Embed a youtube video in your blog

Here are the steps to embed a youtube video in your blog:

1. Go to youtube.com
   
   
2. Find a video
   


3. Copy the code in the embed box (left click and copy)
   
   


4. Go to your blog and sign in.
5. Click "new post" in the top right hand corner
6. Give the post a title.
7. click "Edit Html"



8. Paste the code which you copied from youtube into the post box (right click and paste)
9. Click "Publish Post".
10. You should end up with something like what I have in the below video.
    

I'll test everyone on Ohms law after you've posted some videos to your blog!

Thing 7

Here's Thing 7. Made using http://bighugelabs.com/hockney.php. The photo is taken in Brasov in 2007. Very album art!

Immersive video

Once the video has finished buffering drag your mouse around the image to pan the view whilst the video is playing.

Map of Travels

Map of Travels

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

Ok so heres some pop art for the mashup part.

Peles Castle Sinaia Romania

Peles Castle Sinaia Romania
Originally uploaded by PenwaldPoindextrous

Heres one of my pictures from flickr of Peles Castle in Sinaia Romaina, taken while I was attending a conference in 2007.

Could jogging be bad for you?

Just in from the BBC news website:- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is recovering after collapsing while jogging. So what are the health hazards? Read the full story here:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8170264.stm

Some Dilbert!

Heres some Dilbert. I've also added the feed for some daily entertainment :-)

Buster Poindexter

Hit The Road Jack - cover by Buster Poindexter in 1989

New RSS feeds

Check out the slashdot.org (News for nerds. Stuff that matters) RSS feed on the right and also the MIT youtube channel, who release lectures under the creative commons licence.

Why Poindextrous?

From the urban dictionary poindextrous: To be able to communicate equally well with both nerds and normal people alike (urban dictionary definition).