This video shows a father’s response to his daughter posting a rant against her parents on her Facebook wall. The ending is rather shocking and, to my mind at least, way over the top.

This guy’s 15-year-old daughter posted on her Facebook wall about how annoyed she was with her parents over the chores they make her do. She even used a mild swearword on a couple of occasions.

The father’s measured response? Read the post out on a video, shoot her laptop with live ammunition from a handgun, and then post it all over the Internet for the whole world to see.

Rather than give my full, unedited opinion about this video on here I’ll take to my personal blog instead. Suffice to say I’m astonished by the level of support this guy is getting. I think he went way too far.

This video shows A group of North Korean accordion players covering Take On Me. Who would have thought A-Ha had reached the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?!?

This is just about the best cover of Take On Me I have ever heard. No, scrub that, this is the best cover of any song I have ever heard. It’s awesome, and really well choreographed.

This shows that North Korea is just another country, and its people are just like me and you. So the political system they live under is vastly different, but the people are not.

I have to say, though it’s probably not very PC of me, that I do like the comment on YouTube. Just as they finish playing you can hear a phone ringing, and someone joked that was probably “Kim Jong-un letting them know their families were killed because they played western music.”

University poltics students discuss not only their own government but what they view as wrong with the United States government and policies.

These very well spoken (especially given English is not their first language) Chinese students have a lot of good points not only about what is going on in the US but about their own government.

The world could go a long way if we educate more of our youth to this degree so they can look around at the various governments and perhaps come up with solutions to the problems most countries are having.

I hope all of them go on to do great things.

“Against the background of a darkening sky, all of the past Presidents of the United States gather before the White House… In the left hand corner of the painting sits a man.

“That man, with his head bowed appears distraught and hopeless as he contemplates his future. Some of the past Presidents try to console him while looking in the direction of the modern Presidents as if to say, “What have you done?”

Many of these modern Presidents, seemingly oblivious to anything other than themselves, appear to be congratulating each other on their great accomplishments. In front of the man, paper trash is blowing in the wind.

Crumpled dollar bills, legislative documents, and, like a whisper—the U.S. Constitution beneath the foot of Barack Obama.”

President Obama recently gave the first virtual interview from the White House, which was broadcast on YouTube and took the form of a Google+ hangout. If you have any interest in politics then it’s definitely worth watching.

Obama is the first U.S. president to truly embrace technology. He did so when he was campaigning to be elected, and has continued to do so throughout his first term in office.

As well as being on Twitter, Facebook, and all the other various social networks out there, Obama has also taken to YouTube to reach out to voters directly.

This video is the full, 50-minute Google+ hangout which sees President Obama answering questions from members of the public. You might not like all his responses, but the mere fact he’s taking part should count for something.

This video shows street artist David Choe painting the walls of the first Facebook headquarters in 2005. Facebook founder founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg even has a go with the spray can himself.

Why is this video interesting? And why now? Because Choe is about to become a millionaire thanks to these murals. When Facebook IPO’s in the near-future Choe will find himself sitting on an absolute fortune.

Choe eschewed being paid in cash for this job, choosing instead to take stock options. Zuckerberg was rather generous, giving Choe 3.77 million shares in the company. At $53-per-share that’s a cool $200 million.

This makes the artwork Choe completed on the walls of the Facebook offices some of the most expensive in the world. Certainly in terms of how much was paid at the time it was commissioned.

That’s one lucky guy… and I’m in the wrong job.

“I can’t speak highly enough of it.”

“A sprightly centenarian has revealed the secret to staying sharp in old age – playing VIDEO GAMES. Instead of knitting or playing bingo Kathleen Kit Connell, known as Kit, spends two hours a day tapping away at her favourite console.

And the grandmother-of-one, who still lives independently, said she has used the Nintendo DS Lite, so much she even wore out her first console and had to replace the computer.

Kit, who according to the game has the mental age of 64, said: “It’s absolutely super. I don’t feel a day over 80.”

Well done.

As adults we’re all used to seeing company logos and instantly attaching them to the brand we probably know and possibly love. But what goes through the mind of a 5-year-old child when it sees the same logos?

It’s interesting how the kid recognizes some but not others. His parents clearly frequent coffee shops as he recognizes those and connects them to coffee. And Disney, of course. Oh, and Apple!

This actually made me examine these logos in a way I hadn’t previously. I now realize what the likes of Pepsi, CBS, and Boeing were going for, whereas before I just took them for what they were.

I can’t help thinking there is something in this. If I were a new company I’d commission several different logos and then include children in the focus group helping to decide which to go for. Or is that too simplistic?

Bald men around the world salute the one, the only, the legend: Patrick Stewart.

Alan Davies, Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart all on the Graham Norton show? Now I have to see this.

I love Patrick Stewart’s voice more than his shiny head, but I have to admit that he really does rock the dome like no one else.

Well, Bruce Willis does a pretty damn good job as well, but we will just stick with Stewart for the moment.

How strange, though, to have gone bald when you’re so young and to have lost it so suddenly. One of those weird things…

Spike Lee is back directing, with new film Red Hook Summer having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. This video shows On Native Ground interviewing the cast and crew behind Red Hook Summer on the red carpet.

Spike Lee is a legendary director responsible for great movies which are also important in the social commentary they provide. However, his recent flicks haven’t lived up to his usual standards.

A lot of people are saying Red Hook Summer is a return to form for Lee. But not everyone agrees. I’ve read some woeful reviews of the movie, which complain at the distinct lack of a cohesive storyline.

As usual with Spike Lee movies, Red Hook Summer won’t be for everyone. But those who like it will probably love it. Either way these interviews are great.

“Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona says in a video on her campaign website she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago.” – YT

Gabrielle Giffords’ name skyrocketed in to popularity a year ago when an assassination attempt left her with a shot to the head, six people dead and twelve others wounded.

“Today, Gabrielle is proving once again that she is a true public servant — putting the needs of her constituents ahead of her own,” said Israel (D-Dix Hills), who represents the 2nd Congressional District in New York, in the statement.

“Beneath the America we think we know lies a nation hidden from view – a nomadic nation, living on the roads, the rails and in the wild open spaces.

In its deserts, forests, mountain ranges and on the plains, a huge population of modern nomads pursues its version of the American dream – to live free from the world of careers, mortgages and the white picket fence.

When British writer Richard Grant moved to the USA more than 20 years ago it wasn’t just a change of country.

In a series of encounters and unplanned meetings, Richard is guided by his own instincts and experiences – and the serendipity of the road.

Travelling with loners and groups, he encounters the different ‘tribes’ of nomads as he journeys across the deserts of America’s south west.” – YT

Enough of this ‘Sh*t Someone Or Other Says’. It’s lame, it’s hardly ever funny, and it reinforces crass stereotypes. Let’s end it immediately, and let’s do so by spoofing the whole meme with one fantastic video.

This is an attempt to kill the latest meme dead. The latest meme being others trying to take their lead from Sh*t My Dad Says, which began life on Twitter before becoming a TV show.

That used actual quotes from some guy’s father. Whereas Sh*t Girls Say was just a spoof take on that and threw in assumptions of the kind of things girls can say on occasion.

Sh*t Nobody Says works because this is things no one in their right mind has ever said. And if anyone ever does utter such banalities it’s only right and proper to walk away from them without responding.

This video shows Will.i.am, lead singer/rapper of the Black Eyed Peas, presenting the Ultrabook Project for Intel at CES 2012. Watch it if you like seeing celebrities floundering around and proving they’re only human.

Will.i.am is a terrible public speaker and he doesn’t seem to have a clue what he’s talking about. In essence, he’s clearly out of his depth and has only bee hired because of who he is.

I personally blame Dr. Dre, who forged this new link between celebrities and technology with his Beats headphones. But at least he knew what he was talking about and the partnership made sense.

Seriously, can we stop this now? Hiring a famous person, usually a musician, to be your spokesman only makes sense in a few cases. And if anything this teaming up of Will.i.am and Intel shows how and why not to do it.

Ooh, that really isn’t good. The last place you want to end up is croc-infested waters, especially when you have a bungee cord tied around your legs. I see a lawsuit a-coming.

Langworthy is surely going to sue. But I’m guessing she will have had to sign some kind of waiver before she jumped, and that could protect the company involved if it did ever get to court.

The problem with all extreme sports, including bungee jumping, is the slight risk of something going wrong. If there wasn’t that risk then they wouldn’t exactly be extreme sports.

This hasn’t put me off the idea of bungee jumping, and it’s something I’d still love to do. But if I ever do one I’ll know there’s a very small chance it could be the last thing I ever do. Then again the same can be said for crossing the road.

“Mel Robbins is a married working mother of three, an ivy-educated criminal lawyer, and one of the top career and relationship experts in America.

“Widely respected for her grab-’em-by-the-collar advice and tough love, Robbins drills through the mental clutter that stands between people and what they want. Her approach is smart, effective and entertaining.” – YT

I think she hits on the real issue fairly early in the video: If you are ‘fine’ then you don’t have to do anything about it.

That’s the biggest part – and problem – of being ‘fine’ and how we screw ourselves over.

Time to stop being ‘fine’ and start living.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, then you might know about the new “real-life superhero movement” going on. Fed up with the police, some people are taking to the streets as vigilantes. While this documentary is rather positive towards any new superheros popping up, I have to disagree that this is a “good” thing.

Some of the footage of real-life superhero’s like Phoenix Jones aren’t really black and white as to who is actually on the “good” or “bad” side.

Sure, a lot of police aren’t doing their job, and I commend the insane bravery that these “heroes” have. People policing themselves is essentially a good idea on paper, but is this really the best way? Take this citizen’s arrest for example:

Here we have Phoenix Jones stopping a drunk man from damaging a car, or so we’re told. But from the footage, I can’t really see the drunk man doing much. Isn’t it possible that he was just trying to find his car and got confused?

Here is a tip pulled from the big book of common sense: Before diving headfirst into water, check that it isn’t frozen.

This idiot obviously doesn’t own the same big book of common sense that I do. Because he makes the mistake of diving in headfirst without making sure that the water he can see isn’t just a thin layer sat over the top of thick ice.

This happened either in Russia or Poland, depending on which comments you believe. Either way it looks like it was one of those groups who go swimming in zero degree temperatures. For no apparent reason.

What makes this clip is the laugh emanating from the guy behind the camera. It’s a great laugh, and it’s made even better by the fact he carries on laughing even after the guy emerges with a sore head.

Vending machines are a brilliant innovation. At least until they go wrong, which they do often. Thankfully it isn’t always a bad thing.

This video shows How one group of teenagers scored a huge win on a vending machines, getting three bottles of drink for the price of one.

The set-up is that two bottles are hanging precariously over the edge of the machine, leaving an opportunity to get three bottles for the price of one. With a little skill and a lot of luck.

They buy a bottle of water and get two extra bottles free. Bargain. And their over-the-top reaction is great to watch.

The Bachelor is back, with Season 16 making its debut yesterday (Jan. 2, 2012). Judging by Facebook and Twitter many people, some of whom I formerly considered intelligent, tuned in.

The Bachelor isn’t a show I watch. What little I have seen of it suggests it’s the worst kind of reality TV, with vacuous idiots vying for attention in order to become celebrities.

The big problem here is there is no talent on display. These people only have one thing going for them, and that is they look good. Shouldn’t we have moved on from that by now?

The Bachelor will continue to make headlines and give people something to talk about. Meanwhile I’ll be doing something a little more productive with my time.