Copenhagen's bicycle ambassador talks about how important the bicycle is for livable cities and how bicycle helmets are threatening bicycle culture.

YouTube Description: What is the value of mainstream schooling? Why is it that some of the most high-profile and successful figures within the Western world openly admit to never having completed any... continue reading

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"Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic... continue reading

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(youtube) Complete with quotes from old "Not the Nine'O'Clock News" scripts, comedian Rowan Atkinson explains why he supports Reform Section 5. (Full speech.)

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 2 years 4 months ago • 2,256 views • 9:21

Awesome kinetic typography of an even more awesome speech by the master Bill Hicks.

posted by seltar 1 decade 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,336 views • 1:44

In this TED talk "Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion." Recorded in 2002.

posted by yoghurt 1 decade 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 3,290 views

(youtube) Dirt is Good. Especially when it's the result of your kids going out into the world to have fun, explore, learn and create. To illustrate this, we asked 3-times World champion sand artist, JooHeng... continue reading

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YouTube Description: "There has been an alarming rise in the number of times governments attempted to censor the internet in last six months"... "Many of these requests came from western democracies... continue reading

posted by messenger 1 decade 2 years 8 months ago • 1,015 views • 5:01

Some well shot images from the Montreal protest movements by university students. Filmed by universitv.tv, a student media outlet. You can clearly see the communication gap between the police force and... continue reading

posted by ravioli 1 decade 2 years 9 months ago • 1,116 views • 12:08

This deserves promotions. Likewise, Qualities. Nice to see an artist go onto youtube and make a video singing a song and sounding fantastic with no editing.

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YouTube Description: The Maldives are known as an unspoilt, paradise island destination for upmarket tourists but the BBC's Simon Reeve has paid a visit to a part of the Maldives that tourists do not... continue reading

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The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 decade 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 2,281 views • 2:20

This story is told in the book, "The Man Who Quit Money" by Mark Sundeen.

posted by zombieater 1 decade 2 years 10 months ago • 1,831 views • 3:35

From Youtube description... "Environmental devastation of the land, water, and air - the largest industrial energy project in the world is extracting crude oil from bitumen found beneath the pristine... continue reading

Hank tells us the story of his favorite genius lady scientist and radioactive superhero, Marie Curie.

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I’m having trouble dating this video (though the consensus is 1991), but I can tell you it’s from Video Arts, a UK e-learning company founded in 1972 by John Cleese and other “television professionals”.... continue reading

posted by RedSky 1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 4,179 views • 36:10

Google Maps is now available for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES). Availability in Google Store is TBD but you can try it on your browser by going to http://maps.google.com and clicking "Quest"... continue reading