{"id":6708,"date":"2011-01-21T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2015-11-17T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T22:16:19","slug":"some-more-many-videos-for-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/some-more-many-videos-for-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"some (more) [many] videos for your soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>with all the new snow outside I&#8217;m going to start with a sledding video, and also comment that this is <strong>WHY DOGS RULE!<\/strong> Cats simply don&#8217;t have the gusto to compete with this:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSrirDNwEVM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>60 second Fight Club &#8211; not only does it summarize the movie adaptation, but the characters are also spot-on!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7EYdpgedxs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the BBC&#8217;s upcoming web-exclusive series. this &#8230; looks &#8230; AWESOME:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2HiUMlOz4UQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>camera strapped &#8211; looking at the shooter &#8211; to a traditional Korean archer&#8217;s arrow:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1fHsZ8F0x4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nthen this white dude made a &#8216;wide angle&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=V3GhWbrGikI\">video response<\/a> &#8211; I like the Korean guy more!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see this kid in a battle with the next video stars:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6XLswqiX0s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nhim versus them:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhMepzqJvIw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nand yes, they are a &#8220;them&#8221; because, oh I&#8217;m not going to get into a critique about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/OPINION\/01\/20\/borger.palin.fatigue\/index.html\">Palin Fatigue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>meanwhile, in Capitalist Russia&#8230; I love how fearless these dudes are:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsXgwR6qhPc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>this one has been making the rounds &#8211; it&#8217;s long, but it&#8217;s really worth it, it&#8217;s LSD research conducted in the 1950s, and caught on film:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5d4wWGK4Ig?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>parrot dubstep dancing (if you&#8217;re reading, this one&#8217;s for you Shalin!):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CgT4N0zU1M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ketchup Race &#8230; GO!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_C3D0rcFXrY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nFAIL!<\/p>\n<p>most things about NYC tourism are pretty trite. but every now and then you stumble upon something, someone, a group or an act, that really is a gem. I haven&#8217;t seen these fellas but I can imagine it&#8217;s a good time:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3uPdcvrr_xE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and lastly, last year at the World Maker Faire I curated Dan Perrone&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danperrone.com\/\">Uokahd (tapelake)<\/a> sculpture into the exhibition, and many kids and even young adults where completely baffled by the use of audio tape &#8211; if there wasn&#8217;t a screen attached they couldn&#8217;t comprehend it. They definitely couldn&#8217;t understand how the tape had audio on &#8220;both sides&#8221; or how magnetism was employed &#8211; now watch these kids in Montreal (sorry, it&#8217;s in French) get baffled by floppy disks, even gameboys (ARE WE THAT OLD?):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdSHeKfZG7c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nwhich is funny because a couple days ago I got a free ZIP DRIVE at a tech-swap &#8211; I still have 15 or so zip disks that I&#8217;m trying to get the data off them! 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