Videos

Such a sweet tune and fun video for a song with this title.

Another Improve Anywhere standout performance. I just love these: The Mp3 Experiment Six (via ImprovEverywhere)

The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System

A lot of sage advice packed into the 5 minutes presented here.

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Suicidal Tendencies – ‘Institutionalized’ 1983.

“All I wanted was a Pepsi. Just one Pepsi. And she wouldn’t give it to me.”

I forgot just how great this song and video were – until now. This totally brings me back to my teenage years.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&publisherID=1564549380

The Ultimate Lock Picker – Wired

An invincible lock is almost as real as Santa or The Tooth Fairy. The only difference is, not even kids believe in the lock.

http://blip.tv/play/60+BhPcwjM9T%2Em4v

David Byrne, one of my favorite mutants of all, gives a tour of his NYC studio apartment.( via http://crazyinternetbeatz.com/post/114928179 and Chuckumentary – who is totally bringing the awesome today)

phoenix – lisztomania brat pack mashup

Molly Ringwald and friends dancing to the new Phoenix tune. What more could you want? (via Chuckumentary)

Robert Hammond at The 99% Conference (via coolhunting)

“In this video, Friends of the Highline co-founder Robert Hammond tells the story of how he helped reinvent a gritty elevated railway into what is NYC’s most celebrated public space since Central Park. He shares images and animations of what the park (due to open in June) will look like at a talk for our recent 99% Conference and shares how he feels after a decade at work at the brink of its debut.”

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm | Video on TED.com

“Bonk” author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1827871374

Cover Story: Finger Painting: The New Yorker Blog

“Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square.

“I got a phone in the beginning of February, and I immediately got the program so I could entertain myself,” says Colombo, who first published his drawings in The New Yorker in 1994.”