Jan 28 2010

Video showing our expansive Universe

A friend of mine posted a link to this video on his dA account journal, and I thought I would post it here as well. It is a video produced by American Museum of Natural History in association with NASA. It gives a little bit of perspective on how vast our known universe truly is, and although no video can adequately portray that vastness, this one gives a good idea. The most fascinating part of the film, in my opinion, is that it mentions that we there might be much more out there past the rim of our knowledge (past quasars).

I will provide two links below to the video (just in case one is taken down):

The Known Universe (on a subsection of NASA’s website)

or

The Known Universe (on YouTube)

Provided your computer is capable of displaying HD, make sure to watch this video in 720p.

|:| Zach |:|

Jan 28 2010

Encouragement

A friend of mine sent me an email with a link to this commercial, and I think it has a very strong message. If we could all learn to encourage one another, and not be so cold in our responses to unexpected happenings, maybe the world would be a better place. If you have any problems viewing this video here on the Z-Issue, there is a link for it on YouTube (provided it isn’t taken down for one reason or another).

Pianist:

Original posting on YouTube

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Jan 21 2010

Punctuation is important

I have always enjoyed Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss because it comically explains the importance of punctuation on intended meaning. I was looking around the internet today to see if I could get myself in a better mood when I stumbled upon this great image:

Comma needed?

WHAT is in that Blizzard? Seems like a throwback to Swift’s “Modest Proposal” to me. 😉

If you found the image funny, maybe you should check out Eats, Shoots & Leaves, or even “Semantricks” by Lewis M. Gediman.

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