No longer on 6PR? For the last 2 weeks, the second most common search term people type into Google to bring them to my blog is a variant of:
www.google.com.au/search?q=jason+jordan+no+longer+on+6pr
So I figure I should...
Left-Handers die younger Again today.
Most of the time it's not that much of an issue as you just adapt. But when it makes life more difficult it really makes me snippy.
So let's start with pens.
Find one with a logo...
My Multiple Sclerosis. April Update. Some months back I wrote about my experiences with Multiple Sclerosis to date.
I think it's time for an update.
From what I can see & feel, there has been no serious progression of the disease....
I have Multiple Sclerosis I don't hide away from the fact that I have a disease called Multiple Sclerosis - commonly referred to as MS.
There seems to be a lot of ignorance around this disease - and that's to be expected. It's...
Kiva - Microloans to help beat poverty I just made a loan to someone in Mozambique using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).
My loaner page is here: http://www.kiva.org/lender/jasonjordan
You can go to Kiva's website...
Who knew there was a such a green solution to the Gulf Oil Spill?
It's a reasonably long clip but well worth watching the demo.
This cardboard sculpture by Koukichi Sugihara of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences in Japan won the first prize at the 2010 Illusion of the Year competition. This one is all the more remarkable in that it is a solid object when most entries were computer-generated.
Deconstructing why it is these four chords are so irresistible to people seems to break down to something like this:
The root major chord sets your emotions up on a strong stable footing from which you make a noble rise to the perfect fifth, essentially heightening the feeling of the root chord . Then you shift upward again in pitch, but only slightly to the minor 6th, creating a bittersweet almost unbearable melancholic tension with a gentle release into the hopeful sound of the major 4th.
Plus everyone is a thief.
Anyone got any ideas how this is achieved?
I never knew chroma-keying had come so far. It's unbelievably good now and I'll certainly never look at TV & Movies the same way ever again.
Makes you wonder if we can even trust the News.
Why don't they ask Tim to play during Carols in the Domain? He's way more talented than most of the has-beens we normally get served.
It's catchy, it's cheesy, it's crowd-sourced and it's done for all the right reasons.
THIS is what the Internets is all about.
This.
Meh. I've got nothing.
An absolutely brilliant compilation of clips from movies and tv shows integrated into a catchy tune. Well worth the 4 minutes of your life!
