Ever wonder what defines a year on Earth? Nor I, but apparently a lot goes into it. The video below tells about the Sidereal year, which hemisphere has the more intense seasons — (who knew?), and a lot of other exciting space stuff. The good folks at the Cassiopeia Project put together this great little video — I think it’s very fitting for the New Year.
This is Planet Earth
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Freaks and Geeks and Billy Joel
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009I think that if you’re young enough, you probably went through at least some kind of Billy Joel phase. It most likely happened somewhere between the ages of 6 and 14 — with varying intensity. I don’t think his music is anything earth changing, but for whatever reason, for me, it just seems to be almost synonymous with growing up.
While watching the Freaks and Geeks, with its amazing soundtrack, I really like that the episode Carded and Discarded fittingly features three Billy Joel songs. They’re played whenever the three geeks, Bill, Sam and Neil, spend time with the first real girl of their interest, Maureen Sampson. The songs: C’Etait Toi, Rosalinda’s Eyes and Don’t Ask Me Why. Whenever they’re played, it’s really reminiscent of being in high school, going through those first awkward times myself.
And with that thought, enjoy this video.
So many Star Trek episodes
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009StarTrekStreaming.info is a website that contains links to free streaming Star Trek episodes of all the TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise series. Most episodes are in either one or two parts and I’ve very rarely found a dead link. This site is just amazing. So go and watch whatever episode you might have a hankering for. Maybe one of the Lore ones, or the one of my favourites, Deep Space Nine’s In The Pale Moonlight.
Mega Man 10 trailer
Monday, December 28th, 2009From those who brought us the wonderful 8-bit-like Mega Man 9, here’s the trailer for Mega Man 10, coming in March, 2010.
Picturesque Philadelphia
Sunday, December 27th, 2009YouTube user dws35 has uploaded some nice HD videos. I don’t know what type of imaging device he’s using, but the picture is quite stunning. It seems most of his videos are shot in and around Philadelphia. And thankfully, this guy also has good taste in music too, unlike so many other videos on the YouTube.
Enjoy two of my favourites above.
Huge archive of the Jeopardy! board
Saturday, December 26th, 2009J! Archive is “created by fans, for fans”. This handy website contains 26 seasons worth of Jeopardy! answers and questions. It has every round of each show, including who corrected answered each blue screen and the final out come of the games.
Little video for Peach Moon
Friday, December 25th, 2009One of my favorite bands is The Unicorns from Montreal, Canada. They wrote what is probably my favorite song of all time, Peach Moon. It’s short, simple and has beautiful lyrics. It doesn’t need an awesome bass line or catchy refrain. It’s just really nice and unassuming. Sometimes the best measure of song is how well the instrumental part conveys the lyrical part. While the lyrics create stunning imagery, the tone and colour of the music create an emotional feel that matches it almost perfectly.
One of my favorite things is to take a late night walk while listening to this song; it makes everything feel so surreal. And here’s a brilliant little video for it.
While I do also like the other version, also by The Unicorns, this one is my favorite.