Videos of Comedian Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin is a comic in New York City. You can see some of his video clips on ComedyCentral linked here. I would classify a lot of his joke into the category of “observational humor” and reminds me a lot of the style of Seinfeld. His joke are relatively clean (relatively speaking as compared to other comedians).

Martin got a degree from Yale and almost got a degree from NYU School of Law (which he had received full scholarship to). But he dropped out of law school to become a comedian one year prior to graduation [source Wikipedia].

Here is an article interview of Martin.

Here is audio program on NPR about Demetri Martin.

Which came first? Chicken or Egg?

The question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, results in a paradoxical answer. The answer, regardless of which one it is, will lead to another question that contradicts that answer. If you say chicken came first, then the question is where is the egg from which the chicken came from. If you say egg came first, then the question is where is the chicken that laid the egg?

So far the best answer I found was from the ASAPScience video …

Mah-Jongg Solitaire Game

Play the game at mah-jongg.ch.

This game was programmed by Thomas Weibel using DHTML and Javascript. The object of the game is to remove tiles that are “open” on the left and the right. Don’t worry, if you can’t see any open tiles, there is a “hint” button that may reveal moves that you did not see. There is also a “zoom” button if you find the tiles to be too small and is straining your eyes. Note that not all games can be won. However, good players can sometimes win one out of every three games.