We also put up my 30' tower, the tallest pole erected on the Playa. Kevin's four red stop lights were the brightest lights out there too. This made it easy to find your way home at night.
http://tinyurl.com/nqq4e4

Sunset in nowhere:
http://tinyurl.com/lrcv7v

Frog bat dies:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldwithin/3695867204/

Kevin's Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27206415@N00/sets/72157621105805732/

Rob's Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayhem/sets/72157620947189633/

Mikest's Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikest/sets/72157620950340691/

Liz's Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/netzard/sets/72157620934488125/

Nobody Scores!
http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=511
(comic)

Interesting oil news (from Kurth):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8118721.stm
(news)

Interactive art
http://vimeo.com/5261534
(video)

Some very good photography, Mic Mojo:
http://www.micmojo.com/
(website)

Off to Black Rock for the weekend's festivities. We'll be playing with fire and fireworks and enjoying the hot springs. You all have a fine weekend yourselves. :)
http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/
(page)

Awkward Family Photos. Page 22:
http://www.stanford.edu/~thorin/FunnyStuff/FamilyPhotos.pdf
(slide show)

Traditional marriage explained:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw
(video)

If you weren’t hungry before you watch this, you will be after. Slow food done right:
http://tinyurl.com/mf8gs9
(narrated slide show)

Our Lady of Tamale, a rockumentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ulLQRBOek
(video)

Photoshop art:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SCUlW5F2ApI/AAAAAAAAQno/jcemDyo_rAw/s1600/15.jpg
(photo)

Sinfest:
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3213
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3214
(comic)

PVP
http://www.pvponline.com/2009/06/22/taking-initiative/
(comic)

The greatest syllable ever told (Thanks Ray):
http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/film/khaan-the-greatest-syllable-ev-1/
(video)

"How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are Actually the Same Movie"
http://tinyurl.com/nqhetd
(article)

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics=1559
(comic)

WayLay:
http://www.salon.com/comics/lay/2009/06/26/lay/
(comic)

Pulsejet bicycle:
http://www.youtube.com/d14653
(video)

“Home” Lots of great images of amazing landscapes. The message is not anything I didn’t know, but very powerful nonetheless:
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject
(video)

A happy little ditty hatin' on the haters. :) NSFW lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV26OMSb_VQ
(video)

Well now, a taco you can't refuse:
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=3359e066f592f5f443c22778859d2244&w=900.0
(comic)

Cool Stop Motion animation "Sorry I'm Late"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7OOWKSe40
(video)

"Area teens caught displaying warmth and affection!" or why mainstream media is bad:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/28/hug_threat/
(commentary)

Be one with your inner geek. Yes, I bought one for myself. :)
http://www.likecool.com/brand-Home-Clock.html
(photo)

Girl Genius in Furry Steampunk. Mmm _sexay_ ;)
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090605
(comic)

Brian Greene on String Theory:
http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html
(video)

A good read on a lock picking expert:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/ff_keymaster?currentPage=1
(article)

Good reading on female orgasm from New Scientist:
http://tinyurl.com/r76t3c
(article)

Pointless Machine:
http://www.wimp.com/pointlessmachine/
(video)

I'd need to look at the data, but I'm not surprised. Atheist nations more peaceful:
http://bhascience.blogspot.com/2009/06/atheist-nations-are-more-peaceful.html
(blog)

Two TED talks by Richard Dawkins. The first is on militant atheism:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.html
(~30 min video)
And the second is on our "queer" universe:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/richard_dawkins_on_our_queer_universe.html
(~20 min video)

This Modern World:
http://images.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/05/19/tomo/story.jpg
(comic)

Whack-A-Kitty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_udqEp_YR4
(video)

I really like the idea of redesigning US currency. This set is my favorite. I like the idea of each bill having language from the bill of rights. I also like the fact that they remain greenbacks with a stripe of color, and that the $1 bill goes away in favor of a coin.
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/dollar-redeign-michael-tyznik
(blog)
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/5440/money-design-and-history.html
(original greenback art)

Last Day Dream:
http://vimeo.com/4155700
(video)

Cookie Machine by Discograph:
http://vimeo.com/4614132
(music video)

Houston Star Party Galaxy Rising:
http://vimeo.com/4505537
(video)

Car falls into pieces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe_P4XkQssw
(video)

Kama Sutra Balloons (NSFW?):
http://lobachev.tv/kama/
(animation)

Ok you science geeks, here's a paper written and presented by a co-worker. There's a lot of pretty pictures showing how a klystron works and some of what I've been working on for the last two years:
http://www.stanford.edu/~thorin/WPD/TU4RAI02.pdf
(pdf file)

Oh my. I'm not normally one for the whole gun shooting thing, but this is something I thought was great. Especially the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-WhKgNNKWU
(video)

This brought big smiles today, Sweet Georgia Brown with Tractor:
http://fschnell.net/WordPress/?p=1094
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU (longer version)
(video)

LCLS Turns On:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/april22/laser-042209.html
(article)

Cats are dumb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhLQCYQ-nQ
(video)

1:10 scale Saturn V launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg
(video)

"Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor." -Teddy Roosevelt
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/27/newsweek/index.html
(blog article)

Carrie Fisher roast George Lucas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0
(video)

Constitutional Crazy Quilt:
http://emilyduffyart.blogspot.com/2008/09/constitutional-crazy-quilt.html
(blog)