How to Train Your Dragon

I’ve been posting a lot of movies lately, maybe because there are actually some good movies coming out.

This one looks great.  

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Not the same as a Pixar movie, but they seem to be stepping up their quality and storytelling quite a lot.  

Visualizing Empires

Cape Verde, where I lived for 2 years, splits off of Portugal at around 2:58.  Very interesting visualization.  


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I love this commercial

Kinda scary but I love this commercial.  I actually looked it up on YouTube to see it again.  That is good advertising.  Oh and Auto-Tune claims another victim. 

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKKsn1NDWDg?wmode=transparent]

Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final

My Sounders are out but I was surprised to hear that RSL is in the final on the 22nd of Nov. in Seattle.  They did this by beating the Chicago Fire in an incredible shoot out.  RSL goalie Rimando blocked 3 shots.  Crazy.  Good Luck RSL!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lggNrlZnQ00?wmode=transparent]

BYU’s Klymit in PopSci

Wow. I remember hearing about these guys. Now they show up in PopSci. Basically they use argon gas to make super lightweight jackets and outdoor gear. Way cool stuff.

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Josh

Book of Odds

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I know a lot of people who were worried when I went skydiving.  But they don't think twice about driving a car.  The odds of dying in a car accident are much high that dying falling out of an airplane.  Now there is a site where you can find and collect odds about you. The website is bookofodds.com.  I found out (by answering a few questions) that I had a 1 in 1 chance of reporting that I washed my hands after using a public restroom. So correct.  I also found out that I have a 1 in 1.9 chance of a fatal accident. Maybe not as accurate.  Anyway, kind of fun, and a way to get your mom to agree to your dangerous hobbies.