@Google Events invites authors, musicians, news makers and politicians to speak/perform at Google's Mountain View, CA.
Has a selection of over 200 videos to choose from.
I found Will Self and the rather brilliant José González. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Awesome game after the Da vinci code vein of mixing history and conspiracy theories. Beautifully executed with very good graphics and storey. episode 4 is frustratingly difficult..
Do not even attempt it if you've got a poor (or even mediocre) connection. If you're connection's good, and you've got a few hours to kill you'll enjoy this point and click game. Info. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

What would happen if acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese got a script by Alfred Hitchcock that was never made into a movie? Can Scorsese make the film like Hitchcock would’ve made it? There’s a catch: the script has a missing page … picked by Turtle 2 years ago

How good is your knowledge? picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Scientists are claiming ecstasy could become a prescribed drug for post-traumatic disorder within the next five years. The drug MDMA, could take a step toward medical respectability. Researchers in South Carolina have begun experimenting with MDMA.
Studies will also start in Switzerland and Israel. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

ALL YOUR BROWSER BELONG TO US!

The mime updated for the 21st century. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Everything you wanted to know about the night sky. Check out this month's activity in the cosmos. Astronomy for the media generation! "The medium is the massage." picked by Turtle 2 years ago

A real-time news "translation machine" representing appearing & disappearing information about our times. The news content is reduced to the most frequent headlines & their according keywords. The reduced news headlines are then visually translated in a dynamic pictogram language that is considered to be universal & instantly understandable. online users can add keywords to ... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

This film is about an Iowa schoolteacher who, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, gave her third-grade students a first-hand experience in the meaning of discrimination. This is the story of what she taught the children, and the impact that lesson had on their lives." This teacher was able to get a very life altering view point of understanding across to young children... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Flying Platform, UFO, cancelled US military tinkering from the mid-1960s, engine manufacturer Williams Research developed a light turbofan engine. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

What would happen if the starship Enterprise encountered the Death Star?
Everyone knows that a single TIE fighter piloted by a stoned Jar-Jar Binks could defeat the combined ST universe military, Borg included. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Finnish sci-fi parody Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The feature length film tells the funny and somewhat tragic story of Emperor Pirk's conquest of the universe. It was released in 2005 under a Creative Commons licence and since become one of the most watched Finnish movies ever.
Did I say it was in Finnish? Brilliant. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

The Urban Grower is the only Internet show that tells you how to harvest two pounds or more per light. You'll learn how to produce the biggest, juiciest yields you've ever seen.
See you in prison. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

An excellent vid showing the tactics used by police to disrupt a march in New York against an alleged 'police state'. It is particularly good because it was shot by a Polish Immigrant who had lived under the late Leninist regime and remarked that the US police used exactly the same underhand tactics that the Polish state thugs used to suppress protests there.It certainly begs the question; Americ... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Girl is recording one of those generic sexy dance videos until....dad walks in and ruins his day. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Visitors to Warner Robins will discover the "Crown Jewel" of Middle Georgia -- the Museum of Aviation, now the second largest museum in the United States Air Force. Displaying 93 aircraft and hundreds of exhibits on a beautiful 51 acre site, the museum has grown into a significant exhibit, education and cultural center drawing more than 500,000 visitors a year. Great intro. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

All movies (henceforth "Moods") filmed entirely in one elevator. Genres include; Tragedy, Melodrama, Tragicomedy,Jacobean Revenge Tragedy.
Recording Purveyor's include; The Anita Kerr Singers, Percy Faith, Mantovani and Nicola Conte. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Mouse Party is designed to provide a small glimpse into the chemical interactions at the synaptic level that cause the drug user to feel 'high'. For example, THC in marijuana can bind with cannabinoid receptors located on the presynaptic and/or postsynaptic cell in a synapse. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Glasgow has been chosen to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. It has been estimated that it will cost the city £288m to stage the sporting event, with most of the funding coming from the Scottish Government. Whoop!

You can listen live. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Kevin Gifford of GameSetWatch has a lot of video game magazines … for this article at Games.net, he shares with us the covers of the premier issues of some game mags and compare them with their covers today.

It’s amazing to see how different (and how little) they’ve changed over a span of twenty years or so. I used to buy Zzap64. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Happens to us all I suppose. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

GRAPHIC. NSFW. Denmark is one of the countries currently supporting efforts to lift the ban on commercial whaling and it does not
oppose the resumption of international trade in whale products. More info here. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

The face of Egypt's most famous ancient ruler, King Tutankhamun, has been put on public display for the first time. Truly Amazing! picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Richard Hanson, biochemistry professor "They are metabolically similar to Lance Armstrong biking up the Pyrenees.""The ethical implications are such that this approach should not be used in humans, or is it technically possible at this time to efficiently introduce genes into human skeletal muscle, in order to mimic the effect seen in our mice," Hanson says. One wonders if the... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Earlier this week,King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived at Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen, the military band decided to play him a rather unique welcome. Given Saudi Arabia’s horrendous human rights record (detailed to some extent in the remainder of the video), Darth Vader’s theme music seems rather appropriate. picked by Turtle 2 years ago