I see the stars have been shining on the both of us recently

Gratzizzle to the conizzle, yo!

I do my best

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
Anytime bud, you sift quality stuff!

In reply to this comment by hpqp:
thank you!

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
*quality because it is absolute beauty.

Miss you, Carl.

Thank ye kindly!

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote

thank you!

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
*quality because it is absolute beauty.

Miss you, Carl.

I found this movie highly entertaining, and then I saw the trailer:

No offence taken, sorry if I gave that impression. Also, congrats on going diamond!

In reply to this comment by marinara:
nothing personal hppq. just don't tell me something is good when i pretty much know it is bullshit.

http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/acatalog/Books.html

look at the materials they are publishing;
the first on the list is a book that purports to combat islamists by training people to use the english language to not reinforce stereotypes about the muslim countries.

they would have you replace the word:

‘Muslim’ (country) or ‘non-Muslim’ (country), it may be more
appropriate to talk of ‘Muslim-majority’ or ‘predominantly Muslim’ countries

thanks for the tips!

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
I figure it'll get a bit more attention with a pretty icon image instead of the generic vimeo one (sifty just can't work them out). It's actually really easy to get them from vimeo though, because when you open the vid on vimeo the icon will always be in the list on the RHS, so you right click and copy image location and the url's right there in your cut buffer ready to put in on the modify details screen. I haven't worked out all the other providers though, sometimes I end up doing a screen grab :
In reply to this comment by hpqp:
Thanks for sprucin' up my post oritteropo! :

not in my opinion, nope. There are some fairly harmless ones though, like Jainisim, but any belief system that relies on superstitious beliefs is no good in my books.

In reply to this comment by Lawdeedaw:
Just curious, are there any good "religions" out there in your opinion? I am not sure because my well has been poisoned.

Merci!

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
*quality

I love how stupid the girl in pink sounds.

Hi, you might find this amusing:

http://videosift.com/video/Men-you-are-living-under-a-gynocracy

You're welcome! I liked the Palmer cover but did not find it particularly awe-inspiring (perhaps I've seen too many Radiohead covers like that). Thanks for the Gallifrey link, not only did I discover a beautiful piece of cinema music, but now am tempted to watch Doctor Who... (wait, should I really be thanking you for that? )

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Thanks for the quality

I might have one or two others for your playlist, although I'm a little concerned that you might think they belong in "covers that hurt your ears", or covers that scream "what were they thinking!!!"?

http://videosift.com/video/Amanda-Palmer-Fake-plastic-trees
http://videosift.com/video/This-Is-The-Kit-Jealous-Guy
http://videosift.com/video/Nouvelle-Vague-Just-Can-t-Get-Enough
http://videosift.com/video/This-Is-Gallifrey-Murray-Gold-Piano-Cover

In reply to this comment by hpqp:
This is truly beautiful. Double props for reinterpreting one of the most covered/remixed songs in recent music history and being so awesome at it.

The quality of this video has given me an idea for a playlist: http://videosift.com/playlists/hpqp/Awe-inspiring-covers

Thanks and thanks! Also, I am definitely still a newbie to most of the Sift tools

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
As silver stars, we can add a thumbnail to any video which doesn't have one using the "update thumbnail" link above the embed. findthumb can help, since if it fails it can remove the thumb and let us add the thumbnail as above.

For our own videos, we can update the thumbnail of any embed using the modify video link... but for this one, your best bet is to put the link in a comment to bb2 with a "hey, please take my excellent thumbnail image for your video" note.

Of course, as a fellow newbie(edit, I take that back, you've been around a while even if you've only had a star for a short time), my understanding is probably only slightly ahead of yours.

Also, congrats on the silver
In reply to this comment by hpqp:
*findthumb=[http://www.prankies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/action.jpg]

edit: bummer, I still don't get how the thumbing works

It is indeed. It's a pity that some very sound advice (especially the first scenario) is drowned in sexist fear-mongering.

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
Thanks! I fixed it but it went to dead pool anyways. It's a pretty interesting video though isn't it?

In reply to this comment by hpqp:
Here's a fix for the girls beware vid (uploaded it myself )

edit: ...and apparently did so for no reason, since it was still on youtube (but managed to evade my searches!):

http://youtu.be/heRvRYGX6Rk

Here's a fix for the girls beware vid (uploaded it myself )

edit: ...and apparently did so for no reason, since it was still on youtube (but managed to evade my searches!):

http://youtu.be/heRvRYGX6Rk

this might interest you: http://religion.videosift.com/talk/Dare-we-criticize-Islam