Mitchell McKenna - tagged with life http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12833/this-is-water-by-david-foster-wallace

The Glossary put together a great video based on David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech with insights into life, education and perspective.

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education. We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12833/this-is-water-by-david-foster-wallace/this-is-water-by-david-foster-wallace
BATTLEFIELD 3 Conquest in Real Life (Armored Kill) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11754/battlefield-3-conquest-in-real-life-armored-kill

A real life Battlefield 3 Conquest video !!! Don't forget to subscribe for more awesome videos :)

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Introducing Timeline -- a New Kind of Profile http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10143/introducing-timeline-a-new-kind-of-profile

Timeline is your collection of all the top photos, posts and apps that help tell your story. Learn more at http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline.

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Outside Aperture - Portal Short Film http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10038/outside-aperture-portal-short-film

Contact, extras: http://www.eisenfeuer.com FAQ: http://www.eisenfeuer.com/updates.ef?p=41 tweet @EisenFeuer

come and meet me at http://www.praetoriaguard.com

Carl Holmes (composer) http://www.youtube.com/user/djsneakyfish

The Hamster Alliance: http://www.hamsteralliance.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg3QazcfQKY

Made the sitcom: http://www.youtube.com/user/meandtrue

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Breaking the Silence in the NY Subway http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9313/just-keep-going-you-got-nothing-to-lose

I saw this video on the latest episode of webbeat.tv, and felt compelled to share it. The subway, though surrounded with countless people, can be a very isolated and lonely place. Titled "Just Keep Going, You Got Nothing To Lose", Luke Rudkowski undertakes a personal project that starts with simply talking to the people around him. It’s about life and freedom and what it means. You can read more about the project at wearechange.org.

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Love is Like Life but Longer http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9269/love-is-like-life-but-longer

A short film about a young, blind author and a nun that connect inside a hotel elevator, only to leave it to chance for them to meet again.

Directed by Poppy de Villeneuve. Premiered at the opening of the luxurious Mondrian SoHo Hotel in New York, where the film was shot.

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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:42:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9269/love-is-like-life-but-longer/love-is-like-life-but-longer
Phoenix Jones and the Rain City Superhero Movement. http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8915/phoenix-jones-and-the-rain-city-superhero-movement

UPDATE-The other man then pulled out a gun, forcing Jones to release the man he was holding. That man then kicked him in the face and broke his nose.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- A local man said he came within seconds of having his car broken into, and perhaps stolen, until a real-life "superhero" came to his aid, wearing tights, a mask and a skin-tight super suit. The encounter started in Lynnwood Sunday evening when a man, who asked to be identified only as Dan, was walking back to his car in a parking lot when he saw a man with a metal strip trying to pry open his car. "He started sticking it down between the window and the rubber strip," said Dan.Dan began to call 911, but said help arrived before he even finished dialing."From the right, this guy comes dashing in, wearing this skin-tight rubber, black and gold suit, and starts chasing him away," said Dan.What Dan didn't know is that just about every night, an anonymous Seattle man strolls into a comic store, enters a hidden back room and emerges transformed.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Monique Ming Laven met him"My name is Phoenix Jones," said the man.The man is the hero Dan's been trying to tell his friends about."People are saying, 'No way, dude, you were probably drunk,'" said Dan.But the superhero sounded familiar to Ming Laven. She had heard about how he and the other eight members of his Rain City Superhero crime fighting movement walk the street, eyes out for crime and prepared to fight it.On Monday night, the fully-clad superhero and Dan met."That's crazy. Nice to meet you, brother. Nice to meet you. That's insane," said Dan, who finally got a close-up look at his savior."Phoenix" explained his whole super suit, including bullet-proof vest and stab plates, to Dan."That's a Taser night stick. And I have Mace slash tear gas over here," said Phoenix.Then it was time for Phoenix to get back out on the streets,maybe not quite a super man, but an extraordinary one."So when I walk into a neighborhood, criminals leave because they see the suit," said Phoenix. "I symbolize that the average person doesn't have to walk around and see bad things and do nothing."Phoenix said since he started his crime-fighting crusade nine months ago, he's been stabbed, and had a gun pulled on him a few times, but received no serious injuries.Unfortunately, he didn't catch up with the man who was breaking into Dan's car

update Phoenix Jones, who dons a mask and costumed body armour to thwart criminals and keep his US city safe, has suffered a broken nose while trying to break up a fight. Speaking to a television station, Jones explained how after witnessing the scuffle he called police and put one of the men in a headlock. The other man then pulled out a gun, forcing Jones to release the man he was holding. That man then kicked him in the face and broke his nose. But Jones remains undeterred, saying his injury is part of a superhero's job. "I endanger my life with a reason and purpose," he said. Jones has been dubbed a real-life Kick-Ass by some, with his life as a masked vigilante mirroring that of the hit 2010 movie. His adventures on the streets of Seattle have seen him stop a car theft and gain international fame as a costumed crusader. But Seattle Police have urged the wannabe superhero to hang up his tights before he gets seriously hurt. Speaking of vigilantes like Jones, Detective Mark Jamieson said: "They insert themselves into a potentially volatile situation and they end up being victimised as well." The detective urged people not to involve themselves in dangerous situations unnecessarily and said they should report any crimes to police.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:09:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8915/phoenix-jones-and-the-rain-city-superhero-movement/phoenix-jones-and-the-rain-city-superhero-movement
Facebook Manners And You http://mitchmckenna.com/post/2010/facebook-manners-and-you Do you have good Facebook manners? Timmy and Alice don't. Watch their bad behavior to learn the dos and don'ts of Facebook breakups. Responsible Relationships and You is a production of http://www.YourTango.com. Presented by Big Fuel The Consumer Engagement Agency http://www.bigfuel.com Join the Facebook group, Timmy Gordon's A Real Wet Blanket: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?sid=410158c654e44d92703a6b6ab4a3c708&gid=132578655074&ref=search Let Timmy know you feel about him! ____________________________________… ]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:29:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/2010/facebook-manners-and-you/facebook-manners-and-you Escape From City 17 - Part One http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1197/escape-from-city-17-part-one Directed by The Purchase Brothers. The Escape From City 17 short film series is an adaptation based on the Half Life computer game saga by Valve Corporation. Originally envisioned as a project to test out numerous post production techniques, as well as a spec commercial, it ballooned into a multi part series. Filmed guerilla style with no money, no time,… ]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:26:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1197/escape-from-city-17-part-one/escape-from-city-17-part-one The Facts of Life (you will learn a lot from this) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/136/the-facts-of-life-you-will-learn-a-lot-from-this

The Facts of Life (you will learn a lot from this)

A collection of random facts like the kind found on the bottom of snapple facts, put to movie clips found mostly on youtube.

The music - Lazyboy - Facts of Life (edited out the chorus for the sake of keeping the video interesting)

this one took me a long-ass time to make.

thoughts? comments? ratings? thanks guys. From: celsyus Views: 203261

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