Comments on: Mood elevators

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:30:16 +0000

A bit late but I always found this frenchman amazing…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg887SYsLvE&feature=related

Truly amazing. And I don’t even like break dancing, which, I assume, is still what this is called.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:52:12 +0000

On the kinetic motion machine. There’s an artist who does these, only the video is better, the motion more, well, composed, generally in black&white or sepia tones. I’ve seen his videos at the MOMA in NY and one of the galleries here in DC (can’t remember if it was the Hirshorn or the National Gallery East Building). Really long, crazy stuff, but elegant. This one wasn’t bad, but not the same level of accomplishment. Forgot to ask my wife if she remembers the name.

By: Judy B.

Judy B. — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:33:49 +0000

Thanks for the comment and the link to the article I mentioned. I hope you can write something more on that subject (i.e., “Who profits from the diabetes epidemic?”)

As for the video, I almost couldn’t get through it either. I just kept hoping that she would hit at least one note on pitch or with good tone. It was quite painful. The one positive thing that I noted was that she had good foot turn-out on her duck walk….

I’ve subsequently discovered that trumpets can be tuned, and if they’re not tuned with the orchestra (or the music if played on tape) that this very thing can happen. And when it does, one has no choice but to either soldier on or quit. Maybe she’s got more chutzpah than we gave her credit for. I would have dissolved on the stage.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Judy B.

Judy B. — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:58:59 +0000

Here’s something else to take your mind off AC. The one thing I can say about this video, is that she is consistent! (Plus it boggles my mind to think that this was practiced and coached!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8

On another note, I found an interesting post on the Fanatic Cook (www.fanaticcook.com, I think) about a study concerning who profits from the epidemic of diabetes and obesity. You need to scroll down a bit to get to it but it’s very revealing. (I don’t know how to go directly there….)

Continued thanks for your great advice and information!

Something to take my mind off of AC… I would rather be tied to a stake in the middle of the desert and have the entire works of AC read to me by the nasally woman who did the consumer reports video than to watch that YouTube again. I’m with the commenter who wrote: Has she hung herself yet?

Here is the link to the post you were citing. It is indeed true that all those people profit from the diabetes epidemic, but it goes deeper than that. It’s a subject worthy of a longer post.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:37:18 +0000

In IE when viewing the page with the flash video on it, select the View menu and then select the source item. In other browsers you there should be a similar option in their menus. You can also right click the page to get the menu as well, I believe this will also work with Firefox and Safari browsers. Once you see the code behind the page with the video on it, just search for .swf which is the extension used for Flash videos. When you find the location of the link to the file it will look like this below:
Lessthansymbol embed src=”h t t p : / / w w w . newsday.com/media/flash/2007-11/33678461.swf” height=335 width=450″ greaterthansymbol
I put spaces in above to keep it from being rejected, hope it gets through.
And below is another attempt with a code tag:

You should be able to add this tag the same way you do the YouTube video, you may need to use the standard text entry tool and not the wysiwyg one.

Dan

Hey Dan–

Thanks. I’ll give it a try. Your post got hung up in the spam filter again, and it extracted your tag along the way.

Best–

MRE

By: Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:06:42 +0000

Dr.Mike,

Here is one way to embed the Flash video. View the the source of the page that has the video and search for .swf. Then just copy the tag and insert it into your blog, here is the one for the Boomer generation.

I hope the above tag gets through you comment system.

Dan

Hey Dan–

The tag didn’t make it through. In fact, the entire comment got gobbled by my spam filter, which must have removed the tag in the process.

Question: How does one ‘view the source of the page’?

Thanks–

MRE

By: Hellistile

Hellistile — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:22:59 +0000

I don’t watch TV and don’t have cable, but this Maher fellow is what I find in most good comedians, both intelligent and funny. However, when I googled him, he seems to be affiliated with PETA, although he claims he eats meat, just not a lot of it. I suppose our feelings about Pharma reflect those of PETA as well. I wonder what else we have in common?

I live further north than our dear friend Simon so I supplement with cod liver oil as there is absolutely no sun to be found here except for maybe 6 hours per day and it’s too cold to go outside comfortably without covering the entire body including the face. However, in the summer we have about 18-20 hours of sun daily so we are happy, happy, happy. Especially the golfers who are out there at 11:00 pm when it’s cooler. Can I digress or what?

Didn’t know about Maher’s PETA affiliation. I’ll have to view him with a more jaundiced eye from now on.

I’ve never played golf in the far north where it stays daylight forever in the summer. Maybe next year.

Cheers–

MRE

By: simon fellows

simon fellows — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:25:50 +0000

Maxwell Hola..ref sunlight.

Try getting a Solux 24 degree 50 watt 12 V 3500K bulb.

Afore i came to the land of drizzle..Vancouver..i was 3 yrs in sun drenched sub Sah Afrique.

Using a homeemade lightbox in the Autumn and Winter is quite wonderful.

Dead easy and cheap to make and if i can do it anyone can.

Am at supachramp at yahoo dot com should you need more info

Hey Simon–

Thanks for the info. I’ve always lived where there is a lot of sun, so I’ve never had to worry, and, consequently, never researched it much. Glad you’ve done the work.

And this throws off UVB and UVA?

Best–

MRE

By: Dallee

Dallee — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:23:11 +0000

This link is really, really fabulous. Some people are so very talented …

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/774922/great_shadow_puppetry/

Someone emailed this to me about a year ago. It really is fabulous.

By: Jenny J

Jenny J — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:53:24 +0000

Here’s a related Bill Maher anti-pharm rant that’s also funny and apt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXXTCc-IVg&feature=related

Funny indeed.

Thanks–

MRE