I noticed this bird on my neighbour’s chimney this morning. The photo was taken through binoculars. Can anyone identify the bird?

It has a slightly long thin beak, a thick red strip around the back of its head, what looks like a little black apron at the top of its breast, and black dots everywhere. It’s [...]

I just noticed this video again under Random Posts, originally posted 3 years ago. The song and the visuals blend well together to tell a good story.

Emiliana Torrini – Sunny Road | Music Videos | SPIKE.com

Perfect parody. It made me laugh… and cry… but mostly laugh.

Via Pender’s Crappy Blog That You Love To Hate.

This is kind of cool. Daniel Lanois mixing a song for his latest project, Black Dub.

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It’s a one-shot music video and it’s not the Danny Schmidt song.

It’s by some group called OK Go. Click the link for an alternate version of the video and some making-of and behind-the-scene videos. They’ve posted other striking music videos too.

That’s my question. And what do you think of it? Up in The Air stars George Clooney, directed by Jason Reitman who also directed Juno, and it’s nominated for an Academy Award.

The big potato tower experiment was not a success. The original article in the Seattle Times makes it seem easier than it is. I haven’t heard of too many success stories so far.
We planted our potatoes around May 17th. We did our first test harvest 3 months later on August 17th. [...]