Superbowl XLIII Advertisements

Wow, I’ve been pretty poor about maintaining this site. I often get ideas for things to write about but then I’ve failed miserably at writing about them in a timely manner, until eventually the events I want to write about are so old that nobody cares anymore. Well not today!

The end of the Super Bowl is being played as I type this but I was unable to watch most of the game as I was busy. Also I’ve been having a hard time following NFL football (and sports in general) as I’ve been without SportsCenter for the last three years.

However, one thing I can’t miss is the ads. In many ways, high-end television commercials represent the pinacle of the art and craft of cinematography. The biggest budgets (per minute of final product), the newest toys, and the highest emphasis on visuals out of any other kind of motion picture format. So for me, watching those commercials is like research on the latest trends of filmmaking.

Of course a lot of people just watch them for fun as well, so if you’re interested, they’ve got a bunch of Super Bowl XLIII ads up on Hulu.com.

UPDATE: They are also available on this YouTube playlist.

-Bryan

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Good luck, Team PorcuBimmer!

PorcuBimmer

PorcuBimmer

I would like to wish my many good friends who are on Team PorcuBimmer the best of luck this weekend at the 24 Hours of LeMons!

The 24 Hours of LeMons is a great idea — an endurance race on a budget. Each of the cars must be worth no more than $500! (This amount doesn’t include the cost of all the safety equipment such as roll cage, etc.)

This is the second 24 Hours of LeMons my friends on Team PorcuBimmer are competing in. The last time around the clutch or something blew up, but while they were running they were one of the fastest cars out there. Hopefully this year the car will be able to go the distance!

Check out this in-car clip they got their first time out in May 2008:

And what’s the deal with the porcupine theme? Well they say that this is the only BMW with the pricks on the outside.

-Bryan

UPDATE: Team Porcubimmer ended up finishing 32nd out of 114 teams, completing 290 laps. Not too shabby!

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My YouTube News Feed

Check out my YouTube news feed.

Click to see: News I recently watched on YouTube.

It’s a collection of news videos I watch on YouTube.  I generally update this playlist at least once a day.

I try to include interesting videos from international news sources that post regularly. They, and the American sources are all totally biased toward their home countries which can apparently do no wrong, so you can definitely see some different perspectives on certain issues. Russia Today and Al Jazeera English have particularly anti-American points of view, with Russia Today being the most shameless and blatant.

I may also occasionally throw in a video from The Onion so keep your sarcasm detectors on.

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Links of the Day/Week/Whatever

Here are some more links for y’all:

ESPN – Cindy McCain takes the wheel in her own race:
Cindy McCain is an honest to goodness drifter! Check out this video from ESPN.com – I had originally wanted to post this back in September in the middle of the presidential campaign when it was a bit more relevant, but I got a little sidetracked by my stay in Tajikistan.

ScienCentral Women’s Hands Have More Bacteria Than Men’s:
This ScienCentral video on YouTube confirmed what I long suspected: That girls are dirtier than guys!

Scientific American – Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit:
A pretty in-depth analysis of procrastination. I’ve been meaning to get around to reading this…

Divorce360.com – Divorce Calculator:
Divorce rates have actually been coming down. Calculate your risk of getting divorced using a program backed up by actual data.

-Bryan

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Back from Tajikistan

I came back from Tajikistan last week after being there for two months. I was planning on posting an update sooner but I couldn’t decide what to write so before too much time passes I thought I’d just mention that I was back, for anyone who didn’t know.

I had an awesome time while I was there, and hopefully I’ll find some time to write about some of my experiences. I can’t wait for my next trip out there.

-Bryan

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