David Pogue, New York Times columnist, starts off with a funny song about tech support. Before the talk has ended he also did a funny “Bill Gates Song” and another funny song on Steve Jobs. The rest of his talk is quite funny too as he shows why people like simplicity and as he shows examples of the opposite.

Watch Michael Moschen’s unique juggling act set to music and motion.

For better sound quality, you can listen at MP3 at JonathanCoulton.com or on listen to Jonathan Coulton on Last.fm.

Or read the lyrics as you listen.

Last.fm has more videos of Jonathan Coulton.

This is a song by Jonathan Coulton about a software coder (code monkey) who likes a girl. You can find more songs by Jonathan Coulton at JonathanCoulton.com

This great animation was by Alan Becker. The original is at alanbecker.deviantart.com where he mentioned that it took him three months to do.

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Here is a funny conversation between Alan Greenspan and David Letterman. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, tries to explains to Letterman what his role is when he was in that position. And I think he did a good job explaining it.

I always like to hear Alan Greenspan speak. Because as he says himself, “I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said”.

Alan Greenspan’s memoir is The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

This mechanised robot dog by Boston Dynamic does a pretty good job of navigating through various terrains such as gravel, snow, and ice. It stumbles a few time when pushed or slipped on ice, but it knows how to recover quite well.

The below video is one of my favorite song “Never Say Goodbye” from one of my favorite artist Hayley Westenra.

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This song as well as some other favorites are on her album “Pure” (Purchase MP3 download)

Here are some more videos of Hayley Westenra, the young New Zealand pop music star…
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In this hilarious speech, Tim Gard starts out explaining why he like flying and his comic vision. He ends with chicken feet.

Here are a few amazing juggling videos.

Chris Bliss does an entertaining and humorous juggling act that is in sync with music…

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What kind of machines are these? Or are they a new form of life? The Dutch creator Theo Jansen refers to them as creatures or animals. And they live on the beach by the sea. It is fascinating to watch them walk.

This video talks about three of Jonathan Harris’s Web Projects…
a) We Feel Fine
b) Yahoo Time Capsule
c) And Universe

Have you ever seen the Fountain of Bellagio in Las Vegas? If not, here is your chance as you see the water dance to the choreography of the beautiful music

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Watch as the fingers fly over the keyboard — not the computer keyboard, but the piano keyboard. Watch and hear the beautiful music. 14-year old Jennifer Lin will also explain the process of composing music and will perform an improvisation piece.

Here are some video clips found on the internet showing some performances of the famous Cirque du Soleil.

Here is a spectacular feat called the “Wheel of Death”…

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Arthur Benjamin perform multiplication of 5 digit numbers in his head using math tricks — an amazing performance in front of and with participation from the live audience.