Posts Tagged as ‘YouTube’

November 6, 2009

School’s out Friday

Christopher Rehage walked through China for a year and recorded the trip with a series of photographs that chronicled the growth of his beard and his hair and everything in between. It’s fascinating and worth watching more than once to take it all in.
Our school library is going to be demolished [...]

October 30, 2009

School’s out Friday

I dare you not to smile while watching this. Bet you’ll find it impossible not to.
This is the brainchild of Volkswagen, who’ve developed a site called The Fun Theory.com . Here’s what they say on their site about their motivation;
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as [...]

October 23, 2009

School’s out Friday

Now this is special.
This video is just a little something the students at my school put together to celebrate the fact that it was their last official school day on Wednesday of this week.
Milly Davison and Elly Dixon were the brains behind it all, inspired by a video shown to them [...]

October 16, 2009

School’s out Friday

Twelve million people or so have viewed this on YouTube, so I’m probably showing you something that you’ve already seen. I am part of the rest of the worlds’ population who has not seen this 3 year old explain the finer points of the plot of Star Wars until today. I’m [...]

October 11, 2009

Yes, we deleted the VHS collection.

Discussion in my office last week.
“Jenny, did I hear you correctly when you said that you had deleted the entire VHS collection? “
“Yes, you did.”
“Does this mean that the Maria Callas version of Medea isn’t there?”
“Yep, that’s right. It’s gone.”
“Oh dear. You know it’s just what I need for the students……….”
“How about we take a look at YouTube and [...]

October 2, 2009

School’s out Friday

Some of you who follow me on Twitter might have noted the tweets I sent out yesterday related to a lawnmower incident. No body parts missing unlike the video above! If you missed them here’s a bit of a recap;
 
It was pretty dramatic at the time I can tell you. This was the [...]

September 25, 2009

School’s out Friday

You have to watch this.
This is a TED Talk from Jonathon Zittrain, a social theorist who proposes in his talk that the world is not becoming less friendly. In fact, we are seeing the opposite, and this is demonstrated through the way people have made use of the internet . The way we [...]

September 18, 2009

School’s out Friday

Hey everyone. Have you seen this? Our local guys have done good!
It’s Hamish and Andy, fellow Melbournians,  appearing last night on ‘The Jay Leno Show‘. They demonstrated World Championship Ghosting  to a US audience. You’ve just got to appreciate Hamish’s sandman move. Classic ghosting technique at its finest.
If you missed an earlier [...]

September 11, 2009

School’s out Friday

No funny video today. Too many memories surround this date and I’d rather pay respect to those affected by the 9/11 tragedy by looking at something that recognises the remarkable people who calmly made their way to safety on the day.
This is Michael Hingson and his guide dog, Rozelle. She assisted [...]

September 4, 2009

School’s out Friday

In case you missed it, it was Michael Jackson’s birthday on the 29th of August, and the flash mobs were out to celebrate the occasion. This mob was in Seattle at Pioneer Square and the Pike Place Market. Same routine at different times of the day. If you haven’t noticed, I [...]