"The idea came to me in a dream I had this morning. I didn't really like how the classic Sesame Street "Ladybug's Picnic" song (a staple from my childhood) was performed on the new stop-motion version... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 57 secs

Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 388 views • 4:28

Cutting down some leaning trees at a friends house. These cedar trees were healthy but too close for comfort and one was leaning. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with something like this, do... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,785 views • 7:59

He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,029 views • 2:34

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month ago • 812 views • 14:23

Sadly, I too remember Ivan the gorilla. YouTube: Responding to the shooting of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, Bill Nye says the treatment of animals in zoos is plainly unethical. Yet zoos do have... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 61 views • 7:37

To quote her own presentation: - Our fears about debt and deficits are driven by an outdated gold standard ideology - Money is not a finite "thing" - Deficits can be too big or too small - The goal... continue reading

posted by radx 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 278 views • 1:18:38

YouTube: Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 71 views • 13:31