Tag Archives: video
adventures in video production
Last fall I went to a one-day workshop on how to make videos for the web. It was part of the ScienceWriters 2011 meeting in Flagstaff. As part of the workshop, we were sent out in pairs to destinations around Flagstaff … Continue reading
how synchrotrons work
For a story I was just working on, I needed to remember how a synchrotron works. (It’s a component of a particle accelerator.) I kind of thought I remembered, but I was happy to come across this video. It’s a … Continue reading
rolling down to old maui
Here’s that sea chanty, “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” sung by the great Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers: “We’re homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.” The sailors have been catching whales in the Arctic, which … Continue reading
elements, j-pop style
Having blogged before on songs about the elements, and being a Japanese speaker, I believe I am in a position of unique authority to say: Yes, of course Tom Lehrer’s song about the elements needed to be translated into Japanese. … Continue reading
primordial soup
Over at Smithsonian magazine, blogger Sarah Zielinski has written about my Origins of Life story and the concept of primordial soup. I said in my story that it wasn’t exactly a chunky beef stew, more like a few molecules scattered … Continue reading
CHON CHON CHON CHON CHON CH CHON
A friend asked if I referenced the CHON movie in my story about the origins of life. I did not. Which is tragic, really – the CHON movie is an absolute classic of science cinema, and for more than a … Continue reading
best cat on the internet
The internet has a lot of cats. But Maru, a Japanese cat who loves boxes, is really the best one. Just watch this one video – I think you’ll agree. Many more Maru videos here. And thanks to CuteOverload (who … Continue reading
songs about the elements
A week or so ago I went to a party that was organized around singing the Pirates of Penzance in someone’s living room. It was a great party, and it reminded me of this excellent song, to the tune of … Continue reading
infographic video
Someone I used to work with at National Geographic just drew my attention to this totally cool music video – it tells the story of a woman’s day through infographics: It’s by the company H5, whose video Logorama just won … Continue reading
best sport ever
Oh, man. I can’t believe it took me until now to think to look for sumo videos on youtube. Yeah, that’s right, sumo. I lived in Japan for two years in the late 1990s and spent a substantial part of … Continue reading