Galapagos on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
M. Ward - Chinese Translation on Letterman (via barndotcom)
How can you go wrong with this. I want Hubcap Boy in my band.
“ See how high school teachers use the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards and group learning to reach a broad range of students. In this library, teachers demonstrate the fine art of guiding students through reasoning and problem solving. Students comment on the new way of learning, often expressing frustration as well as the sense of accomplishment they feel when working through problems with peers. ”
Animal Collective I’ve Got Mine (via tinysalmon4)
“ On the one hand, both of these videos show some pretty gnarly moves by their riders. With a repeat watching though, and an eye towards the physics of what’s going on, you can see how these amazing professionals are able to pull off some of these tricks. ”
I’m not necessarily enthralled by the Physics Buzz write-up of these videos, but there’s something to be said for using these videos as a teachable digression.
Bon Iver - For Emma (Myspace Transmissions) (via quietwiser)
Wow.
Some great video demonstrations that act as video problems. Stepping through the videos frame-by-frame provides a method for timing.
Sound advice.
“When people say drinking isn’t cool, what they mean is don’t drink so much that you die.”
WILCO - HATE IT HERE (via wilcoclub)
Richard Feynman talks about light (via pablompa)