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[Series of YouTubes] iPhone Antenna Song

Filed Under : Technology,Video by Douglas Bell

Jul.16,2010

Sometimes it just takes someone to say something incredibly obvious to make the world realize how short-sighted it really is. And if that someone can come up with a creative way of saying it, like in a joke, or in this case, in a song, then they really deserve kudos.

Apparently Steve Jobs thought so, and I couldn’t agree more. And so, even though its obviously going to ricochet to become the hottest YouTube video, I felt that it deserved recognition in my Smorgasbord Series of YouTubes, because I want to be able to look back at my archives years from now and stumble upon this video, and remember how happy I was that someone finally got the correct moral of the story out of this whole iPhone antenna jumble.

“If you don’t want an iPhone 4, don’t buy it. If you bought one and you don’t like it, bring it back.”

[Series of YouTubes] Snowpocalypse vs. Global Warming?

Filed Under : State/National/World Issues,Video,Washington DC by Douglas Bell

Feb.15,2010

This is a spectacular video clip by Rachel Maddow. Despite the fact that this has been a record-breaking winter here in Washington, DC, Rachel easily disassembles the ridiculous argument that global warming can’t be real because we had snow. Then she brings on Bill Nye (yay!) who takes it a step further by explaining how the snowpocalypse was caused by El Ni√±o conditions in the Pacific Ocean, and that El Ni√±o is actually caused by–you guessed it–warming oceans.

So enjoy this video as much as I did. And if you like basketball, you’ll probably also enjoy this one.

[Series of YouTubes] Tip/Wag

Filed Under : State/National/World Issues,Video by Douglas Bell

Aug.19,2009

The Colbert Report

Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Tip/Wag- German Campaign, Russian Dogs & Flying Rabbis

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What do a German campaign billboard ad, Russian dogs, flying chanting rabbis, a ram’s horn, and a jug band of Catholic priests have to do with each other? Well they’re all part of this “Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger” segment from last night’s The Colbert Report. Throw in the fact that Colbert messes up on more than one occasion, which is always hilarious.

Tags : Colbert, Video, YouTube

[Series of YouTubes] Pat Metheny – Follow Me

Filed Under : Video by Douglas Bell

Jul.8,2009

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN88k8z60wc

Thanks to my friend (and podcast co-host) David Lewis for linking me to this awesome song. It’s so rich with sound, expression, and contrast, and that’s the YouTube version! I look forward to getting this thing on iTunes as soon as I get some more iTunes credit handy. Be sure to tune in to the HQ version for the best sound from this song.

And as a sidenote, I’d love to know what the Railroad Crossing lights are for.

Tags : David Lewis, jazz, Pat Metheny, song, YouTube

[Series of YouTubes] We Ain’t Got the Do Re Mi

Filed Under : State/National/World Issues,Video by Douglas Bell

Jun.5,2009

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqir1Mh7Pk

This is a very cute and funny video made by students in South Pasadena, California. A play on a Woody Guthrie song, it’s a very great way to send the message about the proposed devastating cuts to public education here in California. Awesome job to whatever students put this together.

Tags : California, cuts, education, kids, Sacramento, song, South Pasadena, Video, Woody Guthrie, YouTube