This is a video I pieced together where I go back and reflect on my year’s worth of 5x5s from 2010 as I prepare to do 365 more in 2012. Please watch in HD.
Currently, for those of you interested, I’ve created a little PayPal fund to help me raise money for a Vimeo Plus account. I’ve setup a special page for it here: imsvsims.com/plusfund. Thanks for any spare bucks you might be able to send my way.
Promo for The X Factor Season Finale
I waited years and years and years for this show to come Stateside. When it finally did my wildest expectations were exceeded.
I can’t wait to see how this epicness finishes tomorrow and Thursday night. It’s not the final three I was rooting for but I’m stoked to see what they do. I think Josh Krajcik gets the slight edge in my book but Melanie Amaro is a close second.
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This is the coolest video I’ve seen all month. Totally wasn’t sure what to expect when I started watching but by the end I was totally in. And, it has robots so that’s a bonus.
Ed Sheeran w/Chris Leonard - Who You Are (Jessie J Cover) - BBC Radio 2
Love this song, love Ed Sheeran, love Jessie J, and I fucking love this cover. Beautiful. Now we just need to get the two together to do a duet already!
Apple - Introducing GLaDOSiri on iPhone 4S
“Apple announced Siri on iPhone 4S, which lets you use your voice to send messages, set reminders, place phone calls, and more. However, they decided to replace it with GLaDOSiri, which is way better…”
Perfection. In other (sad) news, I still haven’t played Portal 2 yet.
Sherrie Gahn’s Amazing Story on Ellen
Ms. Gahn is the principal of a school in Las Vegas, NV where the kids are struggling to make ends meet. She has dedicated herself to making sure her students get whatever they need to stay in school.
Yeah, I’m crying like a baby over here. The world needs more Ms. Gahns.
RIP: 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a victim of relentless anti-gay bullying, was found dead earlier this week of an apparent suicide.
“I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens,” Jamey wrote on his Tumblr blog in a post dated September 9th. “What do I have to do so people will listen to me?”
The bullying got particularly intense about twelve months ago, when classmates started leaving homophobic remarks on Jamey’s Formspring page. “JAMIE [sic] IS STUPID, GAY, FAT ANND UGLY. HE MUST DIE!,” read one of the many vicious comments.
Friends were always there to defend him, however, and Jamey himself even appeared to be taking the abuse in stride, contributing a video to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project, in which he echos the words of Lady Gaga, telling other bullying victims to “hold [their] head up.”
Sadly, despite assuring his parents multiple times that everything was fine, all was not as it seemed. On Sunday, Jamey posted one final note on his Tumblr: “Thank you Lady Gaga.”
“He touched so many hearts, so many people,” Jamey mom Tracy’s told The Buffalo News. “I didn’t realize how many people he touched. He was the sweetest, kindest kid you’d ever know. He would give all his heart to you before he gave any to himself.”
As American servicemen and women across the globe celebrate the long-overdue demise of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Jamey’s untimely death offers a stark reminder that the struggle for tolerance is far from over.
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His final tweet, posted two days ago: “@ladygaga bye mother monster, thank you for all you have done, paws up forever”
I have no words.
Portal: No Escape
This is a short film that was created by Dan Trachtenberg (a totally rad dude) based on the game Portal.
Even if you’ve never experienced the game, watch this, in HD (beautifully shot), with your volume turned up (epically scored).
Wheatly Puppet
This is one of the coolest homemade creations I’ve ever seen. Seeing the step-by-step process of how they created it is incredible.
ps. I can’t believe I still haven’t played Portal 2 yet.
Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don’t Need You
This is fucking incredible. Holy hell.
Ed’s fairly new to me. One of my best buds sent me his first major label single (The A Team) a few weeks back. After watching his epic iTunes Festival performance, you can definitely say I’m one of his biggest new fans.
