Kate Todd Singing Live at the Willow

Kate Todd sang three songs at the Willow Restaurant on Danforth, this is the first of them, available in 1080p on YouTube. She is joined by guitarist Tyler Adams (?) and leading guitarist and songwriter Andre Kaden Black.

Kate's performance was part of the Winterfolk VIII musical showcase.








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Footage was shot 1080p with Canon VIXIA HF200 HD Flash Memory Camcorder:

Winter is here

100212-17375402, originally uploaded by Chuck Kahn.

Brrrrrrr....

Interesting Google Buzz Profiles

Starting a list of interesting profiles on Google Buzz.  

• Paul Buchheit - creator of Gmail & Friendfeed - 639 followers (2010/02/13)
• also has this profile
• Bradley Horowitz - Googler at Buzz lauch - 820 followers (2010/02/13)
• Kevin Rose - digg founder - 6088 followers (2010/02/13)
• Leo Laporte  - Chief TWIT - 7117 followers (2010/02/13)
• Robert Scoble - "technical evangelist" - 5343 followers (2010/02/13)
• Joshua Schachter - creator of del.icio.us & geourl - no followers listed, no buzzes -  friendfeed page (2010/02/13)
•  DeWitt Clinton - Software engineer at Google - 645 followers (2010/02/13)

There's a site ranking profiles called Gone Buzz.

Chipotle Order

Which description does not match the picture?

1 Steak Crispy Tacos for geoff Crispy Taco | Pinto Beans | Steak | Fresh Tomato Salsa | Sour Cream | Cheese | Lettuce Additional Comments: pinto beans dry (so they dont make taco soggy)
1 Chicken Bowl for chuck Pinto Beans | Fajita Veggies | Chicken | Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa | Sour Cream | Cheese | Guacamole | Lettuce Additional Comments:
1 Steak Soft Tacos for david Soft Taco | Rice | Black Beans | Steak | Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa | Sour Cream | Cheese | Lettuce Additional Comments:
1 Chicken Burrito for mike Pinto Beans | Fajita Veggies | Chicken | Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa | Guacamole | Lettuce Additional Comments:

Avatar - Dune comparisons

The "Avatar" is "Dances with Wolves" in space meme has been so flogged to death, that I thought I'd make this table outlining the parallels between James Cameron's 2009 space fantasy with Frank Herbert's "Dune" (1965 novel and later 1984 movie and 2000 miniseries).  

Spoiler warning!

Avatar	Dune
Jake Scully - outworlder	Paul Atreides (Muadib) - outworlder
who tames a flying predator,	who tames a giant worm,
"goes native" and leads	"goes native" and leads
the blue-skinned Na'vi, natives of	the blue-within-blue eyed Fremen, natives of
the hostile jungle planet Pandora,	the hostile desert planet Arrakis
against invading army that wants to exploit the planet of the super-valuable unobtanium	against invading army that wants to exploit the planet of the super-valuable spice (Melange)
during which he meets and falls in love with the native Neytiri	during which he meets and falls in love with the native Chani
whose father is killed by the invading army	whose father is killed by the invading army

Update: I see there's a January 26th article "The Na’vi and the Fremen: What Science Fiction Teaches Us about Tribalism and the Mystic" which would seem to cover this same territory.



Update 2/26/10: video on YouTube drawing parallels




And a chart comparing Avatar to a bunch of other movies