So I've been going a bit TED crazy for the past few days, and thought I'd share some of the more interesting stuff I've watched, in case people are bored and need 15-20 minutes of video to fill their free time.

Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma -- Turning our darwinian biological viewpoint on its head, and creating interesting sustainable agricultural solutions as a result.

Rives: Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? -- Not because I'm a conspiracy theorist but because he's entertaining and he reminded me that I need to find more Giacometti.

Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics -- Fundamental logical errors we make when faced with statistics, not to mention some of the disastrous implications of those errors.

Reasoner and Greene joke about the former's highlight-reel goal:

I don't believe it, Al.

So it's true... Percy is alive!

I saw him at Good Buddy restraunt... Unless it was his doppelganger.

3 points back...

wtf??

Two great things I grabbed from BoingBoing:

First, Fake. You Are Not Dead, A Guide To Modern Living. streaming and mp3 download available. I'm just not sure how to describe it.

Second, Miro. Combines RSS feeds, bit torrent and VLC player into one nice interface. Comes with a collection of 3860 channels (things like TED talks, PBS video podcasts, etc.) as well as the ability to add RSS feeds for either torrents or directly linked videos. Manages a video library for which you can limit the maximum hard disk space. Automatically deletes videos 5 days after you download them (unless you decide to keep them), making it easy to maintain. Lets you search and download from YouTube and other video sharing sites. And a great interface.

Also, it wasted my morning. So it goes.

Now, now, there's still a chance (or so said the man in my television).

Being right's not all it's cracked up to be.


Also, International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War:

At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl's cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!

At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt. Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion. Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.

At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip. I did. It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what's the harm?

At 18:33:10, SilverFox316 wrote:
Easy for you to say, BigChill, since to my recollection you've never volunteered to go back and fix it. You think I've got nothing better to do?

Besides, it's really a win-win for me. Either the Oilers make the playoffs, or I'm right (which, as we all know, is just as riot-inducing.)