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Annual Marijuana Arrests in the US

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:52:55 -0700

Annual Marijuana Arrests in the US

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Human History in One Minute

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:26:50 -0700

Human History

Via reason.tv Rough Cut Video Blog

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The Ron Paul Revolution

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:25:26 -0800

I don't completely agree with the Ron Paul on certain issues but he makes a lot more sense than any other Republican or Democrat. I thought this music video was a particularly interesting way to endorse a candidate, with a real musician coming up with an original song that's actually pretty good:

Aimee Allen's *Unofficial* Ron Paul Revolution Video

The song is by Aimee Allen who's other music you can check out on MySpace.

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Creative Music Video: Shitdisco - OK

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:36:46 -0700

SHITDISCO - "OK"

Shitdisco's debut album is available now.

Via AdHunt.

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What we call the news

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:28:29 -0700

Here's a nice short about the news and why TV news channels aren't reporting the real news.

What We Call The News

I personally don't watch any news on TV anymore, instead, I just read Google's news site.

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Creative Music Video: Justice - DANCE

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:06:34 -0700

Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

From a French band called Justice, the album is called † (Cross) and is set to be released June 11th Worldwide, and July 10th in the US.

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Sexual orientation

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:47:23 -0700

The Scientific America blog had a post a couple of days ago asking if women had a sexual orientation. The post was in response to the results of recent research on sexual desire which were published in The New York Times.

Another response to the article, from a women's point of view, sums up the research and talks about out how there is a lot of cultural misperception about sex.

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Quick Review: 22nd Century

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:18:54 -0700

A while ago, I came across a blog post on a "World Wide Mind", referring to 22nd Century, a program which aired on PBS in January. It's a pilot episode for one of 3 potential upcoming series. I got a chance to watch the episode a few weeks ago and have been talking about it and sharing it with people ever since. It's available for viewing in its entirety from its website here.

The aspect of the show I found most interesting was how people feel about the affect of technology on our bodies. Being able to communicate telepathically through a computer, restoring someone's sense of hearing, changing our sense of sight, and eventually simulating all of our senses with a direct connection to the brain are things we are able to do. It's not about the technological capabilities, but how much we are willing to accept these technologies in our society.

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Evolution, Simpsons style

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:45:17 -0700

The Simpsons have explained evolution in their own unique way before. The new episode which aired last night had a great intro that shows the complete process in about a minute. It's probably something they should start showing in schools.

Evolution by the Simpsons, from S18E16

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Creative Music Video: Royksopp - Remind Me

nobody@vox.com(Ovi) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:04:23 -0800

Most music videos we see on TV are getting pretty boring. There are some interesting ones though, but they're usually for unique music that will rarely make it on MTV (especially in the US). So most of the music videos I see these days are on the web, many through YouTube. I'm going to start posting some of the more creative videos here in hopes that more people get the opportunity to see them.

Here's one from Royksopp who are a recent favorite group of mine.

Royksopp - Remind Me

Melody A.M.

You may recognize the music from a recent Geico caveman commercial where a variation of the tune is playing in the background as airport music.

The song is from Royksopp's album Melody AM.

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