When you are at home, sick, in bed, Kleenex and Netflix are your friends. Between long naps, I have been watching parts of movies and trying to finish Season 7 of Skins. This show is not for all (be warned), but for some reason I like some of the characters and their story lines. Don’t hate me if you find the material offensive – I tried to warn you…
I think I prefer the original songs, but the Natema version is pretty nice. I used to wear out the album INXS Kick, so I am probably biased. Anyway, check it out and see what you think.
The conference I went to last week got me thinking a little bit about crowdsourcing. By a Merriam Webster definition found in a Wikipedia article, “crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.”
One of my favorite speakers at the conference was Jessica Jackley . Back in 2005, she founded a company called Kiva, which is a “non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.”
The concept is a bit hard to understand at first, so if you have time, check out this YouTube video of Jessica’s Ted Talk in 2010.
I was amazed by her story as well as her ability to share her passion for helping others. To be honest, I am not sure if this will inspire me to be a better person or to use the Kiva website to help out someone in need, but I thought I would share the information with you so you can make your own decision.
“We found some time
To break each other’s hearts, yeah
You said don’t look back
And find a road to follow, yeah”
For this installment of EDM music, I give you links to the Remix and the Original songs on YouTube. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed watching Devotchka play tonight. They sounded wonderful, played a variety of instruments, and the crowd had a great time. Here is a YouTube video so you can get an idea of what they are like.
I looked around on YouTube this afternoon for a good video of Jacob’s Well and found this one. It gives you a better idea of the size of the swimming hole and some of the fun that people have out there. Thanks to the creator of this video, and I hope you enjoy it.
The things I do when I can’t sleep…
Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” . OK, I will give you a few choices.
1). The Extended Remaster with scenes from “Saturday Night Fever”.
2). The Extended Remember Remix.
3). The original.
Life goin’ nowhere.
Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Yay. I found the Kiesza YouTube Channel with several remixes available.
From my walk tonight. Hooray for the Podcasts App!
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