Month: October 2019

Flight Radar 24

Need to just relax for a bit and spy on everyone?  My mom makes a habit of spying on me like this every time I get on a plane. Here is a website to watch planes in real time.  This link is centered on San Francisco, where I am, but feel free to click and…… Continue reading Flight Radar 24

Tom Lehrer’s "The Elements" Song

Watch singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician Tom Lehrer perform ‘The Elements’ song live from Copenhagen in 1967. Set to the melody, ”I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, it challenges the speed at which you can recite all of the elements known in the early-1960s.As a bonus, here is Daniel Radcliffe (of…… Continue reading Tom Lehrer’s "The Elements" Song

New Dinosaur LEGO Set

You can claim to be interested in historical artifacts like pottery, suits of armor, and maybe even a mummy, but the most compelling reason to visit a museum, even as an adult, are the dinosaur fossils. If your hometown happens to be lacking in museums, however, Lego’s new Dinosaur Fossils set puts a small collection…… Continue reading New Dinosaur LEGO Set

Madame Tutli-Putli (Short) – Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski – 2007

This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on the night train, weighed down with her all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past, she faces both the kindness and menace of strangers. Finding herself caught up…… Continue reading Madame Tutli-Putli (Short) – Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski – 2007