A tumble of stuff I’ve stumbled across on the web Links: Tracking Shot Tracking.tv Lijit Search Tumblroll: Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Tumblr (3.0; @jar)http://jar.tumblr.com/<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrt6xgn2u1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Everything, they say, is bigger in the Texas. So it is with the failure of the health care system. Leading the nation with a jaw-dropping 25% of its residents uninsured, Texas ranked 46th in the Commonwealth Fund’s 2009 scorecard of state health care performance. All of which makes Friday’s op-ed by Newt Gingrich and Governor Rick Perry touting the mess in Texas all the more puzzling. (via <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/gingrich-and-perry-tout-dismal-texas-health-care" target="_blank">Gingrich and Perry Tout Texas Health Care Mess | Crooks and Liars</a></p> <p>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236564816http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236564816Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:18:33 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/geNv6FUK0HU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/geNv6FUK0HU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/officialavatar" target="_blank">officialavatar</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236187544http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236187544Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:13:33 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7313948&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7313948&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7313948&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Horrible Turn trailer on Vimeo (via <a href="http://vimeo.com/7313948" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236185831http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236185831Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:27 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOHJUrcVdJk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOHJUrcVdJk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/TheZebu" target="_blank">TheZebu</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236168628http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236168628Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:48:24 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMdlcnK_MI4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMdlcnK_MI4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/thinkprogress1" target="_blank">thinkprogress1</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236138095http://jar.tumblr.com/post/236138095Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:08:52 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s6LgYDyU2ag&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s6LgYDyU2ag&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/bravenewfilms" target="_blank">bravenewfilms</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235315290http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235315290Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:27 -0800<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspgk3lZLl1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/funniest-venn-diagrams-th_n_347552.html?slidenumber=t68gFwAm6Sw%3D#slide_image" target="_blank">Jesus, Karaoke, And Serial Killers: The Funniest Venn Diagrams The Web Has To Offer</a></p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235251567http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235251567Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:50:27 -0800<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp421Lipr1qz4d99o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By the end of the day, “medics had administered government-run health care to at least five people in the crowd who were stricken as they denounced government-run health care.” (via <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/06/rally-heart-attack/" target="_blank">Think Progress  » Government health care rescues protesters at anti-government health care rally.</a></p> <p>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235059947http://jar.tumblr.com/post/235059947Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:20:24 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslbjxP3jB1qz6uzyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sconover.tumblr.com/post/232930401/safeway-fail-fail-blog-epic-fail-pictures-and" target="_blank">sconover</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/11/04/safeway-fail/" target="_blank">Safeway Fail « FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments</a></p> </blockquote>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/232984069http://jar.tumblr.com/post/232984069Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:26:03 -0800<object width="425px" height="360px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=100361501,t=1,mt=video" /><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=100361501,t=1,mt=video" width="400" height="338" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><br/><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100361501" target="_blank">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in HD</a><br/><object height="360px" width="425px" data="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=100361501,t=1,mt=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="src" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=100361501,t=1,mt=video"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></object> <br/><a href="http://www.myspace.com/trailerpark" target="_blank">Trailer Park</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com" target="_blank">MySpace Video</a> (via <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100361501" target="_blank">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in HD Video by Trailer Park - MySpace Video</a></p> <p>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/231999792http://jar.tumblr.com/post/231999792Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:23:33 -0800<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksi7fguvjR1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other country: because we pay so much more for each unit of care. As Halvorson explained, and academics and consultancies have repeatedly confirmed, if you leave everything else the same — the volume of procedures, the days we spend in the hospital, the number of surgeries we need — but plug in the prices Canadians pay, our health-care spending falls by about 50 percent. (via <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/11/an_insurance_industry_ceo_expl.html" target="_blank">Ezra Klein - An insurance industry CEO explains why American health care costs so much</a></p> <p>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/231182354http://jar.tumblr.com/post/231182354Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:03 -0800“The beard-second is a unit of length inspired by the light year, but used for extremely short distances such as those in nuclear physics. The beard-second is defined as the length an average physicist’s beard grows in a second. Kemp Bennet Kolb defines the distance as exactly 100 Ångströms[2], while the Physics Handbook has it half the size at 5 nanometers[3]. Google Calculator supports the beard-second for unit conversions using the latter conversion factor”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement#Beard-second" target="_blank">List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></em>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/230871793http://jar.tumblr.com/post/230871793Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:49:01 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksexq5VgLM1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/open-thread-27" target="_blank">Open Thread | Crooks and Liars</a></p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229447577http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229447577Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:27:39 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9VDvgL58h_Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9VDvgL58h_Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>[ warning: nsfw (some gore, some bad language) ]</p> <p>HD PREMIERE! The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/RichardGaleFilms" target="_blank">RichardGaleFilms</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229267905http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229267905Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:34:03 -0700<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kseiorzdxe1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Boo!</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229248825http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229248825Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:02:45 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eq-NKrC6itQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eq-NKrC6itQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>[ Happy Halloween! ]</p> <p>The Skeleton Dance (1929) (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/dynovideoz" target="_blank">dynovideoz</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229056379http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229056379Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:21:54 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaH4qGdo-FM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaH4qGdo-FM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Killer Shrews movie trailer (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/horrormovieshows" target="_blank">horrormovieshows</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229036265http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229036265Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:55:33 -0700<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kse3x2hzgl1qz4d99o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Welcome to the site of the Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad (CPTRR), a backyard garden railroad designed and constructed by architect David Sheegog in Anaheim, California. (via <a href="http://cptrr.webs.com/" target="_blank">Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad - Home</a></p> <p>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229027417http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229027417Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:43:47 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0u4fE-HqzWo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0u4fE-HqzWo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Robot playing Rockband on iPhone (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/ohbowz" target="_blank">ohbowz</a>)</p>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229023369http://jar.tumblr.com/post/229023369Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:38:30 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WEdX_RIRw8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WEdX_RIRw8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sconover.tumblr.com/post/226558389/nasa-ares-1-x-rocket-blasts-off-in-florida-via" target="_blank">sconover</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Nasa Ares 1-X rocket blasts off in Florida (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/itnnews" target="_blank">itnnews</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://jar.tumblr.com/post/226966714http://jar.tumblr.com/post/226966714Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:35:25 -0700