Directed by James Burrows. With Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes. Jack's closeted boyfriend challenges his intimacy issues; Will and Grace go on TV to sell their new line of bedding.
Category: Watch
📺 “The Office” The Convict | NBC via Netflix
Directed by Jeffrey Blitz. With Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski. Michael learns that one of the new employees at Dunder Mifflin Scranton has a criminal record. Meanwhile, Jim helps Andy make a move on Pam.
📺 “The Office” The Merger (TV Episode 2006) | NBC
Directed by Ken Whittingham. With Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer. Jan informs Michael that the Scanton branch of Dunder Mifflin will be merging with the Stamford Branch. Jim and Pam are reunited while the other employees of both branches must adjust to their new co-workers.
📺 “The Office” Branch Closing (TV Episode 2006) | NBC
Directed by Tucker Gates. With Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer. When Jan tells Michael that the Scranton Branch will be shutting down, Michael strives to keep his staff's spirits up. Meanwhile, everyone privately begins to envision how their lives will change in the aftermath.
📺 Make It With Keanu Reeves (Squarespace) | YouTube
When passion meets inspiration, an obsession is born. Hold on to this dream and tell the world. All you need is a domain and a website from Squarespace. The world is waiting. Make it. (Super Bowl LII ad)
A little cheeseball in some sense, but this looks a lot like what generation 3 is looking for product-wise.
📺 Sherlock, Season 4 Episodes 3 & 4
The Lying Detective; The Final Problem
📺 Sherlock, Season 4 Episodes 1 & 2
The Abominable Bride; The Six Thatchers
📺 Super Bowl LII
Directed by Drew Esocoff. With Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Pink. The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles compete to determine the championship of the National Football League.
📺 “Blue Bloods” School of Hard Knocks | CBS
Directed by Alex Zakrzewski. With Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou. A student is shot bu a rival gang member in his high school courtyard; Danny and Baez try to prevent further violence, the principal recklessly takes matters into his own hands.
📺 Sherlock, Season 3 Episodes 1-3
The Empty Hearse; The Sign of Three; His Last Vow
It’s apparently been a while, but I’d apparently seen all three of these when they were initially released in the US. It is nice prep for season 4 which is also available. I’ve forgotten enough bits and the series is rich enough that watching it all again is still very engaging.
Watched on Netflix streaming via Chromecast to Television
📺 The Real Reason We Don’t Hear About Joe Pesci Anymore | YouTube
Joe Pesci is one of the all-time great and versatile character actors. He played Jake Lamotta's brother and manager in Raging Bull the psychopathic Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas, and had legendary roles in Home Alone, My Cousin Vinny, and the Lethal Weapon franchise. Pesci was a welcome presence on the big screen for decades who could successfully handle high drama and humor. But lately, we haven't heard much from the Oscar-winner, while his talents have been sorely missed. Here are some of the reasons Joe Pesci's been off the radar in recent years...
Early retirement | 0:34
Just for friends | 1:30
Losing interest | 2:30
Gains and losses | 3:27
The ex-wife, the hitman, and the attorney | 4:21
Time for a comeback? | 5:43
👓 Even Burger King Is Roasting Ajit Pai Over Net Neutrality Repeal | Gizmodo
The only face that might be creepier than FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s stupid mug is the eternally frozen and smiling visage of the Burger King mascot. Now the fast food franchise is taking shots at Pai’s decision to repeal net neutrality as well as his literal giant coffee mug.
The video is awesome. Great job Burger King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltzy5vRmN8Q
📺 The trick that makes transcribing quick and easy | YouTube
Transcribing things sucks. But we have a hack to make transcribing quick and easy–it's also free.
Overview: Use Google Docs with voice record and a pair of headphones.
🎞 Trolls (2016)
Directed by Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn. With Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse. After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.
Watched on Netflix streamed to TV via Chromecast
📺 Proving Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem | PBS Infinite Series on YouTube
There is a proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem that uses a bridge - or portal - between geometry and algebra. Analogous to the relationship between geometry and algebra, there is a mathematical “portal” from a looser version of geometry -- topology -- to a more “sophisticated” version of algebra. This portal can take problems that are very difficult to solve topologically, and recast them in an algebraic light, where the answers may become easier. Written and Hosted by Tai-Danae Bradley; Produced by Rusty Ward; Graphics by Ray Lux; Assistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike Petrow and Meah Denee Barrington; Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)
I had originally started following Tai-Danae Bradley on Instagram having found her account via the #math tag. Turns out she’s burning up the world explaining some incredibly deep and complex mathematics in relatively simple terms. If you’re into math and not following her work already, get with the program. She’s awesome!
Personal Website: http://www.math3ma.com/
Twitter: @math3ma
Instagram: @math3ma
YouTube series: PBS Infinite Series
While this particular video leaves out a masters degree’s worth of detail, it does show some incredibly powerful mathematics by analogy. The overall presentation and descriptions are quite solid for leaving out as much as they do. This may be some of the best math-based science communication I’ve seen in quite a while.
I must say that I have to love and laugh at the depth and breadth of the comments on the video too. At best, this particular video, which seems to me to be geared toward high school or early college viewers and math generalists, aims to introduce come general topics and outline an incredibly complex proof in under 9 minutes. People are taking it to task for omitting “too much”! To completely understand and encapsulate the entirety of the topics at hand one would need coursework including a year’s worth of algebra, a year’s worth of topology including some algebraic topology, and a minimum of a few months worth of category theory. Even with all of these, to fill in all the particular details, I could easily see a professor spending an hour at the chalkboard filling in the remainder without any significant handwaving. The beauty of what she’s done is to give a very motivating high level perspective on the topic to get people more interested in these areas and what can be done with them. For the spirit of the piece, one might take her to task a bit for not giving more credit to the role Category Theory is playing in the picture, but then anyone interested is going to spend some time on her blog to fill in a lot of those holes. I’d challenge any of the comments out there to attempt to do what she’s done in under 9 minutes and do it better.