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War for Resources

The Age of Stupid looks to be an awesome film when it comes out!

War for Resources HD from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.

Branford Marsalis says that most students today are completely full of shit

This video clip is taken from the documentary, Before The Music Dies.  If you haven’t seen it, you should.  It’s excellent.

The History Channel, how I miss what you once were

It is sad that the History Channel rarely shows actual history on its channel anymore.  I used to learn a lot and seek out more history because of what I had seen there, but, alas, it is to be no more.

How Battlestar Galactica has influenced the United Nations to change their official language on race

This is the exclusive video from G4.

Video Game – E3 2009 – Attack of the Show

BBC 3 Bullsh!t detectors exposes three mediums

This has nothing to do with New York, other than it’s really funny and I wanted to share.

Lily Allen – GWB (Fuck You Very Much) Lyrics and Video

Here’s the lyrics and the video.
Look inside, look inside your tiny mind
and look a bit harder
cause we’re so uninspired
so sick and tired
of all the hatred you harbor
so you say it’s not okay to be gay
well I think you’re just evil
you’re just some racist who can’t tie my laces
you’re point of view is medieval
Fuck you, fuck [...]

Roger Ebert’s Journal

Roger Ebert has been a film critic for all of my life.  Though I don’t always agree with his reviews, his journal is one of the most thoughtful and eloquently written items that I have ever read.  Go gentle into that good night has become one of my favorites.
My opinions have been challenged. I had [...]

Martin Luther King Sings

Sometimes the Internet reminds just how awesome it could be.  Whether it’s Martin Luther King or Winston Churchill, the Internet always makes me smile.

Our Global Society After The Internet is Finished With It

While reading reddit this evening, I came across this post that pretty much sums up where we could be headed.
Does anyone else worry that the internet is reorganizing global society, so that it’s like high school on a grand scale? One day, all countries as we know them will fall, replaced by major groups of [...]

NYC Sitcom Map

from of danmeth.com