Link to a Point of Time Within a YouTube Video

Link to a Point of Time Within a YouTube Video is a short article that tells you how to link to a specific point in the Youtube video. 

Basically just add this to the end of the video URL:

#t=0m56s

Those aren't random letters and numbers. Put the minute number before the letter 'm' and the seconds number before the letter 's' to direct people to the portion of the video you desire.

Simple and awesome.
(From Melondrama)

Disaster Girl

Just in time for Halloween comes Disaster Girl. Disaster Girl is a picture posted on JPG magazine by David Roth, which shows a mildly disheveled little girl looking mischeviously at the cameraman while Fire Engine 38 attempts to control a suburban house structure fire in the background.  David tags it, "She's just an innocent bystander. Or is she?"

Buzzfeed ran with the idea and started a photoshop contest. My favorite ones are the subtle jobs that add that "Where-is-Waldo" aspect to the silly picture. Someone has gone and animated it. Meme-tastic.

(From Found, Buzzfeed)

Personal Genomes

(Guest TOTI by Guy Danus)

Personal Genomes, Harvard

"The Personal Genome Project is an open-ended research study that aims to improve our understanding of genetic and environmental contributions to human traits. In the second half of 2008, we will begin to enroll members of the public who are willing to share their genome sequence and other personal information with the scientific community and the general public.

The mission of the Personal Genome Project is to encourage the development of personal genomics technology and practices that:
* are effective, informative, and responsible
* yield identifiable and improvable benefits at manageable levels of risk
* are broadly available for the good of the general public"

The first ten participants in the PGP, called the "PGP-10", have volunteered to share their DNA sequences, medical records, and other personal information with the research community and the general public.

That's right folks! They are giving up their personal genomic privacy for the good of science! They've publicly released all of their private medical records.

The organization will soon be accepting other volunteers who wish to have their genomes mapped and participate in this study to better define the human genome.

Check out the following wheel for more information on the focus areas of the group:


(From /.)

Kongregate

(Guest TOTI by Guy Danus)

Kongregate is a hub of gamers and gaming online. It includes some brilliant ideas that differentiate it from other gaming websites: it allows you to gain levels by accumulating points! To accumulate points, you have to be active in the Kongregate community, either by playing games and completing achievements, rating games, developing and uploading games or reviewing games. It's a ton of fun and there are thousands (literally) of free flash games rounded on this site. Hours of fun when you have nothing better to do :)

Some of the game achievements allow you to win certain cards. These collectible cards can then be played in Kongregate's original card game. It's actually quite a clever idea.

Also, there are contests every month for game developers to upload their new games. The game with the highest rating for the month gets some small cash prize ($1500 for October).

A few of my favorites include:

Bloons Tower Defense
This cute tower defense game allows you to place balloon popping towers and pop your heart out! Watch out for those MOABs! (Mother Of All Boats). You'll love to hate balloons.

Music Catch

This is a fun game with a great soundtrack - that also happens to be the central theme of the game! As the sound plays by, little tokens fly out that you have to catch, avoiding the red tokens and aiming for the purple ones. Sounds simple (and it kind of is) but it's a hoot anyway!

Shift-3
Clever idea for a puzzle game. There are two worlds that you can "shift" through, one black, one white, each one is a reverse of the other, including gravity. You have to find out how to get to the exit without dying by shifting through the two sides. Plenty of fun, and quirky storyline reminiscent of The Orange Box's "Portal".

Enjoy!

(From Guy Du Blag.)

Don Draper’s Guide To Picking Up Women

Don Draper’s Guide To Picking Up Women Is a comedy sketch by SNL that originally aired Saturday, Oct. 25th 2008. Want to pick up women like a pro? Follow these 4 easy steps by Don Draper.

The last step is the punch. It's like those learn-to-draw books, where the first two steps are chicken scratches, and the last step is a color rendering of the Sistine Chapel. Easy peasy. Way to go, SNL season 34, episode 6.

(From Buzzfeed)

Mr. Accidental Scrub Out Guy

Mr. Accidental Scrub Out Guy is yet another installment of the video series from The University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2006.  A take-off on those old Budlight radio commercials that salute the common man, Real Men of Genius, if you will. And I will.   Nidus of Nasty, tehee.

The Waldo Ultimatum

The Waldo Ultimatum is a youtube video parodying the Bourne Ultimatum by the Canadian comedy group The Imponderables. The Imponderables are Dave, Eric, Jon, and Tony. It's an oldie but goodie. My favorite part is the lightning-speed cameo by Carmen San Diego. 


(From Clusterflock, Coudal)

Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks

Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks is a self-explanatory webpage by Lore Sjöberg.  It's short and sweet.  Here are two:  

The Raven

There once was a girl named Lenore
And a bird and a bust and a door
And a guy with depression
And a whole lot of questions
And the bird always says "Nevermore."

Footprints in the Sand

There was a man who, at low tide
Would walk with the Lord by his side
Jesus said "Now look back;
You'll see one set of tracks.
That's when you got a piggy-back ride."

Bonus: Waste Land Limericks.

(From Metafilter, Articnomad)

Recurring Science Misconceptions in K-12 Textbooks

Recurring Science Misconceptions in K-12 Textbooks is a poorly laid out, but wonderfully written site about how all the things you learned in science grade school are wrong. Including "facts" about space gravity, the shape of rain drops,  and sound.

(From Metafilter)

I'd Like To Have Been In That Meeting... Harry Potter

I'd Like To Have Been In That Meeting... Harry Potter is a 3-minutes and 20-seconds long comedy video spoofing Harry Potter by the The Dawson Bros.  It was animated by Richard Whitelock and voiced by Dan Benoliel and Jonathan Donahoe.  It's magic. 

 
(From Clusterflock)

Mr. Always Prepared for Everything Guy

Mr. Always Prepared for Everything Guy is another installment of the video series from The University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2006.  It's a take-off on those old Budlight radio commercials that salute the common man, Real Men of Genius. I love the sphygmamonanomenananomah.

Drunk Pumpkins

Drunk Pumpkins is a silly collection of  jack-o-lantern pictures on Flickr and Buzzfeed.

Childish? Yes. 

But so's your face.