John Green's Blog, page 27
March 8, 2013
ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS!
Join us on Kiva for an even more important milestone: http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/nerdfig...
In which Hank shows off his day a bit, announces the charities that will be receiving the funds raised during the Project for Awesome and then feels really inspired and amazed by nerdfighteria. Thank you all for being a part of this.
March 5, 2013
The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying
In which John makes an old school vlogbrothers video from an airport. OBVIOUSLY I MADE THIS BEFORE WE HIT 1,000,000 SUBSCRIBERS. To celebrate, let's get the nerdfighter kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans: http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/nerdfig...
Thanks to all of you for creating this amazing community with us. I feel so lucky to be a nerdfighter. Your commitment to increasing awesome and decreasing suck inspires me every day. DFTBA.
March 1, 2013
Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit
Individuals shared them, the collective intelligence of Reddit sorted and vetted them, all I did was make a video putting them all in one place. The 25 Top Life Pro Tips!
Life Pro Tips
http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/top/
Nerdfighter Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/
The Infographics:
Ramen: http://imgur.com/Ck8f5
Google: http://i.imgur.com/hkmIT.gif
Here they all are (yes, I appear to have missed a couple...my bad):
Jar of Happiness - thatswhatmesaid - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Headlamp Jug Light - nickskater09 - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Whte Text With Black Background - Madiau - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Two Fingers to Upvote - jigglingpudding - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Blue Ink In A Red Pen - MiloMuggins - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Cheap Plane Tickets - tiradium - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
How to Untie Any Knot - jumaklavita - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Paper CD Case - normalize - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Fill A Bucket From The Sink - mrfitzy http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
How To Fix Audio Levels In a Movie - army_of_dicks - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Fresh Eggs - nthensome - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Fast Essay Writing - dan81989 - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Downloading Whole Imgur Albums - Alt_f4_ - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Staple Remover For Key Rings - RuncibleSpoon18 - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/t...
Pasting Unformatted Text - rbmichael - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Ice In Water Bottles - Testicle_Festival - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Straight Charger Cords - omglikewtf - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
How To Not Buy Stuff From Co-workers - CaptnSpalding - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Frozen Grapes - Tericakes - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Fixing Dinged Wooden Furniture - icametodropbombs - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Awesome Ramen - johnny_topside - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
How to Not Wipe Paint On Side Of Can - [deleted] - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Google Tips - Xenoo - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Stop Spam Texts - ikonoclasm - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
Expediting 911 Calls - roastedbagel - http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/c...
February 26, 2013
Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: The Mac & Cheese and Communist Celery Edition
In which my 3-year-old son Henry and I cook macaroni and cheese, boiled asparagus, communist celery, blueberries, and sweet potato fries for dinner while Sarah is out of town. Hilarity ensues.
Inspired by Hannah Hart: http://www.youtube.com/user/MyHarto
February 22, 2013
Translating Dance Songs
How Many Languages does Nerdfighteria Speak? Let's find out! http://nerdfighteria.vanillaforums.co...
In which Hank (with the help of Irina, Amy, Florencia, Daniel, David, James, and Kensaku) translates songs that have spawned dance crazes in America, but I primarily not in English.
I learned a lot more about these songs than I was able to fit in this video, I apologize for not being able to share more. Maybe I'll put some extra stuff on hankschannel.
Thanks to Michael Aranda for the mixes: http://www.youtube.com/michaelaranda
February 19, 2013
Doing Things, On the Importance of
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Support YouTubers and designers you love: http://www.dftba.com (pro tip: on the dftba home page, try typing up up down down left right left right b a)
In which John discusses the making of many things, which involve him to varying degrees, in an attempt to pull himself out of a post-Presidential morass and get to work. Projects discussed include a forthcoming collaboration with his old friends at mental_floss magazine, the Project for Awesome, DFTBA Records, the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars (!?!?!?!), his next book, the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers, Crash Course, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the nerdfighters of kiva, parenting, and 2-d freaking glasses.
EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO:
Mental Floss: http://www.youtube.com/mentalfloss
DFTBA Records: http://www.dftba.com
The Swoodilypoopers: http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
Vidcon: http://www.vidcon.com
Lizzie Bennet: http://www.youtube.com/user/LizzieBennet
2-D Glasses: http://www.2d-glasses.com/ (Yes, they really work.)
February 15, 2013
Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week
Congratulations to John on the "little development"! And also congratulations to him on an excellent fireside hangout with Obama. And congratulations to the Lizzie Bennet Team, and The Brain Scoop, and Wheezy Waiter, and Nerdfighteria and THE ENTIRE WORLD! This was such an awesome week!
So I had two people work up remixes of internet dance craze songs just in case one of them didn't hit my very unreasonable deadline.
First mashup: Sam Antonioli
http://www.soundcloud.com/BitCrunch
Endscreen Mashup
Maxton (Infinitefreefall)
http://notxam.tumblr.com/
http://infinitefreefall.bandcamp.com/
You should check out both of them, they are fantastic.
Now...uh...obviously John announcing Sarah's pregnancy on the live stream with President Obama was, like, the coolest possible way any baby has ever been announced to the world. I'm extremely excited and proud and speechless. And Obama's shoutout to Nerdfighteria, well...well...I still have no words.
February 12, 2013
Talking to the President
Submit your questions for President Obama: http://www.youtube.com/whitehouse
RSVP for the Hangout with President Obama (...and me): https://plus.google.com/events/ck7p5i...
HankGames: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooDMPC...
In which John discusses his forthcoming google+ discussion with Barack Obama, who is the President of the United States of America. John also discusses how social interactions like this are inherently uncomfortable and also talk about his anxiety, which at the moment of the filming of this video was focused on a cold sore.
February 8, 2013
The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin
In which Hank and John and Katherine walk around Dublin and Hank thinks about how we are all but a part of a magnificent continuum that stretches back around four billion years...depending on how you think about it.
Dublin was beautiful and exciting and careful and thoughtful and I really wish I could have spent more time there. It was pretty hard to choose what thoughts I've had to turn into this video...I had about seven ideas for Thoughts from Places videos...that's just what being on a trip like this does to you. There's so much to think about! Too bad we're DEAD TIRED!
But this idea was overwhelmingly interesting to me, and has hit me really hard on this trip. I also got to see Charles Darwin's grave who was the man who figured out that just as individuals are a continuum of events, life is a continuum of species, all inter-related. A city is a series of events, ideas, constructions and occurrances, just like a human life...just like all life, and just like all culture and even all technology.
Being in a place where those continuums are more obvious (especially to someone who does not always see them) it feels very special and inspiring and exciting to be a part of the human endeavor.
February 5, 2013
Headless Statues and Elton John’s Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places)
In which John discusses his first 24 hours in London including: interviews with the BBC, playing Elton John's piano, jetlag, improbable weather, Steven Gerrard's signature, the British Museum, the Rosetta Stone, many headless statues of women, YA book covers, Egyptian relics, statues, nonexistent stone artwork, the Globe theater, the Tower Bridge, and many other sites of London.
