John Green's Blog, page 47
October 3, 2011
The LHC and Alex's Survey
In which Hank takes Alex Day's survey and talks about his interview this morning with Joe Incandela of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
Joe is a pretty famous particle physicist, so it was amazing to get his take on the reality of quantum mechanics, the flaws of the standard model, and the realities of running the largest scientific experiment in the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEOUg...
Alex's original video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDHvx...
I got the Dalek Poster here:
http://dft.ba/--sj
September 30, 2011
YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses
In which John answers the YouTube survey of Alex Day, aka Nerimon. Watch his survey here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDHvx... He also discusses secret sister Maureen Johnson's amazing new book The Name of the Star, which came out yesterday. You can get it here: http://dft.ba/-ZGF
The questions are:
1) Tell us about your first kiss
2) What is the most expensive casual item of clothing you've ever bought?
3) What was the first job you ever wanted as a kid?
4) Tell us about your group of school friends
5) What would you name your kids?
and 6) Who do you want to answer the survey next?
September 28, 2011
Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking
In which Hank discusses the international peculiarity of Cup Stacking, the undeniable skill of Steven Purugganan, the subjective value of most things and asks you to help him pick his new glasses.
September 26, 2011
Awesome Bankers?
Kiva Nerdfighters: http://www.kiva.org/team/nerdfighters
In which John discusses job creation, small businesses, how the work of bankers can actually decrease worldsuck (contrary to popular belief), and how credit crunches affect economies around the world. I also discuss the microfinance web site kiva.org, which allows all of us to make loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Keep Calm and DFTBA posters (and t-shirts!): http://dftba.com/product/yh/Keep-Calm...
September 23, 2011
The Improbability of Place – Thoughts from the San Juans
In which Hank talks about how infinitely improbable we are, but how that's not actually what makes us special. Sorry for the Dr. Manhattan thing if you've not read or seen Watchmen, I felt like it was important to my point.
Read Watchmen! http://dft.ba/-Y9x
The San Juan Islands and the Salish Sea are really magical places, btw, you should go if you ever get a chance.
September 21, 2011
NERD FACTOR
Shower the winners in nerdfighter love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSyGnE... (Also subscribe to them! They're all so great.)
The winners are:
Permafrost music video by Laurena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSyGnE...
Thoughts from Places: Bloemfontein by ssondiyazi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76D9BB...
Fictional Characters: Emotional Pain? by lindseythenerdiest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3b-9B...
Chicago Adventure and the Dark Night by MitenSoni: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA3hVD...
Bizarre Fruits song by Kaysysconundrum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRw0P9...
Thomas Jefferson: The Musical by theonlinemusical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYP7zh...
In which John announces six winners of Nerd Factor, an idea blatantly stolen from the great Michael Buckley: http://www.youtube.com/whatthebuckshow There were hundreds of great videos we wanted to include, and thanks to everyone who participated in nerd factor. I'm leaving video responses open on this video, so you can discover great stuff made by nerdfighters in the video responses. Thanks!
Thanks to Danica and Stan for helping with Nerd Factor.
September 19, 2011
Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine
In which Hank interviews his wife on the occasion of their fifth anniversary (or thereabouts.)
September 16, 2011
Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity
In which John vlogs from a couple airports and is politely interrogated by an understandably curious police officer.
Playing FIFA while telling you how I met the Yeti: http://www.youtube.com/hankgames#p/u/...
p.s. I wrote a novel. It's called The Fault in Our Stars. The entire first printing will be signed. If you have read this far down into the dooblydoo, maybe today should be the day you order it.
From Amazon: http://dft.ba/-tfios
From B&N: http://dft.ba/-tfiosBN
From your local independent bookstore: http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie
In the UK: http://dft.ba/-tfiosUK
September 14, 2011
How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com
In which Hank talks about the attitiudes and resources he has now that make it easier to make cool things exist.
http://www.readit1st.com - ready now!
September 12, 2011
Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography
In which Henry learns some words, and John discusses a Sunday with family, the insufficiency of all maps (and all videos), and the awesome of nerdfighteria.
Asheville tickets: https://www.ticketleap.net/Member/eve...
My tumblr: http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com
Hank's tumblr: http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com
My twitter: http://www.twitter.com/realjohngreen
Hank's twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hankgreen
Eff Yeah Nerdfighters: http://www.effyeahnerdfighters.com
The ning: http://www.nerdfighters.com
p.s. I wrote a book. It's called The Fault in Our Stars. It comes out in January. All preorders will be signed: http://dft.ba/-tfios
