winkler1
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Channel: Standup Comedy
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"If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable." http://www.videosift.com/video/Robert-Rodriguez-10-Minute-Film-School Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear! http://www.videosift.com/video/John-Lennon-Instant-Karma-live-in-New-York-City
Member Since: 2006-04-13
Email: winkler1 L0CATED_AT gmailD0Tcom
Favorite Sift: Old guy's laugh totally upstages comedian (@1:15)
Last Power Points used: 2008-09-06 • Available: 1 day 16 hours 39 minutes
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Thinker247 hit a ton!

http://happy.videosift.com/talk/Thinker247-Is-Now-Thinker101-1


written by Zonbie  | 2 days 2 hours 59 minutes ago | CH
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http://www.videosift.com/video/Do-Kids-make-you-Happy-Yes-and-No

It's dead.


written by LittleRed  | 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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Fix this:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Girl-from-Ipanema-Frank-Sinatra-Tom-Jobim

By grabbing the embed from here:

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


written by kronosposeidon  | 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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That's true. I might go fully Linux and let the kids learn how to use it properly. It would probably be a good thing anyway. Alternatively, I'm thinking of building a Hackintosh.

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heh.. spose that's true. I haven't yet put a family member onto it, but keep threatening too. Beats having machines wiped out by viri/spyware.

In reply to this comment by dag:
I tried Ubuntu - it's very clean and pretty. I liked it a lot - then I put it in front of my SO and kids. Good luck trying to play a DVD or find files that they've saved. Regardles of the pretty surface of Linux - the underpinnings are old school unix file structures and operations. I lasted about a minute before opening a terminal window.

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what about ubuntu? did you have a specific distro in mind?

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I guess I misread the the graph.

To each their own. Linux is great if you have the skills to keep it patched and manage your window manager. I would never recommend it to any of my non-techie friends. Even the file manager would drive them batty. I also do a bit of graphical stuff and would sorely miss Photardshop and Illustrator. I've tried Gimp.



written by dag  | 2 months 1 week ago | CH
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I tried Ubuntu - it's very clean and pretty. I liked it a lot - then I put it in front of my SO and kids. Good luck trying to play a DVD or find files that they've saved. Regardles of the pretty surface of Linux - the underpinnings are old school unix file structures and operations. I lasted about a minute before opening a terminal window.

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what about ubuntu? did you have a specific distro in mind?

In reply to this comment by dag:
I guess I misread the the graph.

To each their own. Linux is great if you have the skills to keep it patched and manage your window manager. I would never recommend it to any of my non-techie friends. Even the file manager would drive them batty. I also do a bit of graphical stuff and would sorely miss Photardshop and Illustrator. I've tried Gimp.



written by dag  | 2 months 1 week ago | CH
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Here is a new source for your dead "Star Wars/Boogie Nights" video:

Link

Also, a related video I just posted in a similar vein:

Link


written by Spiff  | 2 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I dont normally beg for votes, but I see you've posted some Gervais before, and Karl Pilkington is just outright amazing, check this out, (not a single F'in vote WTF!!?)
http://www.videosift.com/video/Karl-Pilkington-Monkey-News-Fantastic-animation

Cheers mate


written by BicycleRepairMan  | 2 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Thanks so much for the heads up! Done

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Here's a longer version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u1uRs3Dt7U. I think it's exactly the same, but this has an extra 3 minutes of how to paint your critter. Please update your vid to the longer version.


written by karkarlee  | 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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hello there Thank you for your votes up


written by LadyDeath  | 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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inconTHEEVable!

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Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!


written by my15minutes  | 2 months 4 weeks ago | CH
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you made my day, thanks!

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"When you add sweat to talent, you get magic."
Awesome comment man. I believe the interest/intrinsic motivation is key. For a literal example of what you're saying, look a Penn and Teller or any magician Thousands of hours of practice...

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
The longer I teach, the less I'm sure I even believe in any single thing that could be called intelligence. I had a graduate student once who seemed incredibly slow. For a bit I was torn with guilt about how I was going to gently steer him into a field more suited to his talents. He just seemed to take a really long time to get any new concept. Then I started noticing that when he *did* get the concept, he *really* got it. And his approach was new, different, and creative. He did new things, and he did much more profound things than the people who had "gotten" the concepts quickly.

I'm much more impressed by persistence, interest, and joy in the material than I am in any abstract thing called intelligence. Not that there isn't such a thing as native talent, but for all but the highest levels, you can make up for talent with plain old sweat. When you add sweat to talent, you get magic.



written by oxdottir  | 3 months 1 week ago | CH
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Thanks for the embed help!

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*dead - replacemnent here, http://youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo ... or maybe at http://beatbots.blip.tv/#


written by youdiejoe  | 3 months 1 week ago | CH
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Good stuff, when I used to subscribe to Newsweek it was always interesting to read Zakaria's articles. He had some very worldy views from a US perspective.

However CNNi is really not what it used to be, it pales in comparison to Al Jazeera's investigative journalism.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
good news - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/26/fareed-zakarias-cnn-show_n_103560.html


written by Farhad2000  | 3 months 1 week ago | CH
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Awesome, thanks!

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*promote


written by firefly  | 3 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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caught and released :-) The hook was barely attached to it's lip so there was no damage to the fish. I hope this one is still swimmin out there :-P


written by NinjaFish  | 3 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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