A History of Windows Sounds

I don't think any sound has been quite so well recognized as the Windows startup and shutdown sounds... which, I suppose, is why some individual decided to post this video on YouTube, documenting all the various sounds from Windows 3.11 (the empirical sounding, "ta-da!") to present-day Windows Vista, which has a much more tubular zen sound (thankfully). If remixes are what you're into, check out this Vista remix or an XP one... as a friend so aptly put it, they really get going around the middle.

I Want to Sleep With Common People... Like You

"I want to live like common people.
I want to do whatever common people do.
I want to sleep with common people.
I want to sleep with common people... like you".

The lyrics to this song by British pop band, Pulp are truly inspirational, and set standards to live by... and I just had to post it.

Here's the same song sung by William Shatner and Joe Jackson on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno... I like the complacency with which (the otherwise very uncool) Shatner "tells it" (better than the original version by Pulp).

Artful Politics

Something moves me when I watch this video. Perhaps it's the prayer-like chanting of voices (echoing Barack Obama's "Yes We Can"), or maybe it's the black and white footage which recalls a memory of a time when the world felt safer--a time that much of the world struggled for its rights... Perhaps something calls to me from my childhood, that compells me to watch this vid. Whatever the draw, the creative person behind Dipdive executed a most artful, soulful, and hip delivery of any political message that I've seen.

Performing Arts Fantasy

Bored with your routine, hum-drum life? Well here's a twist... if you're willing to shell out big bucks. According to Forbes, you can enjoy 5 days of Hollywood TV stardom for a cool $12,733, at the Hollywood TV Star Fantasy Camp. If rock'n roll is more your speed, try the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, in London, England. Cost: $12,999. Includes meals.