This is a blog about my teaching, research and service with some occasional personal comments thrown in. These are my notes on a variety of topics. If you want to follow my blog posts on a specific topic, then see the Table of Contents in the right-hand column. While I try to work in the realm of facts, logic and moral absolutes, if there are any opinions expressed here, they are my own. -WilliamHartPhD
Description: "AVAILABLE NOW! $20 2 DISC DVD - http://www.fangamer.net/products/minecraft-the-story-of-mojang $8 DRM-FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD http://www.theminecraftmovie.com $7 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY C418 http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/one In 2009, independent video game designer Markus "Notch" Persson released a work in progress that would go on to break every industry rule for achieving success. Part exploratory adventure, part creative building tool, "Minecraft" evolved from a cult classic into an unprecedented hit, raking daily sales in by the thousands. By the end of 2010, Notch was able to quit his day job and live the dream of founding his own development studio, Mojang. This feature-length documentary follows the young company over the course of its first year as their profile expands across the world stage and into the homes of millions of gamers. Featuring insights from industry icons (Peter Molyneux, Tim Schafer), journalists (Geoff Keighley, Stephen Totilo), tastemakers (Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade), and players profoundly impacted by the game (Yogscast, The Shaft, Minecraft Teacher), the film serves as a time capsule for one of this generation's most unorthodox success stories. Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is the second feature from game culture archivists 2 Player Productions (Reformat the Planet, Penny Arcade: The Series - Season 1, Double Fine Adventure!). Funded through crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.com, the production spanned nearly two years in locations across North America and Europe."
Description: "Reading Rainbow Remixed, by John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, for PBS Digital Studios. If you like this video, please support your local PBS station: http://to.pbs.org/WvBbqZ Who's next? Tell us in the comments. For years, LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow have taught kids everywhere about the power of books and imagination. To this day, the show continues to encourage a love of reading and connect children to the world they live in through quality literature -- so they can "go anywhere, be anything." With this remix, John Boswell has captured those enduring lessons in song -- a fitting tribute to an important part of PBS history. Try the all new FREE Reading Rainbow iPad App, download the classic episodes on iTunes or learn more about Reading Rainbow and all its digital products at http://www.rrkidz.com/giftguide. For more, follow Reading Rainbow on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/readingrainbow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/readingrainbow Special thanks to PBS station WNED in Buffalo, NY, the original host station for Reading Rainbow. This is the fourth in a series of PBS icons remixed. Subscribe to the PBS Digital Studios channel to be the first to know about new remixes. And check out our playlists to watch all of the web series from PBS Digital Studios. TO SUBSCRIBE (It's free!): Create a YouTube account and visit youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios. Click the SUBSCRIBE button in the top left corner of the page. Once you subscribe, you'll receive updates in your feed about our icon remixes, original web series and other videos created by PBS specifically for the web. More from John D. Boswell (melodysheep): http://www.youtube.com/melodysheep Follow PBS Digital Studios on Twitter: @pbsds Watch Julia Child Remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZrUI7RNfI Watch Bob Ross Remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA Watch Mister Rogers Remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM Download the song: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reading-rainbow-remixed-in/id582851015?i=582851169 Google Play: http://bit.ly/VqzgsM"
Description: "http://www.joblo.com - "Django Unchained" - Official Trailer Source: http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/exclusive:djangounchainedtrailerpremiere-trailer/145508/2242676575 Fandango Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/Fandango With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio In theatres: December 25, 2012 Copyright @ Colubmia Pictures, Fandango & The Weinstein Company (No copyright infringement is intended or made)"
Description: "This is a video series about introverts based on the book "Quiet" by Susan Cain. Subscribe to be notified when we release the next episode. Trouble watching the video? Click here: http://goo.gl/ScPzx Created and Narrated by Daniel Widfeldt Lomas: danielwidfeldt@hotmail.com Animated by Petri Ljatif: petrit.ljatif@hotmail.se Music by Daniel Bayard: ba.yard@live.com To buy the book or to read more about the subject visit: http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/"
Description: "http://www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver. This campaign targets young adult drivers with a focus on texting and driving prevention. Young adults live in a connected world where multitasking is the norm. This manifests in the car where they recognize texting and driving is dangerous, but do it anyway. The average text takes a driver's eyes off the road for nearly five seconds. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field. The message being conveyed is that texting while driving isn't multitasking, it's essentially driving blind."
Description: "Remixing is a folk art but the techniques are the same ones used at any level of creation: copy, transform, and combine. You could even say that everything is a remix."
Description: "Emmy winner Jake Hamilton sits down with Denzel Washington, John Goodman and director Robert Zemeckis to talk about their new film, FLIGHT -- only on JAKE'S TAKES! Follow Jake around the world at twitter.com/jakestakes"
Description: "From TED.com: Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform. Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix.""
Description: "Flight Trailer (2012). An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling... Flight Trailer (2012). The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, James Badge Dale, John Goodman, Don Cheadle and Kelly Reilly, opens November 2, 2012."
Description: "Esse vídeo foi adicionado primeiramente pelo canal TragedyandHope's. Eu apenas fiz a tradução. Veja: http://www.youtube.com/user/tradgedyandhope -- "So I always ask the question: What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Well it's so amazing as the result of our kind of educational system, crowds of students say 'Well, we'd like to be painters, we'd like to be poets, we'd like to be writers' But as everybody knows you can't earn any money that way! Another person says 'Well I'd like to live an out-of-door's life and ride horses.' I said 'You wanna teach in a riding school?' Let's go through with it. What do you want to do? When we finally got down to something which the individual says he really wants to do I will say to him 'You do that! And forget the money!' Because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing you will spend your life completely wasting your time! You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living - that is to go on doing things you don't like doing! Which is stupid! Better to have a short life that is full of which you like doing then a long life spent in a miserable way. And after all, if you do really like what you are doing - it doesn't really matter what it is - you can eventually become a master of it. It's the only way of becoming the master of something, to be really with it. And then you will be able to get a good fee for whatever it is. So don't worry too much, somebody is interested in everything. Anything you can be interested in, you'll find others who are. But it's absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don't like in order to go on spending things you don't like, doing things you don't like and to teach our children to follow the same track. See, what we are doing is we are bringing up children and educating to live the same sort of lifes we are living. In order they may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children to do the same thing. So it's all retch and no vomit - it never gets there! And so therefore it's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?" - Alan Watts"
Description: "A personal tribute I made to the great Beat Musician Gil-Scott Heron. No need to post about the Julia reference. I understand it now, thanks to those who told me. :) All copyright is owned by their significant specific parties."
