A poem (& read aloud) by Maya Angelou “for all children who whistle in the dark and who refuse to admit that they’re frightened out of their wits” [via Brainpickings]
Tag: Video
The Houdini Loop [Video]
A teenager created this tune by looping the sounds around the house.
Franz Kafka [Video]
A short film celebrating the author by another master story teller.
The European Union Explained [Video]
An awesome video that explains the European Union. *
*mostly
Think the smallest action has very little impact? Look again [Video]
University of Toronto’s Professor Stephen Morris knock over a 1-meter tall domino that weighs over 100 pounds by starting with a 5mm high by 1mm thick domino. TINY. There are 13 dominoes in this sequence. If Professor Morris used 29 dominoes in total, with the next one always being 1.5x larger, the last domino would be the height of the Empire State Building.
Jazz in Marciac Live – Yaron Herman Trio [Video]
Yaron Herman is a Jazz pianist, also performing at the TED Global event. Watch his 3 piece band perform – Jazz in Marciac 2010
Ordering Pizza? [Video]
HT to @dsearls watch this video of a conversation betwen a patron calling in to order a pizza. Not very far from the reality
Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan – a rare 1930’s video
A very rare video of Helen Keller on video. From the 1930’s, a video of Keller with her teacher Annie Sullivan
Animals are awesome too..[Video]
Enjoy this video – as the title says, animals are awesome too.. (I didn’t much like the music, but that’s just me. The spoken words are a different story.)
How much food can $5 buy in different countries? [Video]
How much food can $5 buy in different countries? Find out in this “FlowingData” video post: