April 22, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
This made me feel good.
Thanks Esther!
UPDATE: Here’s some background info on the song in case you wanted to know.
From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled the globe.
The Playing For Change CD
December 12, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
I came across a wonderfully weird YouTube find today and I don’t quite know how to describe it to you all. So instead of trying, I’ll just point you over to TenchiAbel’s YouTube member page so that you can go ahead and view the videos that belong to that account.
Inside, I’ve included some videos as an example of why this might possibly be the funniest and weirdest YouTube channel I’ve ever come across. As my brother Norman said, it’s like the entire channel is meant for people who are learning English (with the exception of some videos). I watched almost all of the videos and it seems to me like the videos are part of a series showing exchange students in different countries coping with their new environments. Regardless of where it comes from, these dubbed videos are so awkward in terms of timing, sentence structure, and production quality. Watch all of the videos on the YouTube channel and you’ll know what I mean.
And one more thing, those Korean/English cartoons are truly bizarre (I didn’t post any after the fold, but you can see them on the YouTube channel’s page).
Anyway, check inside to see some of my personal picks. I’d save these to send to friends when they’re feeling down. If these were sent to me I’d get a kick out of them each time.
October 1, 2008 @ 12:43 am
I like galleries of silly things, so here’s a great collection of air hand dryers from around the world. [via]
This reminds me of something I’ve been meaning to do for several weeks now. In one of the buildings that I go to class in, The New School has installed one of those high-pressure hand dryers in the men’s toilet and it works like a charm. It literally blows so hard that my skin ripples from the air pressure. I’ll try to get a video of it or something this week.
January 20, 2008 @ 12:42 am
I was cleaning up my bookmarks and I once again paid a visit to Simple Weather and found out that they now do international weather. I don’t know when this change was implemented, but the last time I visited the site they only did US weather. But this is a welcome addition for sure.
If you haven’t been there before, Simple Weather is pretty much the cleanest and most direct form of weather information you can get. Enter in a location and it’ll bring up results that instantly show you all the vital information you need such as temperature, sunrise/sunset, current conditions, and a brief look at the next 5 days’ forecast.
In a nutshell, Simple Weather gives you a no-hassle look at weather. It’s a site that’s worth bookmarking and making as your “home” page.
Here’s a sample look at what the results show.
