Need something interesting to pass an hour ot two, or more?

Go visit openculture.com

The site is a vast repository of links to free audio and video in lots of categories.

So far I've watched a video about black holes, downloaded two audio books (Isaac Asimov's Nightfall and Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - there are many, many more I will get) and lined up a series of lectures called 'Science, Magic, and Religion' from UCLA. I'm off to dig through the philosophy section next. Then there's the movie list which is described as '420 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.'

Great stuff! Grow into these trousers... >>

Spot the goat

The work these guys must put into making their videos makes my jaw drop. OK Go do it again with their latest opus:

OK Go - White Knuckles - Official Video


Their previous video is here and is well worth seeing too.

And did you spot the goat? Grow into these trousers... >>

Koyaanisqatsi

Francis Ford Coppola "presents" a visual treat.
Koyaanisqatsi: an ever changing, often almost iconic, disturbingly stunning series of video images with music by Phillip Glass:



I first saw this on DVD, and it's well worth seeing in higher quality. The photography is awesome. Grow into these trousers... >>

Er - what?

Remind Me from Röyksopp on Vimeo. Grow into these trousers... >>