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≡ Category: Current Affairs, Film, Video - Science | ≅ 2 Comments
As a devastated Japan continues to struggle with the damage to its nuclear facilities, several other nations have begun reconsidering their nuclear policies. Germany, for example, has temporarily closed down seven aging nuclear reactors, and other countries (including Russia, China, and the US) have announced checks of their own safety standards. Cynics might suggest that these [...]
≡ Category: Art | ≅ 2 Comments
We take you back to the famous Roesch – Schlage chess match played in 1910. Normally, when we replay matches in our minds, it looks something like this. Or like this: Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, History | ≅ Leave a Comment
Right now, all eyes are turned toward Japan. That’s understandable. But, all the while, the unrest in the Middle East continues unabated, especially in Libya and Bahrain. So it seems timely to highlight a resource that will give you a deeper understanding of this evolving region. Richard Bulliet, a professor at Columbia University, has posted on [...]
≡ Category: Books, Life, Science | ≅ 1 Comment
Some books lend themselves especially well to trailers. Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species, presented by National Geographic wildlife photographer Joel Sartore, offers one good example. Sartore’s footage of these rare creatures, all shot against a simple white background, leaves you wanting more. Fortunately there’s plenty more on the book’s site, including a nice behind-the-scenes video, and [...]
≡ Category: Art, Film, Religion | ≅ Leave a Comment
Mecca – Muhammad’s birthplace and the heart of Islam – beautifully captured by Hosain Hadi, using just his Canon 5D mark ll. H/T @MatthiasRascher Related Content: Middle Eastern History: Free Courses
≡ Category: MIT, Science, TED Talks | ≅ Leave a Comment
Deb Roy is the director of the Cognitive Machines group at the MIT Media Lab. For the first few years of his son’s life, Roy installed cameras in every room of the family home. Now he jokes that he has the “largest home video collection ever made” – roughly 90,000 hours of images and footage [...]
≡ Category: Literature | ≅ Leave a Comment
Some watch the Super Bowl for just the commercials. Others watch films for the title designs. Title sequences begin and end every movie. They can be “engaging or wildly entertaining … or simply drop dead beautiful.” They can “ooze with visual poetry and sophisticated imagery.” And they can put the audience in the right mood [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Science, Video - Politics/Society | ≅ 1 Comment
We have two quick primers for you. First, this CNN video breaks down the problems afflicting the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Give the video three minutes of your time, and you will get a fairly comprehensive overview of what’s going wrong. And though it amazingly feels like old news now, National Geographic provides [...]
≡ Category: Comedy, Music | ≅ Leave a Comment
Igudesman & Joo are a musical/comedy duo performing in the US and Canada this spring. This clip, “Rachmaninoff Had Big Hands,” starts out a little slowly but gets entertaining fairly quickly. If you like combining comedy and classical music, then don’t miss another program recently highlighted on Open Culture: Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the [...]
≡ Category: Film | ≅ Leave a Comment
It’s a little morbid, I’ll give you that. But you have to give this video some points for creativity and many for effort. Some fine soul pulled together murder/death scenes from 36 of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies, then synchronized them to climax in unison. We have listed the films below, many of which can be found [...]
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