Sgt. Chris Vinderslev: Interview

Sgt. Chris Vinderslev of the 134th Brigade Support Battalion with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard talks about his responsibilities with the unit during the deployment, housing the transient Soldiers passing through the camp and his feelings on the draw down. The Minnesota National Guard has played a significant role in the war in Iraq. Since 2003, more than 8,000 Minnesota National Guard Citizen Soldiers and Airmen have been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and operation New Dawn. Today, more than 2,700 members of the Minnesota National Guard are currently deployed in Kuwait, and are providing security for remaining convoys as they withdraw from Iraq, in addition to managing and protecting the military bases throughout Kuwait. Through the professionalism of the Soldiers and support of their hometown communities, employers, and families, the Minnesota National Guard completed all missions in Iraq with success and honor. LINK

Kevin Rose on Digg v4

Kevin Rose on TWiT 263: Done Hoeing. Talking about the changes coming to Digg v4. LINK: Youtube

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005. LINK: Youtube

LL Cool J Interview

Men's Fitness Editor-in-Chief Roy S. Johnson talks to LL Cool J about his success in music, fitness and life. LINK, Video playing: LINK

First look: T-Mobile Motorola Cliq 2 with Motoblur

Here's a first look at T-Mobile's latest Android smartphone, the Motorola Cliq 2 with Motoblur. It arrives at T-Mobile stores everywhere on January 19. LINK: Youtube

Gettysburg Address Animated

Gettysburg Address from Adam Gault on Vimeo.

“Really haunting, does justice to the speech.” LINK, Via: Vimeo

World's Best Card Stacker Explains How He Does It

Want to learn to be a world-class cardstacker? Bryan Berg discusses how he does it.

Using 22,000 cards over 3 days, record-holding card stacker Bryan Berg builds the Rhode Island State House, home of Brotherhood, Sundays at 10PM ET/PT only on Showtime. Visit www.sho.com for more about Brotherhood.

Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Tallest House of Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure in the category is over twenty-five feet tall.

Touring regularly, Berg has stacked cards in virtually every major U.S. city and in Japan, Denmark, and Germany. LINK: Youtube

Father Invents System to Help Autistic Son Communicate

As a result of severe autism and learning disabilities, eleven-year-old Callum Lodge is unable to talk. In order to allow his son to communicate with the world around him, his father has developed Speaks4me, an electronic communication system.

As you can see in the video, Speaks4me appears to allow the user to choose images in order to communicate needs or thoughts. And while it's a pretty simple system, I think it might make quite a difference in the life of someone who was previously unable to express himself in a manner that could be understood by those around him. [Speaks4Me, Via: BBC, Via: Wired UK] Via: Vimeo, Via: Gizmodo

Meet Marv, The Robotic Vibraphone

Marv is a MIDI Actuated Robotic Vibraphone created by Tim O'Keefe, Michael McIntyre, and Brock Roland at the SFSU School of Engineering.

Marv is made up by several large banks of solenoids- both for striking and dampening the keys. Marv is an extremelly well documented robot- the site has extensive technical details as well as tons of photos, links, diagrams, and videos. Go to LINK for more info, Via: Youtube

Sidekick Is Back, Y'all

You didn't think a little data loss was going to stop Sidekick, did you? Sales of the unexpectedly risky handsets have resumed, at discounted $50 and $150 prices for the 2008 and 2009 models, which is still too high. [Engadget] Via: Gizmodo

What Cats are Really Thinking

How our pets really feel about the ridiculous ways we talk to them.

LINK, Via: Arbroath, Via: Youtube

Terry the Talking Raven

Welcome to a short video of Terry, an awesome Raven who was adopted at the Tilgate Nature Center located in Crawley, Sussex, England. Thanks to his keepers, Gary & Simon, Terry picked up the ability to "talk" from a young age. LINK: Youtube

Parrots teach man to speak again

Brian Wilson, from Damascus, Maryland, suffered life-threatening injuries in the accidnet 14 years ago. He also lost his ability to speak.

But he now claims that the chatter of pet parrots confounded the bleak outlook of doctors, who were convinced that he would spend the rest of his life in bed at a nursing home.

"Two birds taught me to talk again," he said. "I had such a bad head injury I was never supposed to talk any more than a two-year-old."

But two of the birds that he had had as pets since he was a child "just kept talking to me and talking to me". LINK

If eggs could talk

Hilarious! LINK: Youtube