For those wondering where the road trip follow-up post went to, don’t worry – it’s coming VERY soon. I had some work to catch up on last week when we got back from our trip. I’m hoping to have some more photos from the trip and some other randomness from the trip up by the end of the week.
In the mean time, I ran across this video that I thought was interesting – especially to anyone that cares about inflation or the state of the US dollar.
It didn’t/doesn’t really strike me on it’s own since he’s always been more of a caricature of someone famous and eccentric in my mind than an actual person. What did strike me is that it was sudden and out of the blue. And I heard about it via Twitter several hours before it was on the major news outlets.
And I’ve been watching the chaos of what’s been going on in Iran via youtube including the death of Neda, a young woman who was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran while protesting the recent election in Iran.
Today, while trying to avoid thinking of any more death after reading more about Iran, I inadvertently came upon an Iranian indie band named Hypernova. You can check out several of their songs and videos at their myspace page.
The video below seems to be their major “single” that is being pushed and it’s pretty catchy though there is some language so be forewarned those with sensitive ears.
While watching this video I suddenly flashed to when I first tried watching video on the internet. It was way back when I was in junior high or so (which I suppose wasn’t THAT long ago relatively speaking but now that I’m 27 it sure seems like a long time ago). Anyway, the video was choppy and I was lucky to see every 5th frame of a fifteen second clip. Now I rely on web video entirely (I don’t have cable) and it’s all set up to play on my Xbox 360 in my living room. I can even watch video on my new phone. Forget that… I can even RECORD video on my phone and then immediately email it to anyone in my contacts. – I’m finally THAT guy. I’m now that guy who starts to talk about the past when things were this way or that.
I remember when…
56k modems were considered fast
Betamax players were still sold
LaserDisc was brand new (as an interesting side note, I’ve been told that UCSB – where I went to college – has one of the largest collections of LaserDisc of any university or college. Way to pick a winner UCSB!)
Going to the movies cost $5.00 and $3.50 for matinee.
A gallon of gas cost less than a buck (sometimes much less).
All my siblings were either not born yet or were mere toddlers (I’m the oldest by several years).
1 Gb was HUGE
I wanted to be an astronaut, or a doctor, or a lion tamer, or a lawyer, or a roller coaster engineer, or a radio disc jockey.
I didn’t get paid to design stuff – it was just wasting time back then.
The internet, facebook, youtube, hulu, myspace, twitter, and cell phones didn’t exist.
I never thought about death or growing old.
I would have never made a list like this.
I’d love to read what things other people remember from their childhood that seem random or interesting or funny now.
The internet and constant media bombardment (there is an ‘AND’ there for you naysayers or defenders of all things internet) is quickly making people into sensationalist linguists. It seems that regular descriptions using appropriate language to fit the situation or subject at hand is just too boring. We are now constantly inundated with the “Most”, the “biggest”, the “best”, and the ever so popular on things like digg.com – “EVER”. (more…)
I’ve noticed I’ve been posting several videos lately and, well, that trend isn’t going away very soon. I’ve got yet another random piece I found (via digg.com). It’s a stop motion video of pictures in an apartment. You just have to see it yourself. It’s pretty cool.
The weekend was busy but I should be able to get some pictures up from Easter soon (and maybe something from… “The Photo Vault” – dum dum duuuummmm! Um… right.
