Arian Ravanbakhsh // Archivist. Believer in the power of technology.
From the NARA YouTube channel, here is last month's appearance of NARA as a category on Jeopardy. Slightly disappointing that contestants were only 3 of 5.
I really enjoyed this great video/social project. I wonder how comfortable the chairs are?
Found this pair of interesting photos through Twitter. It just shows the destruction of Kabul, first by the Soviets, then the Taliban, and finally the Americans. In the words of Samuel Morse, "What hath God wrought?"
For those of us still experimenting with Wave.
Found on BoingBoing this afternoon. I've been to Toronto and walked on Yonge Street. Though I did not stop to take pictures. Pretty cool video.
Here's the draw. My reactions:
- USA got a pretty good draw with grudge match against England to open on June 12. Slovenia is decent and could present a significant challenge if the US wants to advance.
- Group G, with Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, and North Korea looks to be the "Group of Death" this time around. Though, I think Group D can also lay claim to that a bit.
- France is the luckiest team in the whole draw, getting both South Africa and a beatable Mexico side in Group A. And given a Round of 16 match against the second side in Group B (Nigeria?) should easily advance to the quarterfinals.
- Spain's challenge from Group H is that Round of 16 match against the second place side in Group G (Portugal? Brazil?).
Now we just have to wait until June to see how it plays out.
Found on Twitter (thanks, @EinAtlanta). I could do without the trippy Techno soundtrack, but the video is neat.
The Missouri Mavericks will host the Tulsa Oilers tonight in Central Hockey League action. It's Harry Truman night, so the Mavericks will be wearing these jerseys and will auction them off after the game to benefit the Harry S Truman Library and Museum. I think I want one.
Three minutes. Plenty to think about for those interested in computing.
And what did you have? Apparently, last Friday evening Russian oil tycoon/billionaire Roman Abramovich was in Manhattan. This is how he rolled... Meanwhile, some of the MARAC archivists were at the reception.
