For some reason the end of summer has brought a slew of door knockers to my house. This is a real bummer when the baby has just finally drifted to sleep and then there is a loud doorbell followed by non-stop dog barking. I think the guy in this video has the right idea.
Category Archives: FunFriday
(#FunFriday) Word Up!
The English language has never been my forte. I was recently listening to a terrific article on this very topic on Umano, one of my favorite mobile apps. The article was titled 25 Common Words That You’ve Got Wrong and indeed I often use all 25 of those words incorrectly. I guess I can take solace in the fact that I am not alone in my abuse of the English language. Too bad these common misuses had not been pointed out to me earlier, but I am grateful for those out there that can help me out from time to time. And apparently I can now add “Weird Al” Yankovic to my list of those to thank. Hey Write Place I think we found you a new theme song!
(#FunFriday) “Kid President’s Letter To A Person On Their First Day Here”
The Kid President is back with a great message.
(#FunFriday) Van Damme and Volvo
There are a lot of ads out there. I give credit to those that make me not want to skip right over them. This is one of those few examples.
(#FunFriday) Kid President’s Pep Talk to Teachers and Students!
If you haven’t seen the Kid President’s videos out on YouTube, you are missing out. They are a ton of fun and meaningful (checkout the back story here). Anyway, here is a fun pep talk video for teachers and students. Enjoy.
(#FunFriday) Growing and Printing… Food!
Self-driving cars, tornado analyzing drones, computer-embedded glasses, and now both growing and printing food are realities! Lab grown hamburgers and printed milkshakes may just be in our future. It’s starting to feel like the Star Trek and The Jetsons are not so far out. Would you eat a lab grown hamburger? How about a printed cookie? What other new technology is coming?
(#FunFriday) Ship my Pants
Crude humor.
(#FunFriday) Harlem Shake
The Harlem Shake seems to be everywhere lately. Check out the“Harlem Shake” at SCSU news article for some pretty entertaining local renditions. YouTube itself has gotten into the game. Try searching “Do the Harlem Shake” on YouTube.
Update: The Simpsons “Homer Shake”
(#FunFriday) Lego Dance
Gotta love MJ…
(#FunFriday) Silent Disco?
So, call me sheltered but I had never heard of a silent disco until recently. According to Wikipedia, the concept was first introduced in 1969 in a sci-fi movie called Ruusujen Aika, “A Time of Roses“. And as it turns out silent discos have been going on since the 80’s in Europe. In particular the Glastonbury Festival has made good use of the concept in order to comply with noise regulations. And right down the road from us in 2012, SilentArena and Live Nation held the biggest silent disco event ever in America with over 3000 headphones at the River’s Edge Music Festival on Harriet Island.
Here is a quick video of a silent disco event during the Midsummer Night Swing dance party at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.
Universities are another common place to see a silent disco. Princeton has a fun site setup showing off their recent event here. So my friends, what about SCSU? #What If… we get UPB together with the IT and Library folks and we have a silent disco in the Library! Wouldn’t the juxtaposition of a dance party and rows of books be cool? Okay, okay… maybe that’s too nerdy. Well, once warmer weather hits it’d be a fun event for the Atwood Mall too.