Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 125)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we take a look at the fancy computing of yore, learn to draw bunnies and then figure out how to produce a very successful six season television show.

• First, we start out with some of the history of the Apple Macintosh from Computerphile. The original Mac was definitely a departure from how computers would have been seen up to that point (see the smiley face when it boots), although I would love to take the chance to compare it to the Lisa which Apple was also producing at the time. If you're interested in more Macintosh history, checkout folklore.org which is a collection of stories written by the folks who created the Mac.
• Next, we stop in to learn how to draw a bunny with Simon Tofield of Simon's Cat.
• Finally, Adam Savage takes an hour to talk with Vince Gilligan, just at the end of Breaking Bad. I've never watched Breaking Bad, but I'm always kinda interested in stories of TV production. There are probably spoilers, but it has been more than two weeks since then.

Blog: Favorite YouTube Videos (Volume 16)

Welcome to the 16th volume of my favorite videos on YouTube. This volume is a mix of music, cuteness and deep thoughts and is a lot of things that have showed up here before.

• The first video is by British YouTuber, Alex Day for his friend, collaborator and roommate Charlie McDonnell. This was a birthday gift in which Alex got several YouTubers (especially ones with ukuleles) to sing a song to Charlie on his birthday. (Also yes, these guys are freaking young!)
• Speaking of Charlie, we also have his video for Ben Folds and Nick Hornby's song Saskia Hamilton. I feel like this video is an example of the age old adage (at least as old as when I first thought of it) that when in doubt you should shout the name of a poet.
• The third video in this volume is a pair of bunnies in cups. I don't think I need to say more.
• Next we have a song from Hank Green about the likelihood of alien life, because most scientific concepts are best handled in song.
• Finally we have a TED talk from the brilliant brain-disturber Ze Frank. In this talk he discusses the show he ran in 2006 (which influenced pretty much anyone I've ever seen vlog, at least indirectly) and engage in deep participation.

Blog: Favorite YouTube Videos (Volume 9)

For a surprising turn of events, this Volume has nothing to do with video games. It's still fairly musical though and contains rabbits, my childhood and groups of people doing cool things.

• The first video this week come from, of all places, the New York State Lottery Board. It has rabbits, they're cute. 
• The second is a lipdub from a group of students from l'Université du Québec à Montréal. This is the first lipdub I'd ever seen and my mind was blown. You may not love The Black Eyed Peas but the video is pretty incredible. I love seeing groups of people band together to pull things off and this is a brilliant example and the fact that they do it in all one take is even better.
• The third video is one of the opening credits to the 1980s PBS show 3-2-1 Contact. There were several different versions but this is the one I remember the best. I was probably a bit young to watch 3-2-1 Contact (and I certainly get it mixed up in my memory with other PBS shows of the era). There's something about the song though that's really memorable.
• Following on that is a clip from another PBS show Square One. As a kid I loved this show and through this game thought this was a great idea for a game show (since I was pretty good at math).
• The last video is a flash mob from the 2010 olympics (the one with the mittens). As with the lipdub above I enjoy the group effort and the well that's all they managed feeling getting blown away by the but wait there's MORE. It's also kinda neat to know exactly where a video was filmed.