Smoking Duck http://smokingduck.wordpress.com A View of the World from a Duck's Butt Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/fb1ddf15d7cc63500aaf6fffebb4800c?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Smoking Duck http://smokingduck.wordpress.com Just for Now http://smokingduck.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/just-for-now/ http://smokingduck.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/just-for-now/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:04:08 +0000 smokingduck http://smokingduck.wordpress.com/?p=155 ]]>

Amazing live performance by the British singer/songerwriter, Imogen Heap.

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A large US corporation is trying to make meaningful change from within and make itself more attuned to the concerns of global warming. All the meanwhile, the credit world is imploding. Chief marketing office Laurent Pacalin talks about how Fair Isaac is making itself a more responsible corporate institution and how corporate social responsibility is not just window dressing. See more from Fair Isaac on YouTube.

Update: Found an interesting piece, Credit crunch might not be climate crunch, when reading blog Renewable Energy Information.

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John Bird and John Fortune on British ITV’s Southbank show in 2007 gave an astute and hilarious appraisal of the ruin that is being visited upon us today.

From Wikipedia:

Another feature [of Bremmer, Bird and Fortune] are interviews between Bird and Fortune, one of them normally as George Parr, a man in a government position or a businessman, who normally ends up exposing the idiocies of their area of expertise. This feature has striking similarities to the longer-lived John Clarke and Brian Dawe interviews on Australia’s ABC Television, even down to the interviewee’s smug expression.

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Vlogging Molly does a great job with Jonathan Coulton’s song, Still Alive, which is from some video game. Vlogging Molly is a great Internet talent. Let there be viral videos like her’s everywhere! (Tip o’ de hat to Darren Barefoot for the pointer.)

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Great bit from West Wing. Why do we use the mercator projection map? After watching this, I’m thinking it’s not such a great idea.

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From the Discovery Channel. This totally creeps me out.

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Love ‘em all.

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Almost as much fun as My Looney Buns.

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Amazing shadow play. Seen at The J-Walk Blog.

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This dancing rocks! And to Daft Punk; who could ask for more?

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