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Archive for January, 2008

This television adaptation of Jared Diamond’s book demonstrates why there is so much disparity in wealth across the world. Required material for anyone with an interest in anthropology…

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I’ve been listening to this internet radio station all day, so I thought I’d try out their embeddable widget on this blog. This flash player streams songs tagged Electro Punk from Last.fm:

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Enjoy a clip from the Werner Herzog film Even Dwarfs Started Small. It doesn’t get any more bizarre than this…

Part 2, Part 3

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About damn time these things arrived… it’s been twenty years since Aliens.

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The battle of the sexes is brutal for a flatworm…

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Apparently actor Hugo Weaving based the voice inflections of his infamous character “Agent Smith” on Carl Sagan’s unique enunciation. So naturally someone has dubbed Carl Sagan’s voice onto a scene from the Matrix, and it’s absolutely seamless…

For comparison view the original scene, or check out some unedited Sagan.

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A touching documentary about a musician’s intimate battle with mental illness. Won the Sundance Best Directing award in 2005.

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