ProckNation

A literal version video means that the lyrics are re-dubbed to describe what is actually happening in the video but still to the melody of the song.  Here is a good one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge.”

Under The Bridge: Literal Video Version from DustFilms.

-jason

I saw today that my company’s stock went up along with the DOW.  That reminded me of the one time I tried investing some money in stocks many years ago and lost it all.  I was a victim of the telecom bubble burst.  I had invested in Williams Communications Group around 2000-2001.  About a year after my investment, had I been paying better attention to it, I could have doubled my investment had I sold at the right time.

A few months after my stock was worthless I was asked to join a class action suit against them for securities fraud.  I went ahead and signed up for it not expecting anything out of it more than a check for a few bucks.

Fast forward to today, I did a search to see if the case was still pending.  I found that the case was settled back in 2007 in the favor of Williams Communications for the subclass of the common stock.  Court Docs link.

There goes my check for half a gallon of gas.

-jason

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-R-

This video makes you wonder what the creators were thinking.

-R-

Texas: falling over the cliff of DOOM | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.

Please go read the post linked above.  Things like this embarrass me.  I didn’t think that Texas was this backward of a state.  I moved here from Oklahoma and thought it was a move up.  Over the past year I have not heard of any issues such as these in Oklahoma.

I know most people in the US think of Texas as being one of the “fly-over states”, but the diversity of people I have met, both rural and urban, have me convinced otherwise.  I am surprised that it would go this far.  I know this is a Red state, but wow.

Now I am just rambling and can’t my thoughts straight because I am all upset.  Please go read the link above.

-jason

Neat video of a very large and sophisticated ant colony.

-jason

There were a few earthquakes the past few days.  I personally did not feel any of them, but my wife felt one of the first ones.  She called me right after the 3.0 near Grand Prairie at 12:01am 10-31-2008.  She said the floor was shaking back and forth and only lasted for a few seconds.  Not enough to move anything on the tables.  More like when some one rocks a car that you are sitting in.

Here is a link to the USGS showing a list of the recent quakes in the DFW area.  USGS earthquake list.  Below is a Google Earth view of the quakes supplied by the USGS.  The orange and yellow dots are the quakes.  Orange means past day and yellow mean past week.  Click the picture for a better resolution.

There has been a lot of new gas drilling activity around the DFW airport in the past years.  One news story from WFAA said that the USGS is looking into whether it might have something to do with the ground shifting.

Will update when I get some time.

-jason