We love to see the battles in movies where they use fire arrows. It seems like such a good idea on a movie screen. But would it really work? This charming video explores the matter. It’s longer than we normally post, but we couldn’t stop watching because the narrator is just so darned engaging. Be […]
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New Connections All Over
Have you ever seen the BBC program “Connections” with James Burke? Chances are, if you have a television (still) you’ve come across it at least once. For those of you who admired the show, or James Burke greatly and wish there were more, here’s someone who may one day fill his shoes. Tom Scott is […]
Memoria Musica
Music can take many places in our lives. It can recreate a heartbreak, inspire us to joy or to glory, or it can memorialize a loving relationship that is now complete. Joe DeRose can often be seen playing in Silicon Valley and the surrounding areas. Keep an eye out for your next chance to see […]
Marble Racing – How Did We Miss This?
For a long time, we were a fan of college basketball, but we found that most fans were just hoping for their bets to pan out. Then we followed celebrity poker for a bit, and that offered some entertainment, but really lacked the drama we craved. Professional wrestling held an allure, but we soon realized […]
Break Three Records At Once
Readers of this blog will already know that we cannot resist a good fractal animation or autonomous musical device. Another thing we can’t resist is a great chain reaction. This video has the biggest one ever, and more! It shows the world record for the most number of disc cases toppled in domino fashion, the […]
Deux ex Musica
We’ve long been delighted and intrigued by the fanciful music machines contrived for the Animusic series. Even decades after the premiere of that video series, the virtual devices that appeared to make music with their gears and pulleys continues to entertain us. Now there’s a “living breathing” example of such a machine. Take a look! […]
Maps and History
You may have quibbles with the underlying dataset, or with the style of this depiction, but you can’t deny that this way of viewing the events of history opens up new ideas and questions for discussion. We found a treasure trove of similar video that addresses both historical and contemporary events in this same visual […]
Good Content Trumps Awkward Delivery
We’ve watched literally hundreds of hours of video designed for online learning and we’ve seen results all over the map. It was surprising to us that we found this video ultimately to be very good in spite of its awkward approach to delivery and presentation. Give this one about 10 minutes of viewing if you’re […]
Oh Inconstant Moons
Our friends at Schoolhouse Earth asked us to make it a practice to continue presenting interesting learning videos. The folks at “In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt” have created a steady stream of good candidates, so it’s an easy request to accommodate. Here’s a very charming look at two of our favorite tiny moons. Deimos and […]
Force of Nature
We try to focus on indiefilm and indiemusic here, but sometimes, we just see something delicious that we have to share. Other times, it’s like this music video. We loved it the first time we saw it, and we still love watching it. Isn’t that how music videos are supposed to be? We’re kind of […]