Renaissance 2.0
Here were some of my favorite things of 2012 in movies, music, TV, etc. Movies I still haven’t seen most of the best movies released this year so they won’t make this list (i.e. Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, etc.). Here are my favorite movies that I did see…
Here’s an episode of the new version of The Outer Limits which ran again from 1995 to 2002. This one was called “Stream of Consciousness” and aired in 1997. It was truly a prophetic tale as it depicted how dependent the world would be on the Internet which they called The Stream. This was a…
I love Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone. The Trade-Ins is one of my favorite episodes from the series. It centers around an old couple who want to get new bodies, especially because the man is suffering with a serious illness. It’s an emotional story that brings up many questions about life, love and youth….
I’m a huge fan of This Week In Startups AKA TWiST which is a fabulous show about Startups (DUH) hosted by legendary entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. Every week he interviews interesting founders and CEOs from well-known companies and popular startups. Each show is educational and most important of all entertaining. He also has a segment called…
I was blown away by this short video set to Carl Sagan’s powerful words about Earth, the pale blue dot. I also liked all the movie clips used in the video. The transcript and list of all the movies used in the video follow. The spacecraft was a long way from home. I thought it…
Sometimes it can be fun to watch movies or videos as a group in real-time even when everyone is located in different regions of the globe. There are some new apps that make this usual solo endeavor a more social experience. Here’s a run-down of the best web apps available for sharing videos in real-time…
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an amazing new series that uses the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans — professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, musician Yo-Yo Ma,…
This is an amazing commercial that’s like a mini-movie at 4 minutes long but so worth the payoff. Totally caught me by surprise too. I always say you shouldn’t fast forward through every commercial because every once in a while there’s a gem like this one (even though this wasn’t even in our country). 🙂
I’ve always loved Ben Stiller, not just from his popular movies but going way back to the early 1990s with his little TV show called “The Ben Stiller Show” that started on MTV (1990-1991) then spun off to FOX (1992-1993). I could tell even then that this guy was going to be massively successful. His…
The long-running unspoken office romance between Jim and Pam on The Office has been one of the best of its kind in TV history. I think their relationship more than anything else (yes, even more than Steve Carell’s amazing antics) has been one of the most important ingredients to the show’s success. Here are some…