Again, the basics are all that is needed to get your lazy asses off the food grid, and rid the skyline of colorful, diseased marquis. Envisioning a world where fast-food is as putrifiing in the minds of... continue reading

posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,616 views

Taylor Mali is an American slam poet and high school teacher. His most popular poems include "What Teachers Make", "Like Lily Like Wilson" and "The the Impotence of Proofreading". Mali has appeared in... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 7,308 views • 3:03

"A Will Wright interview on Gamespot has that Mr Sims guy saying some clever stuff about Go, not having a degree, and amplifying imagination."

posted by Krupo 1 decade 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,845 views

An interesting interview with my favorite Food Network star talking about taking a plunge and making one's vision come true. A good look behind how Alton Brown became the star he is now.

posted by Sketch 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 1,853 views

The inimitable Anthony Bourdain talks about his life and career. This is long, but well worth watching (and the audio quality is really bad at the start but it improves at around the four minute mark).

posted by Sarzy 1 decade 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,132 views

AB's take on Pizza.

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,458 views

Former President Clinton's 'review' of Robert Wright's book, Non Zero.

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 6 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 4,097 views

6-minute Trailer for a PBS profile on Pete Seeger. Absolutely inspiring. --- Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), better known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and a key figure in the... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,029 views

Einstein and Mycrofthomlz have something in common: They're both physicists. Unfortunately that is where their commonalities end. WAY end.

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 2,274 views

Words JFK spoke over 40 years ago need to be drilled into the President's head today. That is, if anything can penetrate a skull denser than a black hole.

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,252 views

What a brilliant concept...Nonprofit recycles 'obsolete' computer equipment. Side effects: less waste, crossing the digital divide, social equality, skills transfer. A more comprehensive tour of the... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,710 views

From Wired: For the second time in two months, a bunch of Los Angeles bike advocates calling themselves Crimanimalz took to one of the busiest freeways in the world to make the case that, when your freeways... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,272 views

Brief interview with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Foundation

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 1,295 views

Tom Magliozzi has a problem. The wacky cohost of NPR's Car Talk needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. But in today's car market, where should he turn? Is new technology about to transform the... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 4,350 views

BBC Moving Pictures film programme prsents Robert Rodriguez who gives his class tips on becoming a filmmaker

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 1,529 views • 7:59

Shut up and have some cheese

posted by legacy0100 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 1,517 views

My fave quote is the one about telco's core competencies.

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 952 views

What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? I learned our government must be strong. It's always right and never wrong. Our leaders are the finest men. And we elect them again and again...

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 2,621 views

Quick, excellent advice. Title says it all.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 9,637 views