Mad World by Gary Jules (3:19)

I've always liked this song, since I first heard it in Donnie Darko, but I never new the video was so cool!

Music decoded from 600-year-old carvings in the Rosslyn Chapel (4:40)

A father and son deciphered the symbols found in the Rosslyn Chapel (the one featured in the Da Vinci Code). They turn out to be a song, with the notes represented using Chladni patterns. A simple experiment demonstrating the visualisation done by sprinkling sand on a metal plate and vibrating the plate, for example by drawing a violin bow along the edge, the sand will then form itself into standing wave patterns such as simple concentric circles. The higher the frequencies, the more complex the shapes produced. Very cool!

News article: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL014372920070501
Wikipedia article on Chladni patterns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics
Official site of the discoverer: http://www.tjmitchell.com/stuart/rosslyn.html

A very catchy tune "Oh Nine, Eff Nine" (1:05)

If you're wondering what the it means, it's the encryption key for BlueRay and HD-DVD. Read more here: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/the_new_hddvdbl.html

Apparently these numbers have caused BIG problems for Digg because they received a cease and desist order, but were unable to stop the community from inundating the site with the hex digits. Read the story.

Antartica in 5 minutes (4:48)

Are you sure you really want to go on a cruise of Antartica? Looks boring! There's hardly any penguins!!

Video Game Addiction Therapy (3:37)

Boot camp for video game addiction in China. Looks like fun!

Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home (Live on Leno) (3:30)

Video

http://stage6.divx.com is awesome. I choose this video to link 'cause I figure Laur will enjoy it. Unfortunately their embedded player sucks, so I you'll have to click on the link to see the video

Oakland freeway fire/collapse (3:25)

A tanker truck exploded on a nearby freeway, spilling 8600 gallons of gas and causing an overpass to collapse. Arnold has declared a state of emergency in order to expedite repairs.

BBC: WOW - Buying Gold (3:17)

Reports like this make me glad I'm not playing WoW anymore...

Videos 4/29/2007

Sderot (12:06) - This video describes life in Sderot, an Israeli border town. The town is subjected to daily rocket attacks, which the people are helpless to defend themselves against.



What happens if we bomb, bomb, bomb Iran (5:40) - 26 -year-old political vlogger and and a member of the church of FSM who likes to yell.



Are blenders evil? (4:34) - A GodTube video discussing the morality of blenders.



What will you do when porn strikes (1:53) - Another awesome ProjectGod video!