Videos
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The War on Drugs and the beauty of Pain
I first heard Pain by The War on Drugs in an iTunes Radio playlist recently. It’s one of my new favourite tracks. What do you think?
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The rat race and our search for Happiness
Steve Cutts’ video titled “Happiness” is disturbingly accurate portrayal of so many aspects of our daily lives. When I watch this video, I can’t help but wonder why we buy into all these promises of happiness, and chase them so relentlessly?
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Why you should learn to program
I just watched Christian Genco’s 2012 talk at TEDxSMU titled “You Should Learn to Program”. It’s a fun 10 minute talk that highlights why it’s so awesome to learn to code.
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[Video] Writing the software for our computer brains
This is a fascinating lecture about brains as computers and who writes the software for these machines between our ears.
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Why Harry Potter wasn’t lost in translation
Some of the most widely translated books are the Harry Potter book series. It turns out that the translations weren’t a simple matter.
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Breathing colour into historical photographs
Colourised historical photographs really bring old black and white photographs to life. Some people prefer the original black and white versions and they certainly have value. Still, these colourised versions are wonderful.
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What I think about when I hear “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
Dover Police officer Jeff Davis’ dashcam performance of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” is the first one that comes to mind when I hear her fun track. If you haven’t watched the video, you really should. It’s awesome.
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Today’s musical salvation – “It’s In The Way That You Use It”
Some days a little musical assistance makes a lot of difference when the day seems to be crawling towards its conclusion. Today’s musical salvation is an oldie from Eric Clapton titled “It’s In The Way That You Use It” from way back in 1986. I created a playlist with a bunch of oldies, mostly from the 20th…