A few weeks ago I came across an interesting show on one of the local PBS stations. A little bit of searching online afterwards revealed that it was part of series, The Constitution: That Delicate Balance. These were made in the 1980s and had various political, legal and media figures that were given a hypothetical situation and discuss the various issues. Some of them include former President Gerald Ford.
There are 13 one hour episodes that are available online. Unfortunately you have to create an account in order to have access to them and be able to stream Windows Media files. It’s a hassle, but worth it.
What really struck me about these was how contemporary the issues were, despite being nearly 25 years old. Issues like what war powers the President has, state versus federal powers and executive privilege.
iHam – The strangest Apple spoof I have ever seen.
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Failing silently is bad – gnegg – If your database has a choice between storing incorrect data or throwing an error, I’ll vote for throwing an error every time.
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The classics never get old.
Make sure to turn up the volume, it will help you appreciate the startup screens for version 3.1 and beyond.
I only have a faint memory of watching the Star Wars Holiday Special back in 1978. That’s probably a good thing.
Here’s the 5 minute version of the 2 hour special, but I’m warning you, this was worse that Jar Jar in the Phantom Menace:
Web because it is on the Internet.
I was one of those kids who grew up watching Sesame Street, so this list of Sesame Street video clips filled my mind with memories. Here are some of my favorites:
If some how you’ve managed to miss the microsoft ipod packaging parody (see below for updated link) then stop what you are doing for three minutes and go watch it.
UPDATE Wed 1 Mar 2006 @ 4:00pm: Looks like this video was put together by a Microsoft marketing group, according to Scoble.
UPDATE Fri 3 Mar 2006 @ 10:40am: The video is no longer available on the YouTube link. The folks over at iFilm have it as Microsoft’s iPod [2006].
MythBusters is an awesome show. Now you can check out some of their lost videos. These are clips that were never aired.