Thursday, December 31, 2009

Ed Alleyne Johnson (from New Model Army) busking on his electric violin in Chester



Fantastic video, beautiful music (the violin is what gives NMA their distinctive sound, IMHO). Lovely shots of Chester and parts of the Roman wall. I have run out of superlatives...

Ricky Gervais on Atheism



"If there was a god, then why did he make me an atheist?" Brilliant! :)

Animation "Le café" SUBTITLED



Coffee addict myself, need cuppa a day at least... but still not as bad as this guy but who knows, might get there :)

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Matter of Everything

THE MATTER OF EVERYTHING Extended Trailer from Riverchoir Feed on Vimeo.



Trailer for the documentary The Matter of Everything, which focuses on physicists at Fermilab. It looks like it really makes particle physics interesting for non-physicists.

Gravity is kind of a b-

Einstein, Dirac, Godel, Selberg, Harish-Chandra in Princeton



This video is a lot less exciting than it sounds. It’s like when TMZ promises exclusive footage of a celebrity couple, and all it is incredibly grainy footage — identification near impossible — of people doing horribly banal things like walk around. But holy shit, nerd paparazzi!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Gyroscope



A toy gyroscope demonstrates the remarkable consequences of angular momentum. Physics is awesome… Proof yet again that I am and always will be a nerd at heart.

Bullet impacts at a million frames per second



Mesmerizing. Also wins the award for most ridiculously giant copyright watermark.

ATLAS Built in One Minute



A compilation of webcam footage mixed with photographs of the ATLAS detector during it's construction, from the first components to the final assemblies.

Berlusconi: the real history

Monday, December 7, 2009

Atheists can quote the bible too



There are so many Bible passages like this. One of my favorites: when a dude collects firewood on the sabbath and God tells Moses to have him stoned to death.

Putting faith in its place



Every theist should watch.

With God on their side



Hey! My God too!

Creationist response dice game


Bonus: with these, or 20 years of science education, you can get on TV!

Are you unsure who/what to worship?



I closed my eyes and pointed. I got Satan.

Am I a Horse?


I can imagine a horse reading this and being pretty pissed.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009