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3.14: Celebrate National 'Pi' Day (VIDEO) #pi #piday

March 14, 2013 — Thursday March 14 (3.14) is National Pi Day around the world and any way you slice it, it's good geeky fun.

Unfortunately National "Pi" Day has nothing to do with food. 

It's an actual day to celebrate a numerical ratio. 

True mathletes around the world celebrate Pi Day every year on March 14. That's 3.14, as in the first few digits of Pi.

Pi is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant -- the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159. 

There are many ways of observing Pi Day, which include eating pie, discussing the significance of the number and more recently watching the Oscar winning Life Of Pi. 

The earliest known official Pi Day celebration was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988. The celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium where Shaw worked as a physicist.

 

SOURCE: The Weather Network

With files from CNN

Happy Pi Day (3.14) Domino Spiral

Uploaded on Mar 13, 2011

Or Half Tau Day...to mark the day, I've made my biggest spiral yet...and using a formula with Pi, I estimated the total dominos in this spiral to be 10178.75 dominos. I counted the dominos and the estimate was close. 10,059 dominos were actually used. Can you spot the 2 hidden references to 3.14? TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/flippycat FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/flippycat Extras and full fall down in real time can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbuM-X... This music in this video is by Joseph Stern: http://www.youtube.com/ibejoestern http://twitter.com/josephstern The world record for a domino spiral is 30,000: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1x99b...

Spectacular Meteor Footage - Russia Meteor Blows Out Windows (VIDEO) #russia #meteor

Meteor explodes in the sky with AMAZING sound shockwave in Chelyabinsk, Russia

 

Feb 15 2013 - Russian Meteor

Published on Feb 15, 2013

A meteor burst over Russia Friday morning, igniting the sky with an ethereal explosion of light (as well as scattering debris and injuring more than 500 people). Watch the incredible footage.

Published on Feb 15, 2013

The Russian Urals region has been stricken by a sudden cosmic attack. Meteorite exploded over several major cities, including Chelyabinsk, where the blast waves blew out windows and disrupted mobile connections.

FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: http://on.rt.com/qyevxi

RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.

Sons of Anarchy - Watch Ryan Hurst bid farewell to Opie VIDEO #sonsofanarchy

'SOA': Watch Ryan Hurst bid farewell to Opie -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Published on Nov 30, 2012 'SOA': Watch Ryan Hurst bid farewell to Opie The song is called "Goodbye, Dear Friend," by Deer Tick

While Sons of Anarchy’s Opie (Ryan Hurst) met a grisly, head-exploding death at the hands of prison inmates while guards — and three fellow SAMCRO members — watched earlier this season, the cast said goodbye to the character in a more symbolic way.

“If you wanna see a group of grown men crying like babies, there’s a video you can watch,” Charlie Hunnam, who plays Jax on the FX biker drama, told The Hollywood Reporter while promoting his new film Deadfall.

“Three months after he had finished filming Sons, he still hadn’t cut his beard off, and he hadn’t shaved in 5 1/2 years since he got the role of Opie. He hadn’t shaved once,” said Hunnam. “It was a catharsis that we all needed for him to get rid of that beard and for all of us to just let Opie die.”

Before taking a razor to Hurst’s face, the cast chipped in on an oversized samurai sword as a parting gift for the actor. “Most samurai swords are 38 inches; this is a 44-inch sword — an oversized sword — and he’s 6-foot-6, so it was perfect for him,” explained Hunnam.

SOURCE: THR

 

Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn (VIDEO)

"Americans" is a short, public service film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock, directed by Jameson Stafford. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stereotypes portrayed by the media by confronting them head on. It reminds us that what really matters is that we're all Americans, with diverse thoughts, opinions and stances on issues. We are millions of unique, individual parts, the sum of which comprise a whole that is the shining beacon of freedom throughout the world. The film reminds us to be proud of our differences, and to never forget that we're all in this together as Americans.

COLDPLAY RIP MCA ...Your Right To Party' Acoustic Tribute VIDEO

 

Coldplay paid tribute to the late Adam "MCA" Yauch with an odd, mournful cover of The Beastie Boys' exuberant hit "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)."

The performance took place at Coldplay's show at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night. Frontman Chris Martin ended the spare rendition by inserting the lyric, "We're sending all our love to the Beastie Boys."

Although a cause of death has not been announced, Yauch had been battling cancer since 2009. He was 47.

Published on May 5, 2012 by ColdplayTV

A tribute to Adam Yauch. Hollywood Bowl, 4 May 2012.
Thanks to Andy Bramley and the XL crew for the footage.

The Hollywood Bowl is such an awesome venue. Perfect place to do something intimate like this.

JOHNNY DEPP, NATALIE PORTMAN, PAUL MCCARTNEY Together in 'My Valentine' VIDEO

JOHNNY DEPP in the PAUL MCCARTNEY written & directed "My Valentine," from McCartney's album 'Kisses on the Bottom':

Late Friday night in Los Angeles, former Beatle and British knight Sir Paul McCartney premiered the video for "My Valentine," featuring Johnny Depp and according to a press release, it was McCartney's daughter, the fashion designer Stella McCartney, who inspired the visuals for "My Valentine."

Three videos accompany the song -- one featuring Portman, one with Depp and the full video with both. A teaser for the Depp video was released earlier Friday and features the actor (and occasional Marilyn Manson bandmate) signing lyrics to the song. "Someday soon, sun was gonna shine," Depp signs. "She was right, this love of mine, my valentine."

The song is off of McCartney's latest album, Kisses on the Bottom which features the elder statesman of rock and roll looking back on the standards that inspired him. The album is his fifteenth studio record and features two original compositions, "My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts." "My Valentine" was widely touted as the better of the original tracks, so its no wonder McCartney chose to bring it to life.

SOURCE:

'My Valentine': Johnny Depp & Natalie Portman Star In Paul McCartney-Directed Video (EXCLUSIVE)

NURSE JACKIE Edie Falco Explains Adoption Choice: 'It was time to raise kids' VIDEO

'My Kids Think Everyone Is Adopted':

 

  Edie Falco has explained her decision to adopt

The NURSE JACKIE star welcomed her son, Anderson in 2005 and daughter Macy in 2008. Falco has now explained why she went through the process in an appearance on Thursday's Anderson. "At that time I was single and the idea to adopt came to me," she said. "I just knew at a certain point it was time to raise kids." Falco admitted that she isn't sure whether her children realize that other kids aren't adopted yet but revealed that she has no concerns about the situation. "I don't [worry] because I am really clear in my head what it's all about," she said. "The second you are handed a newborn, it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.

When it comes to expanding the family, Edie Falco‘s son Anderson has his own ideas on the topic — and the actress is (for now!) more than happy to go along with his thought process. “My son says, ‘So then the lady has the baby in her belly,’ and then I said, ‘And when the baby comes out she gives the baby to the mommy,’” the Nurse Jackie star, 48, told Anderson Thursday. “I’m thinking I’m going to wait with that as long as I can, the fact that some of the ladies keep the babies for their own.

Edie Falco Talks Adoption

 

SOURCE #1 http://www.imdb.com/news/ni26148045/

SOURCE #2 http://celebrity-babies.com/

HEARTBREAKERS' Mike Campbell 'MY GUITARS' Series [VIDEO]

Over the last three decades, touring and recording with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, I have had the pleasure of using many different guitars. I have been asked many times why I choose the ones I use, and why I use so many.

Over two days, I sat with a crew and went through my collection, playing and discussing the guitars as we went. The resulting video series answers these questions and many more about the instruments.

The stories behind the acquisitions, demonstrations of their tones, and parts they played on recordings with my band over the many albums we have put out.

I had a blast sharing the Fenders, Gibsons, Rickenbackers, Gretschs, Martins, and many more I have acquired over the years. I'm really proud of the work director Justin Kreutzmann did, filming this journey. If you love good music and guitars as much as I do, I'm sure you will have fun watching this series.

 

 

"Mike Campbell: The Guitars" is a fifteen chapter web-documentary series directed by Justin Kreutzmann. The series is currently premiering exclusively on TomPetty.com for members of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' Highway Companions Club.

For more information on Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and the Mike Campbell guitar series, please visit TomPetty.com.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers begin a World tour on April 18 in Broomfield, CO. The tour includes a headlining show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28 and at the UK's Isle of Wight Festival on June 22nd.

How to remove your GOOGLE Web Data History [VIDEO]

 

Do you know if Google is tracking your Web activity? If you have a Google account (for, say, Gmail) and have not specifically located and paused the Web History setting, then the search giant is keeping track of your searches and the sites you visited. This data has been separated from other Google products, but on March 1 it will be shared across all of the Google products you use when Google's new privacy policy goes into effect.

If you'd like to prevent Google from combining this potentially sensitive data with the information it has collected from your YouTube, Google+, and other Google accounts, you can remove your Web History and stop it from being recorded moving forward.

After signing into your Google account, type https://www.google.com/history into your browser. (Alternatively, you can choose Account Settings from the pull-down menu in the upper-right corner of a Google product such as Gmail, Google+, or Google.com. From the Account Settings page, scroll down to the Services header and click on the "Go to web history" link.) If your Web History is enabled, you'll see a list of recent searches and sites visited. Click the gray Remove all Web History button at the top of the page and a subsequent OK button to clear your Web History.

Just the way I like it, empty and paused.

This action also pauses the Web History feature so that it will no longer track your Web searches and whereabouts. If you'd like to fire it back up, simply click the blue Resume button.

(Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation)

(Via: LifeHacker)

(Credit: Matt Elliott/CNET)

 

 

PROTECT IP / SOPA Act Breaks the Internet [VIDEO]

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa