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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Luke — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:13:33 +0000

Great video a friend shared with me that explains the credit crisis:

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

What Obama Has To Live Up To

Luke — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:34:55 +0000

Check out Obama’s 2006 keynote speech at the Call to Renewal. It’s a very reasonable take on the role of religion in American politics and “bridging the gap between religious American and secular America.”

If the video doesn’t work, you can read the transcript on BarackObama.com.

Where I work and live

WhiteHouse.gov’s YouTube channel

Luke — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:40:22 +0000

It’s nice to have a presidential administration that’s tech-savvy.

Obama’s White House has its own YouTube channel, replacing Change.Gov’s YouTube channel.

They’ve posted videos of the inauguration and of President Obama’s first Weekly Address to the nation:

If you access the video on YouTube’s site there are optional closed captions, an HD version available to watch, and a link to download the video.

Pretty cool.

Whassup? Change. True.

Luke — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:00:57 +0000

Remember the “Whassup” Budweiser commercial from 1999?

The original players have updated it for 2008: