The University of California, Santa Cruz has a banana slug as its mascot, and the School of Engineering has a Cyberslug as its personal mascot. So of course, the robotics folks used their laser cutter... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 1,782 views

This is one of my favorite TED talks. Since I saw it a few months ago, I've told, literally, more than 100 people about it in real life. It surprised me that it wasn't already on the sift. The whole... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 4,333 views

Dailymotion.com had this as their front page for their German site. A moody original piece about a futuristic janitor who controls day and night. Wolfram Gruss is known for eclectic electronic music... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 4,112 views • 10:38

I was looking for a couple of videos to show how beautiful savannah cats are. I know other videos show cats fetching, but the coloration on this fellow is so pretty. There is another savannah here: http://www.videosift... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 810 views

Luscious Jackson were a 90's band that was the first band put out on the Beastie Boys "Grand Royal" label. Their first gigs were opening for the Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill. They wrote their own music... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 289 views

Luscious Jackson were a 90's band that was the first band put out on the Beastie Boys "Grand Royal" label. Their first gigs were opening for the Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill, and if I am not mistaken,... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 269 views

I post this even though I am mildly disappointed in the video: I have this song on my ipod right now, and I always hear it as her singing to a woman, not to a man. You see,I always assumed, listening... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 313 views

In the 1970's, Firesign Theater was very popular on college campuses. Small quotations from them (such as, "They think he's insane, yet he outranks them. His option: COMMAND!")were shouted across classrooms... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,124 views

Live Chicago S-Stage 1976. The Pretender (the follow-on album to "Late for the Sky," which was the album this song was on) was just released.

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 382 views

in 1994, MTV had a comedy sketch show called "The State." The stars of Reno 911 were on it, as well as several others. Several of the skits made me laugh hard enough to hurt myself. I often felt guilty... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 15,668 views

Jonathan Coulton releases his songs under the Creative Commons Attribution noncommercial license and encourages people to make videos to them. I've seen some that come from games, but they are always... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 409 views

This is one of my favorite songs of theirs, and this is a particularly nice live version starting with Flea doing some handstanding grandstanding... I have a real soft spot for John Frusciante, and I... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,037 views

Sisterhood is powerful...This video always makes me think of the Maya Angelou Poem: PHENOMENAL WOMAN Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size ... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 414 views

I've had a complete fascination with these tiny houses for a while now. I have fantasies about finding some land in the woods and puting a collection of tiny houses on them for a small community. I love... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 3 weeks ago • 3,511 views

I love No FX, and I see none on the sift. These guys are fantastic live, and this is one of the few songs that the non-fan might know. He spent fifteen years getting loaded Fifteen years 'till his liver exploded ... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 4,830 views

This is pretty blistering, and it's one hell of a rant. I can't wait to hear Fox news spitting about this. Oblermann says that many of the acts of the Bush administration are understandable in the light... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,787 views

I loved this movie; I hope any of you who get a chance will see it. Promo: From one of the most original filmmakers comes a brilliant and unique documentary which interconnects the stories of four eccentric... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 3 weeks ago • 2,306 views

From the Youtube submitter: A group of Bottlenose Dolphin feed on schools of mullet in a tidal creek near Cedar Key, Florida. The dolphins employ a unique strategy in capturing their prey. Each dolphin... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,074 views

Some stadium lights in New York City needed to be moved, and there were Quaker Parrots nesting there, so the department of animal control came out and had a huge rescue operation to get all the babies... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,197 views

From the YouTube submitter: Take a mind-blowing tour of our galaxy's most beautiful nebulae, immense interstellar clouds of gas and dust. The images are mostly from Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nas... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 1,625 views