You have to hand it to TED for bringing together some of the most amazing speakers in the world. Jill Bolte Taylor is one of those people. She got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. In this inspiring talk, "My stroke of insight," she speaks of the revelations in the moments of both confusion and clarity during her stroke.
You have to watch the whole thing to get to this final point... (watch first)
I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be. And I thought that was an idea worth spreading.
Awesome stuff.
Ignore if you don't like SNL's kind of "inappropriate" humor. If you do, and haven't watched SNL in a while, you have to see their latest digital short. Funniest ever.
Steve: Sir, it's not even turned on yet.
Homer: But it's glowing.
Steve: That like confirms that it's off.
Magnetic Ink, Process video from flight404 on Vimeo.
Take a break with a beautiful musical interlude. Processing by Robert Hodgin (flight404) and music by The Flashbulb.
Some of my favorite chicken dance moments on Arrested Development.
"Chee Chaw" (Season 2 Ep. 10).
"You're the chiclet." (Season 2 Ep. 3)
"Has anyone in this family ever even seen a chicken?" (Season 3 Ep. 1)
Best Practices from The Center for Social Media at American University regarding fair use of online video:
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Victor keeps pointing me to cool resources. Today he told me about Barista College. This makes me want to go out and get an espresso machine.