American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank

American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank: "Malcolm X"

interesting video and audio.... content what is rhetoric???

Lovely SPAM, wonderful SPAM

Monty Python - SPAM

In the 1980s the term was adopted to describe certain abusive users who frequented BBSs and MUDs, who would repeat "SPAM" a huge number of times to scroll other users' text off the screen. In early Chat rooms services like PeopleLink and the early days of AOL, they actually flooded the screen with quotes from the Monty Python Spam sketch. This was used as a tactic by insiders of a group that wanted to drive newcomers out of the room so the usual conversation could continue. It was also used to prevent members of rival groups from chatting -- for instance, Star Wars fans often invaded Star Trek chat rooms, filling the space with blocks of text until the Star Trek fans left. This act, previously called flooding or trashing, came to be known as spamming. The term was soon applied to a large amount of text broadcasted by many users.
Spam (electronic) #History, Wikipedia.

Achmed the dead terrorist

Achmed the dead terrorist

Here's a very funny sketch about terrorists... :P

Smith College: Learn to Make a Difference

Smith College: Learn to Make a Difference:

"At Smith, what a student learns inside and outside the classroom -- and how she chooses to put together the pieces -- builds a sense of intellectual and social engagement that will empower her to make a difference throughout her life, in her community, in her profession, in the world."

I hope you can make it to class tomorrow! We should get a chance to speak with someone at Smith! Why don't you have a look at the website to get an idea of who our next partner school will be and to think of some good questions we can ask her!

see you tomorrow
TGIF
james

FreeRice Game

the FreeRice Game:

" * Click on the answer that best defines the word.

* If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.
* For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance."


you might enjoy this!
have a good week....

What is BlogThis! ?

What is BlogThis! ?:

"BlogThis! is an easy way to make a blog post without visiting blogger.com. Once you add the BlogThis! link to your browser's toolbar, blogging will be a snap. Or rather, a click. Clicking BlogThis! creates a mini-interface to Blogger prepopulated with a link to the web page you are visiting, as well as any text you have highlighted on that page. Add additional text if you wish and then publish or post from within BlogThis!"


This can help you to blog more easily!

james

TED: Ideas worth spreading

TED: Ideas worth spreading

technology, entertainment and design

which are the best tedtalks

Comedy Central: Comedy Central Official Site - Your Source for Comedians, Funny Video Clips, TV Shows, Games, Jokes, & Ringtones

Comedy Central: Comedy Central Official Site - Your Source for Comedians, Funny Video Clips, TV Shows, Games, Jokes, & Ringtones


have a look choose one that you like to share....

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End
John Dies at the End (JDatE) is a novel available on Amazon that you can also read for free on the web. It actually started as a short Halloween story on the author's website. It's a very successful mix of horror and comedy, and I highly recomend it, especially if you like horror stories (but don't read it too late at night...). Here's an excerpt :

“Hey, Dave. You remember that guy whose basement got flooded, then called us and swore he had a 15-foot great white shark swimmin’ down there?”

I did remember but I didn’t answer, afraid of losing that thread of thought that kept floating just out of reach like a wayward balloon on a windy day. Besides, when we got there, it turned out it wasn’t a great white at all. Just a garden variety 8-foot tiger shark. We told the guy to wait until the basement dried out and call us back. When the water left, so did the shark, as if it evaporated or seeped out the tiny cracks in the concrete.

I can’t explain that one. The guy probably thought we were experts after that, but what were we gonna do? Harpoon it? Stick an oxygen tank in its mouth and blow it up? We figured it’s a shark, it needs water. What do you want from me?

Start reading.

Note : due to some complicated reasons, only part of the book is currently online, but new pages are added every two weeks.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

Will Ferrel's parody of President Bush.

this is the comedian with the parody of global warming(S) of Mr G W

Welcome!

hello and welcome

to all the new students who are joining our Friday 1 class in the 2007-2008 academic year...

If you receive this message by email... you'll notice a link back to the blog at the bottom of the email... If it's a message about a great new site.... (for example Joost that has just gone into public beta!) then you'll get a link to the site mentioned as well as the link back to this blog.

this is a team blog... so it's your blog as soon as you accept your invitations I'll make all of you admins for the blog... (which gives you more control :-) and lets you invite others and also add things to the template of the blog... like really great links....

One of the links is the link to our class "writeboard" wiki... where we keep a running commentary of what's happening in our classes.


A last tip.... add the "BlogThis!" java-applet to your firefox (or IE) menubar... that makes it really simple to add an interesting site to our class blog... I'll show you in class how it works!

Have a great week.... looking forward to your contributions to our blog!

james

Soup of the Day, Episode 01: The Big Tease - Channel: SoupOfTheDay on LiveVideo.com

Soup of the Day, Episode 01: The Big Tease - Channel: SoupOfTheDay on LiveVideo.com

I thought you might enjoy this VC2 (viewer created content) Third Screen movie....

Soup of the Day, Episode 01: The Big Tease

soup of the day... VC2=Viewer Created Content

Current TV UK // Current Click // Soup Of The Day

the third screen!

the I-Rack Apple Spoof

YouTube - Madtv - Apple I-rack

this is an interesting spoof on Steve Jobs and the Apple Ads.. (There's some hidden connection to G Bush's policy in Iraq maybe..... )

MySpace vs. Facebook (the video) | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

MySpace vs. Facebook (the video) | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone:

"Following Facebook's launch of its application platform last week, we decided it was high time to explore the delicate balance that exists between it and social-networking juggernaut MySpace. And what better way to compare and contrast than a Get a Mac parody video? Sure, at this point it's about as passe as those Mastercard commercials, but somehow seeing our own Tim Moynihan dressed up like he got in fisticuffs with a lost-and-found bin makes it all worthwhile.

For more background on the things mentioned in this video read these stories"

Comedy Central: Shows - The Colbert Report

Comedy Central: Shows - The Colbert Report

a song.... a surprise for our last videoconference

In our last videoconference with the Smithies on Friday (B559 at 3 pm sharp please!) Pierre and a few others suggested you might sing this... here are the words and the music...
Clement V, will you also bring your guitar? can you play this? how about another song...

here is the music
renaud-b.mp3

and the lyrics are below... see you on Friday (at 8:30 for ETIC). james

It is not because you are de Renaud à un ami

Paroles et Musique: Renaud Séchan 1980 “Renaud à Bobino” MP3 Karaoké Sonnerie MP3

When I have rencontred you,
You was a jeune fille au pair,
And I put a spell on you,
And you roule a pelle to me.

Together we go partout
On my mob il was super
It was friday on my mind,
It was story d’amour.

It is not because you are,
I love you because I do
C’est pas parc’ que you are me qu’I am you.

You was really beautiful
In the middle of the foule.
Don’t let me misunderstood,
Don’t let me sinon I boude.

My loving, my marshmallow,
You are belle and I are beau
You give me all what You have
I say thank you, you are bien brave.

It is not because you are,
I love you because I do
C’est pas parc’que you are me qu’I am you.

I wanted marry with you,
And make love very beaucoup,
To have a max of children,
Just like Stone and Charden.

But one day that must arrive,
Together we disputed.
For a stupid story of fric,
We decide to divorced.

It is not because you are,
I love you because I do
C’est pas parc’ que you are me qu’I am you.

You chialed comme une madeleine,
Not me, I have my dignité.
You tell me : you are a sale mec !
I tell you : poil to the bec !

That’s comme ça that you thank me
To have learning you english ?
Eh ! That’s not you qui m’a appris,
My grand father was rosbeef !

It is not because you are,
I love you because I do
C’est pas parc’ que you are me qu’I am you.

Tensions Over French Identity Shape Voter Drives - New York Times

Tensions Over French Identity Shape Voter Drives -
New York Times cover story!

PARIS, March 29 — France’s presidential campaign has been seized by a subject long monopolized by the extreme right: how best to be French.

The conservative candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, wants to create a ministry of “immigration and national identity” that would require newcomers to embrace the secular values of the republican state.

The Socialist candidate, Ségolène Royal, wants every French citizen to memorize “La Marseillaise” and keep a French flag in the cupboard for public display on Bastille Day.

The far-right candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, of the National Front party, chortles that his rivals have stolen — and therefore validated — his message of “France for the French.”

Some political commentators have accused Mr. Sarkozy of harking back to the darkest period in modern French history: the collaborationist Vichy government during the Nazi occupation. Ms. Royal, meanwhile, is being attacked by both her rivals and her own camp for manipulating symbols that historically have been the domain of the far right.

With the first round of the election 24 days away, the battle over French identity has overtaken discussion of more practical issues like reducing unemployment and making France more competitive.

Political video smackdown / 'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl

Political video smackdown / 'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton's presidential bid:

anyone want to talk about politics???

Clement V and Alex... remember that you're speaking on Friday... :-)

"It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet for a 2008 presidential candidate -- one experts say could represent a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising."

Pascal Baudry - Francais et Americains - L'autre rive

Pascal Baudry - Francais et Americains - L'autre rive or (French and Americans: The Other Shore)

dear students,

here's an interesting analysis that could help us to understand the Questionnaires a big better.

the Smithies have to read parts of this:

le mercredi 7 mars :
Devoirs pour aujourd’hui:
• Lire Pascal Baudry Français, Américains sur www.pbaudry.com et aussi disponible à la réserve.
p. 22-29 L’explicite / Le mensonge, p. 39-44 L’individuation, p. 47-55 Individuation, explicitation, lien / Décision, decision. (pagination du cyberlivre)


You should read it too... You can choose the English version of the book if you'd like... it's on-line! (for free)

See you ALL (I hope!) on Friday... in C126 at 15:15... (You don't have to come early this week.)


james

ps Group5 -- we need you!