Go Jarvis!
Jarvis got his video played at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooLcRDCLRXc
Karl’s Place
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Man Stuck in Elevator for 41 Hours
I’m surprised that I’ve never heard that story before.? It happened back in 1999, but Nick Paumgarten wrote a very interesting piece about it for The New Yorker very recently.? He interleaves the story of Nicholas White’s entrapment with a broader story on “the lives of elevators“. See a speeded-up video of the ordeal here.
Governor Huckabee’s Excellent Evolution Response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BFEhkIujA
The Myth of Galileo
Most of us learned some version of the following in school:? Galileo was a brilliant scientist who discovered the truth and was then persecuted by an intolerant church. Today the Thinking Christian pointed me to a great post at the evangelical outpost that attempts to set the record straight.? It’s definitely worth a read.? I’m [...]
Daniel Tammet’s incredible brain
This man can perform incredible calculations in his head, and somehow sees the numbers as shapes or colors. He can also learn a new language in a week. A British documentary is available on YouTube. I haven’t watched all 5 parts yet, but the first one was fascinating.
