Why things need to be right

I feel that engineers would appreciate this. I know this, because it was sent to me by an engineer.



Why Calibrate?
By PublicResourceOrg

http://youtu.be/yxZBNYBoLLU



I love vintage videos!

The Tin Tin movie!

I very vaguely recall watching the cartoon version of Tin Tin on TV, so I think that seeing a movie version would be super cool.

In case you haven't seen a preview:



Tintin Trailer #2 (Spielberg 2011) HD -- FilmsActuTrailers

http://youtu.be/xz3j8gKRUTg



And in case you don't remember the original:



Opening TinTin -- cobra123454321777

http://youtu.be/KeQif4Cg2XE



Unfortunately, I've had a really hard time finding original clips of the TV show on YouTube. Pretty much everything that I've found has been overdubbed with rude dialog. There's so much of it that it's like a fad. I hope it ends soon.

Go see the movie! If you do, feel free to leave me a comment and let me know how you liked it!!

Dear photograph...

This is a very cool art project, which reminds me a bit of Post Secret. Take a picture of a picture from the past and post it with a brief story.

I'd love to try this sometime!



http://dearphotograph.com/

ModCloth is rad, groovy, and swell, man

Aaaaaaahhhhhh. I find some aspects of fashion interesting enough, but I'm by no means a fashionista. I used to be hooked on What Not To Wear until I got tired of it. BUT, if there is one thing that I love, it is vintage clothing. I love looking at photos from the 50s or 60s and drooling over girls in floral print dresses or guys fresh off of Carnaby Street.

And what's better? Being able to buy that kind of clothing today, because it's in style again! It's not cheap, but online store ModCloth.com has pretty much everything you could want.

So, let me get you started with a dress that I cannot get over. Even if this stuff is out of your price range, treat yourself to some delicious optical goodness.



http://www.modcloth.com/Womens/Dresses/-Bonus-Points-Dress

Neo-Nazi codes

I have a German friend who, when we first met, was concerned whether or not I would think that she was a Nazi. It was amazing to me how people could be worried about how their country is viewed by the rest of the world decades later, although it's true that there are still those with Nazi beliefs out there.

More than I thought, apparently. And since the swastika, the phrase "Heil Hitler", and other Nazi propaganda is banned in Germany, people are coming up with new ways to spread their message of hate.

It's amazing, and extremely sad, not to mention troubling, what all this could lead to. I took a course in rhetoric, and we discussed how language and symbols are all arbitrary; we just assign meanings to them. Banning the number 88 because of what it might mean is ridiculous. But, what are you going to do?



http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/disturbing-trend-neo-nazi-codes-203345626.html

Lots of nostalgia

http://www.bentbay.dk/in_oldDays.html


Just some old time banjo music with a ton of memories and photos from around the 1950s. As I've said, I wasn't around to enjoy this stuff, but I still think that it's super cool. and as a 90s kid, I can see which of these things, such as playing "Mother May I" lasted through the decades all the way up until my own childhood. I don't know if it's still around, though.

Unspoken evil in World War Two

This is a trailer for a new book which came out in March. I haven't had the chance to read it, but definitely hope to, as it holds personal value for me. My family is mostly Latvian and part Lithuanian, and I know that my grandparents and great grandparents suffered immensely during WWII and afterward.

As the author, Ruta Sepetys, says, we've all heard about what Hitler and the Nazis did to the Jewish people, but many people don't know anything about how many millions Stalin and the Soviets tortured and murdered.

A well-made trailer, and a message from the hearts of those whose stories were untold.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuIy8HqJUvA