Posts Tagged: ‘Today’s inspirational moment’
A couple of months ago we talked about an aspiring filmmaker who made a short (5 minute) video and stuck it on YouTube. A month later he landed a $30 million movie deal. His YouTube video looked like something produced by a Hollywood studio. So here is a new video that has that same kind [...]
Today’s inspirational Moment #104 – What to do with fame
by Marshall Brain | March 11, 2010
As everyone knows, Conan O’Brien picked Sarah Killen to follow on Twitter: The inspirational part is what she did next: Conan O’Brien’s Twitter stunt turns tear-jerker Before the fateful O’Brien connection, Killen and her mother had been setting up a sponsor page for the Michigan Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for breast cancer. [...]
Today’s Inspirational Moment #103 – The ultimate city mayor
by Marshall Brain | February 25, 2010
She has been in office for 31 years, and her city (Mississauga, the 6th largest in Canada) is debt free: The reporter asks, “How do you stay in office for 31 years?” She answers: “Well, you have to look after your people, and keep your taxes down, and bring lots of jobs to the city.” [...]
Today’s Inspirational Moment #102 – Understanding inadequacy
by Marshall Brain | February 2, 2010
Have you ever wondered why your friends have more friends than you do or why people in the gym are in better shape than you are? Here’s the answer: This column will change your life I don’t know if you will change your life, but it definitely explains the phenomenon. [[[Jump to previous TIM]]]
Today’s inspirational moment #101 – How to help the next generation
by Marshall Brain | January 11, 2010
A teenager writes to a famous cartoonist. Instead of getting blown off, he gets… Letters of note – Your pal, John K. In 1998, aged just 14, aspiring young cartoonist Amir Avni decided to get in touch with the creator of Ren & Stimpy, John Kricfalusi. Being a hardcore fan of Kricfalusi’s work, Amir sent [...]
Today’s inspirational moment #100 – A 13-foot-long radio-controlled SR-71
by Marshall Brain | December 29, 2009
The following video shows a radio-controlled jet airplane that is a replica of an SR-71. The plane is about 13 feet long – gigantic for a radio-controlled airplane (see the biggest RC airplane here). It uses small jet engines like these. And the thing flies: How do you build a model like this if you [...]
We hear about people who walk 20 miles in a day for a walk-a-thon, or who walk the entire Appalachian Trail. And these stories are inspirational. But then there is this – a man named Ed Stafford who has made it his goal to walk across the Amazon Rain Forest: The REAL king of the [...]
A guy who is great at Gran Turismo turns into a real-world race car driver when given the chance: Champion Gran Turismo Gamer Becomes Real-world Racing Champion Lucas Ordoñez always loved cars and dreamed of being a professional race driver when he grew up. In 2008, though, he had abandoned that dream as he lacked [...]
So an aspiring filmmaker named Federico Alvarez created a little YouTube video called Panic Attack! He uploaded it a month ago: It paid off: Unknown filmmaker gets $30m for robot movie The 30-year-old was whisked to LA where he was offered a $1 million directors fee and up to £30 million to make the film, [...]
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