Song(s) of the Day, courtesy of MrsEntwistle

Do you love great music? So do I. While browsing through Twitter one night I came across this feed. I find this woman's taste in music to be excellent. Check it out.

Samantha Entwistle
@MrsEntwistle
http://twitter.com/#!/MrsEntwistle

When you click the links in her Twitter you are brought to her Blip.fm feed:
http://blip.fm/eskimosam

Here are a couple songs in her list that I really like. Lot more great songs in the list, too.

Haley Bonar - Queen of Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULngagC4Pqw

Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nMfS10_1Y

Make the Difference!

How about that, I didn't even know I had a bank (yes, my initials are TMB)! And apparently, I need to make a difference!

Seriously, though, here is a great commercial about a soccer team where there is no soccer field.
"TMB Panyee FC short film"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU4oA3kkAWU


And what's with banks making super-cool ads lately? Here's another one, from TC Bank.
"TC Bank- Dream Rangers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksdBSVAM6g

I love this ad! I hope someday I still get out and ride at that age.

April Fools!

What is the right way to write what today is? Is it April Fools' Day? April Fools Day? Or April Fool's Day? Surprisingly, a quick search didn't turn up any answers. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Google won. Seriously.

From Searchengineland:
"It’s Over: Google Has Already Won April Fools Day 2011" by Matt McGee
http://searchengineland.com/its-over-google-has-already-won-april-fools-day-2011-71094?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main

Check out some of the cool things Google did today. My favorite (by far) is Chromercise!

Everybody Chromercise!
http://www.chromercise.com/
WATCH the video!

GMail Motion (beta, of course!)
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

What's that? Looking for a job? Google is hiring!
Google Autocompleter
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html

YouTube 100-year anniversary
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/03/looking-back.html

Comic Sans for Everyone
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/inoibihbncpenbmllpjoonoaadechdng
Change your fonts in Google Chrome to Comic Sans font! Don't want to install the extension? Just do a Google search for "comic sans" and see what happens.

Google Translate for Animals
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/
Understand what your pets are saying!

Chrome Lite
http://blog.chromium.org/2011/04/taking-chrome-to-lite-speeds.html

The Science is Settled? (Yes, more global warming)

I've talked about global warming before on this blog. As I've said before, I don't doubt that the climate is changing. But it has always changed. And who suddenly decided that the temperature in, say, 1970 was the perfect temperature, the temperature that we should strive to maintain forever?

Furthermore, I have not seen any proof, not even a credible theory, that explains how we humans are causing this global warming catastrophe. Think that is too harsh? Recall my "Global Warming?" post back on April 14, 2010. My main point in that post was that "warmists" have never demonstrated to me the accuracy of their models. Anyone can claim any damn thing--but do you back it up with proof? They don't even try. They just trot out the latest model, sound the alarms, and ask for drastic changes in our lifestyle (and more funding).

With that in mind, I would like to share an old climate warming study scorecard that I stumbled across the other day. Check it out, and think about it when you hear about the next global warming study trumpeted by the press.

From Warwickhughes.com:
"Greenhouse Warming Scorecard (Updated 4/2/2006)"
http://www.warwickhughes.com/hoyt/scorecard.htm

Simply amazing just how many of these studies were wrong. Amazing, but not surprising. That's what happens when you do science wrong, when you don't verify your base case. Any engineer doing a power system harmonics study knows that. Maybe someday the warmists will figure it out, too.

Where art thou, Frédéric Bastiat?

Ever wonder why our economy is in the state it's in? The very first paragraph in Walter Williams' recent article, "Economic Lunacy," says it all: "Economic lunacy abounds, and often the most learned, including Nobel Laureates, are its primary victims."

From The Patriot Post:
"Economic Lunacy" by Walter E. Williams
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/walter-e-williams/2011/03/23/economic-lunacy/

Williams is criticizing other economists who believe that the recent devastation in Japan after the tsunami (including the nuclear plant problems) has a silver lining, because it will spur economic activity. This is the same story we have heard after other natural disasters around the world. What are these guys smoking???

Frédéric Bastiat, where are you when we need you? Has everyone forgotten Parable of the Broken Window (in his essay That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen)? What about the Candlemakers' Petition? If some destruction is good, why don't we destroy our own cities more often?

Or, to make it more personal, maybe it would be a very good thing for you if your house burned down tomorrow. I mean, think of all the economic activity that would generate. Does that make any sense to you? Don't be bashful, it's okay to admit it if it does. Because you might have a Nobel Prize waiting for you.

Google Goes Gaga!

Lady Gaga spoke at Google yesterday. It started as a small idea but by the time all the arrangements were made it had morphed into something very big. Apparently a Googler knew Gaga when she was still Stefani Germanotta back at NYU. He reached out to her "people" and a simple talk became a way to connect with her fans, by letting them vote on which questions to ask her via Google Moderator. As if she didn't already have enough of an online presence!

As posted on YouTube:
"Musicians@Google Presents: Google Goes Gaga"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNa_-1d_0tA

I'm not a huge Lady Gaga fan but I did thoroughly enjoy the interview. And I have to admit, she has some very catchy tunes!

I particularly liked this quote, early in the interview: "When I was in high school, all my girlfriends wanted to get jobs here. I wanted to be what they were searching for." - Lady Gaga at Google, March 22, 2011

All you need to know about radiation

Do you know what's happening with the damaged nuclear plant in Japan? Do you know the technical issues? Well, I have just the solution. Watch this video and prepare to be educated. This is priceless.

"A Nuclear Reactor Explained by Poop and Farts: Nuclear Reactor Boy's Tummy Ache"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aH2-MhEko&feature=player_embedded


Incidentally, if you are concerned about radiation coming over to the U.S. check out this post. And stop eating bananas. From Marketing Japan:
"Radiation in Tokyo Same as Eating 1.5 Bananas"
http://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/radiation-in-tokyo-same-as-eating-15.html

In fact, radiation is even described in terms of a "banana equivalent dose." I had no idea. Learn something new every day!