Tonight's musical interlude - This is Halloween, from The Night Before Christmas:
Law, politics, art, humor, constitutional rights, self-defense, and whatever else catches my fancy.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Musical interlude
Tonight's musical interlude - Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven, harp duet version:
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The making of grit
Tonight's time lapse, done for a photo in the article "What if the Secret to Success is Failure?" in the New York Times Magazine:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
We few, we happy few
Tonight's Shakespeare speech, from Henry V, on this anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, fought this day in A.D. 1415. King Henry played by Kenneth Branagh in this version:
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Landscapes
Tonight's time lapse nature video - scenes from Arizona and Utah, taken with Canon 5D Mark II DSLR:
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Boat balls
Tonight's dangly appendage video - boat balls:
From the video's description:
From the video's description:
How to get an 80' rig through the 65' bridges of the Intracoastal Waterway using two tons of water. The balls get swung out with an initial turn to port or stbd. The tendency then is for the roll to continue by itself, but is controlled by letting the bags out slowly with a line made off to each bag and running through necessary tackle to a cockpit winch.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Planet Earth overflight
Tonight's International Space Station video - a timelapse of Earth from orbit [try watching full screen]:
From the video's description:
From the video's description:
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
A change of fortune
Tonight's restaurant diner video, Table 7 - A couple has an intimate conversation in a restaurant, unaware that their every word is being closely monitored. However, not all is as it seems:
Friday, October 7, 2011
Water balloon fight
Tonight's water balloon fight - 175,141 Water Balloons, 8,957 People, 1 World Record. August 26th, 2011. Johnson Center Field, University of Kentucky: