Frederick's Timelog » videos http://www.frederickding.com News, technology, life, and more. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:04:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Google “Search Stories”http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2010/07/google-search-stories-23903/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2010/07/google-search-stories-23903/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:02:06 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=903 Google has been posting “Search Stories” videos on its YouTube channel since November 2009 and they’re really quite touching. The original search story was “Parisian Love“, about a man who apparently finds love in Paris while studying abroad.

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Although I’ve seen Parisian Love before, some of the newer search stories are just as moving.

“High School” – a girl works to fit in

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“Father and Daughter” – a hardworking father makes time to be a good dad to his little girl

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“Graduation” – a mother from Vietnam moves to America to provide the best for her son

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“Brother and Sister” – siblings grow up together

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I hope these short clips bring smiles to your face as they did for me.

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A year and a bit ago, in December of 2008, I decided that I would solicit music suggestions. A week afterwards, I acknowledged that I appreciated Viva la Vida and soundtrack music.

In the time since then, I have become an aficionado of Taylor Swift’s country pop music, among other artists. (I’ve also developed a liking for Owl City’s Fireflies and Vanilla Twilight.)

Swift’s award-winning You Belong with Me deserved its prize.

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It is worth acknowledging that her songs, with few exceptions, are almost exclusively about rosy romance (think Love Story, You Belong with Me) or broken hearts (e.g. Picture to Burn, White Horse). Which means that they’re about the same thing.

Love Story is quite overplayed, so I’ll leave you with Fifteen.

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Watch more Taylor Swift music videos at VEVO or track my taste in music.

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2010/03/taylor-swift-18688/feed/ 0 Bing: the better way to Googlehttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/06/bing-the-better-way-to-google-27328/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/06/bing-the-better-way-to-google-27328/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:30:55 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=328 This is one of the most humorous videos I’ve seen in a while.

“…introducing Bing: the better way to Google”; also known as “the easiest way to Google since Yahoo!”

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via TechCrunch

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/06/bing-the-better-way-to-google-27328/feed/ 0 How do you deal with stress?http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/05/how-do-you-deal-with-stress-09294/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/05/how-do-you-deal-with-stress-09294/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 17:53:01 +0000 Frederick http://299092165 It’s very difficult to live life entirely without stress. No matter how calm and peaceful one wishes to be, there will always be events in one’s life that test the limits of psychological endurance.

I experience stress on a daily basis, and perhaps much more so this month. As for my methods of dealing with stress, I enjoy music, knowledge, and technology.

Music

Classical and soundtrack music are especially enjoyable for me. I find that they contribute to a calmer emotional state, especially with beautiful orchestral pieces. (See what kind of music I like at Music to Hear.) Listening to the Brandenburg Concertos by Bach, for instance, Ennio Morricone film score, Planet Earth incidental music, or Hans Zimmer’s remarkable compositions, or Karajan’s amazing interpretations, probably bring my mood from stressed out at 8/10 to 3/10. This is one of the reasons that I listen to music while I’m doing work.

Take a look at a video of one of my favourite pieces, conducted by the composer Ennio Morricone at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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Learning

TED videos are really inspiring to watch. Whether it’s Al Gore or someone talking about the importance of bread, I find TED to be an absolutely amazing source of inspiration.

Developing knowledge helps to take my mind off pressing matters, at least temporarily. And that’s one of the reasons that I like reading news, reading design blogs and so on.

Humour

FAIL Blog, NotAlwaysRight and FMyLife are all amazing sources of humour. Laughing is probably the easiest way to enjoy oneself for a while.

Today, I got a cross-country job promotion. I decided to plan my Going-Away-Forever party, and bought a pack of 100 invitations. After mailing them out to all my friends, I have 92 left. FML (source)

This keeps me amused, but is by no means as effective as music — after all, I can listen to music while working, and this humour stuff takes away from time I could be putting towards resolving causes of stress.

Et vous?

What do you do to keep your stress at an acceptable level? (You can select multiple answers. Choose any item if it has a soothing / stress-relieving effect for you.)

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/05/how-do-you-deal-with-stress-09294/feed/ 2 Star Trek moviehttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/04/star-trek-movie-30291/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/04/star-trek-movie-30291/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:32:45 +0000 Frederick http://55418681 The 11th movie in the Star Trek franchise is being released in theatres on May 8, 2009. If there is a single film in this year that I definitely wish to see, it is this one.

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High definition trailers may be found on Apple’s Web site (requires QuickTime).

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/04/star-trek-movie-30291/feed/ 0 Time to learn Javahttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/02/time-to-learn-java-06232/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/02/time-to-learn-java-06232/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:39:07 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=232 At some point, I am going to learn computer programming — as in C/C++ and/or Java. I’ve never thought about serious programming, but some basic knowledge of the field would be useful for many professions.

If anyone wants to offer any help or tutorials or documentation resources, I’d be very thankful.

Here’s a video about Java by Sun to promote its uses beyond merely desktop applications.

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]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2009/02/time-to-learn-java-06232/feed/ 5 Looking back and looking forwardshttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/12/looking-back-and-looking-forwards-31209/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/12/looking-back-and-looking-forwards-31209/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:00:23 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=209 Hey, guys. It’s the end of 2008. This post is surely the last I will make this year, given that it is scheduled to be published on the 31st of December.

At this point in time, we can look back and we can look forwards. We can reflect on all of the things we did right (and the things we did wrong), and think about how we can improve in the future. I’ve said this in some of the holiday-wishes messages that were sent out, and I’ll say it again: there’s always room for self-improvement.

It can’t be fun to end the year on that note. So I’ll leave you, instead, with this amazing video. (I was originally going to use a streaming QuickTime embed, but I realize that many people don’t like QuickTime or don’t have it installed. Instead, here’s the YouTube video — and you can find the video in HD format here.)

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An Uncluttered World on Vimeo.

As always, you can find other videos to watch on Videos to Watch, the blog where all I do is embed great videos.

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/an-uncluttered-world-on-vimeo-29147/feed/ 0 Foundations of Moralityhttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/foundations-of-morality-14138/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/foundations-of-morality-14138/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:52:27 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=138 While people in Canada vote and choose their new leaders, I’m working on an essay. While I’m doing that, I’d like to share an excellent, insightful video with you about the foundations of morality and where liberals and conservatives stand on each of the foundations.

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Another excellent video from TED!

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/foundations-of-morality-14138/feed/ 0 Vice Presidential Debatehttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/vice-presidential-debate-03136/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/10/vice-presidential-debate-03136/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:13:23 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=136 I am very disappointed in all of the candidates — by this I mean that I would neither support Barack Obama & Joe Biden, nor John McCain & Sarah Palin, nor Stephen Harper, Stéphane Dion, Jack Layton, and Elizabeth May.

That having been said, enjoy this video of the American Vice Presidential debate yesterday evening, in case you missed it.

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Video from National Geographic.

We’re all still alive, aren’t we? Congratulations to mankind for the success (so far) of the Large Hadron Collider.

I just have one insight: when man’s technology surpasses his wisdom, we run into the risk of tampering with things we have no skill to tamper with. I’m not saying that the LHC is dangerous, because it probably isn’t, and I’m not saying that we shouldn’t make progress in science — I’m simply trying to say that maybe, just maybe, we’re moving too fast.

Please comment.

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/09/large-hadron-collider-10125/feed/ 0 If fonts were peoplehttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/if-fonts-were-people-2491/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/if-fonts-were-people-2491/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:09 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=91 Another interesting video… this one’s actually funny — at least for geeks and other people who use their computer a lot.

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If you have any interesting videos, leave a comment. (And in response to certain people, I will not rickroll anyone! Don’t try to rickroll me either.)

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/if-fonts-were-people-2491/feed/ 0 Unveiling the (original) Macintoshhttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/unveiling-the-original-macintosh-2190/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/unveiling-the-original-macintosh-2190/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:03:13 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=90 I recently found this video of Steve Jobs unveiling the Macintosh in 1984. It’s a very interesting video to watch, particularly 24 years later.

Still, it’s not hard to believe that this amazing machine was such an important milestone.

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Can you believe Bill Gates claimed credit for inventing the Personal Computer?

If you like this, you should rate the post/video (thumbs up), leave a comment, bookmark this post, and/or check out the Apple iMac 20-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/unveiling-the-original-macintosh-2190/feed/ 0 Khadr interrogation tapeshttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/khadr-interrogation-tapes-1681/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/khadr-interrogation-tapes-1681/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:29:39 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=81 This is indeed a political issue, and one of great importance. In this recently-declassified and released video, a senior CSIS spy and a foreign affairs official, as well as a woman from the CIA, are questioning Khadr at Guantanamo Bay.

It has sparked outrage and has also made some feel that this “terrorist” is being treated fairly.

You should know, though, that Pentagon papers accidentally released in February of this year showed that even though Khadr was present during the firefight in which a grenade killed a U.S. soldier, there was no evidence they had which proved that he threw the grenade.

Watch and vote.

EDIT: apparently YouTube removed the interrogation video. Hmm…

]]> http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/khadr-interrogation-tapes-1681/feed/ 1 Car Stunt Gone Wronghttp://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/car-stunt-gone-wrong-1077/ http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/07/car-stunt-gone-wrong-1077/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:31:09 +0000 Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/?p=77 It was intended to be a parody of his real life, but it ended up seriously injuring him.

The message isn’t “don’t take risks” — it’s “be careful”. This professional stuntman and video creator (very popular on YouTube) had practised the car stunt attempted below for three times without issue before filming, yet on this particular shoot, he flipped over and fractured his hand.

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You can watch it on Vimeo in HD or download the true 720p HD file.

Another message: make sure you have health insurance; “Mr. Safety” doesn’t, and his fracture cost him heftily.

Vote on this poll:

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