Alright, so a little editorial license was used in spanning the "expert" title between this and the last post. Watch the video below and you may agree it was justified.
The Top Secret Drum Corps have taken the precision and technical skill required in competition to the highest level. Watching someone who has perfected their craft to this degree is almost always worth watching.
The video quality suffers in the high level shots but is worth staying with for the ground level footage. Like most of these routines, it builds in intensity as it progresses - stay with it!
Even if you're not a drum corp aficionado, you can't help but appreciate the level of talent, discipline and expertise this team has developed.
The caption with the original video states that they practiced almost every day for a year on this routine. How many people are that dedicated to something they say that they believe in?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Local Computer Expert
Having a day job that involves anything above simply using computers automatically seems to qualify many people for the role of "computer expert" in their family and circle of friends. That confidence may at times be misplaced as the range of potential software and hardware issues now is so wide, that no one person can keep up with all support methods anymore. So enters Google and the age of instant expertise.
The web comic xkcd captures this well in their Tech Support Cheat Sheet.
A friend sent it to me and it is funny. Some of the other content on the xkcd site ranges from bizarre to risque, but this one seems spot on. However, the longer I look at the flowchart the more real it becomes. Maybe that's what makes it really funny.
In any event, print it out and tape it near your screen - it just might work!
The web comic xkcd captures this well in their Tech Support Cheat Sheet.
A friend sent it to me and it is funny. Some of the other content on the xkcd site ranges from bizarre to risque, but this one seems spot on. However, the longer I look at the flowchart the more real it becomes. Maybe that's what makes it really funny.
In any event, print it out and tape it near your screen - it just might work!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
A Lot Can Kill You
The video below on "How Not To Wash Your Car" immediately made me think of the lines in the movie Jumangi:
You might not want to let your kids watch this though...they'll never stand under the tipping buckets at the local water park again!
Sarah Whittle: Well, a little rain never hurt anybody!
Alan Parrish: Yeah, but a lot can kill you! Come on!
You might not want to let your kids watch this though...they'll never stand under the tipping buckets at the local water park again!
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