Protected: Jed’s audition
by Macauley on September 30th, 2009
Archive for the 'Video' Category
Dreaming of electric sheep?
by Macauley on June 27th, 2009
Pretty hard to categorize this video, other than to say, fairly awesome. How they managed to so carefully choreograph the sheep is beyond me. Weird and amazing.
Daily Show media critique
by Macauley on June 9th, 2009
Two instant classics from Jon Stewart & co. As usual his media critique is spot on and hilarious at once.
Morning Joe’s Sarcastic Starbucks Sponsorship (03:47)
Not one of Jon’s 90 writers picked up on Joe Scarborough’s sarcastic Starbucks sponsorship.
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“i” on News (05:37)
Fox News insinuates, MSNBC hates Rush Limbaugh, and CNN wants to hang out with us at a slumber party.
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Stewart Mocks Media on Swine Flue
by Macauley on April 29th, 2009
Taking 24-hour news networks to task for sensationalist fear-mongering. “We’re not trying to freak anyone out,” they insist.
Oh really!?
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From Flu Schmlu:
We’re at the tail end of the flu season right now, and it happens to be that at this time a new strain of flu has been detected. The Mexican authorities seem to think it can cause unusually severe disease, but that has not been observed elsewhere and it is not clear whether that is really true in Mexico City either. When a small number of young men in Mexico City suddenly die of pneumonia, my first thought is HIV, not pandemic flu. (And it is a small number. The Mexican authorities have attributed 100 deaths to this virus, of which only 18 have been confirmed as actual swine flu infections. 20 million people live in Mexico City.) Influenza normally cannot survive in warm temperatures, which is why flu season ends in the spring. Unless this virus has some as yet completely unknown properties for which there is no evidence whatsoever, this outbreak is almost certainly going to die out on its own in no more than a couple of weeks. Even if it does not, there is no particular reason to think it will ever be much more than an annoyance.
Unless, of course, we proactively make sure that it is more than that. Which is exactly what is happening. I am not going to accuse the Mexican authorities of overreacting because I don’t have the information they do, they have difficult judgments to make, so they did what they did. Undoubtedly, however, they have imposed a huge economic cost on the country, with the political and economic capital completely shut down, tourism effectively suspended, and small businesses without customers.
Here in the U.S., the TV is wall-to-wall flu, with the hair hats screaming and yelling about 40 cases of swine flu in the U.S. — every one of which has so far resulted in perfectly normal, mild, self-limiting illness. The Secretary of Homeland Security, no less, has held a press conference on national television to declare a Public Health Emergency. How do you expect people to interpret that? Of course it’s upsetting and I’m sure people with the sniffles will be clogging emergency departments in the days to come. (I hope not, but I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t happen.)
My appearance on WCN
by Macauley on January 25th, 2009
Before heading to Holland, I swung through Stockholm to appear on World Chess News, an internet/TV show that has been around since 2004. The crew of five siblings, Adriana, Antonia, Amelia, Alfred and Albert, are responsible for every aspect of the show, and have managed to put together a high caliber presentation on a shoestring budget.
In addition to the clips below, I also interviewed the WCN team for a clip on the Chess.FM blog.
VIDEO: Parts one and two (from episodes 233 and 234):
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes at WCN (Running time: 1:26):
Crisis on Wall Street
by Macauley on October 3rd, 2008
Princeton economists review recent events on Wall Street and assess the implications for the economy and public policy.
Sep 23, 2008 at Princeton University
Panelists:
Hyun Shin, Professor of Economics (Department associate chair)
Markus Brunnermeier, Professor of Economics
Harrison Hong, Professor in Finance
Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs
Alan Blinder, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and co‚Äędirector of the Center for Economic Policy Studies.
Wimbledon Final: 5th set replay
by Macauley on July 7th, 2008
I missed about half of this match — widely heralded as the best Wimbledon Final ever. I also missed the Monday night replay on ESPN Classic (which is not on basic cable, apparently).
Fortunately, NBC has released the fifth set online.
So, here it is — 22 minutes of awesome!
Bush surveys damage to America
by Macauley on July 4th, 2008
The Onion: Bush Tours America to Survey Damage Caused by Presidency
President Bush will seek to comfort victims of his presidency as they try to make sense of the destruction he has caused.
Gotta love The Onion!
Where the hell is Matt?
by Macauley on June 23rd, 2008
I’m in the mid-west U.S.A. for a week, but had to share this bit of awesomeness. Matt is back, dancing the world away. It will invariably leave you grinning!
Matt could learn one thing, however, from ZeFrank, though: How to Dance Properly.
Much higher quality version at YouTube.
8 Minutes with Gata
by Macauley on June 17th, 2008
GM Gata Kamsky was at the top of a six-way tie for first at the National Open (June 5-8), part of the Las Vegas International Chess Festival. In this 8 minute interview with Chess.FM, recorded immediately after his Round Six draw against GM-elect Josh Friedel Kamsky discusses his time in Vegas and his thoughts on the upcoming World Championship candidates match with Veselin Topalov, scheduled for November in Lvov, Ukraine.