The World of Today http://worldoftoday.org News and Views Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en TRAFFIC http://worldoftoday.org/2009/06/28/traffic/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/06/28/traffic/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:39:42 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=621

TRAFFIC from Adrian Chen on Vimeo.

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Grandpa’s Grave from Adrian Chen on Vimeo.

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RABBIT from Adrian Chen on Vimeo.

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/05/15/rabbit/feed/ MOVING MY BLOG TO: urbanhonking.com/chen http://worldoftoday.org/2009/05/09/moving-my-blog/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/05/09/moving-my-blog/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 23:41:14 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=618 Hi guys,

You have noticed I haven’t been blogging lately?  This is because I’m moving my personal blog over to Urbanhonking.com/chen.  Please check it out!

As for the World of Today:  I’m going to relaunch this as a strictly video website once I finish moving to NEW YORK CITY and start making videos again.  So, don’t delete this from your bookmarks yet!

And if you’re visiting Worldoftoday.org for the first time, please check out my best videos HERE.

Or check out my Craigslist pranks at Craigslisting.

Thank you,

Adrian Chen

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/05/09/moving-my-blog/feed/ Caving club announcement: No caving this weekend http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/27/caving-club-announcement-no-caving-this-weekend/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/27/caving-club-announcement-no-caving-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:51:07 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=615

White-nose Syndrome: The cause of no caving

Hello, World of Today Speleological Club.  I regret to inform you that our 8th annual Cave-a-Thon is going to have to be postponed AGAIN due to YET ANOTHER OUTBREAK of white-nose syndrome in thousands of bats.  I know, I know–I shouldn’t have promised at our last chapter meeting that, “Never again will our expedition be stymied by a deadly outbreak of white-nose syndrome, named for the distinctive pattern of sugary fungus that develops around the nose of bats.”  Exactly the opposite of this has happened:  We have been stymied.  Completely stymied!  According to they NYT:

Some estimates of deaths are as high as 500,000 bats. Researchers worry about a mass die-off of bats, which help control the populations of insects that can damage wheat, apples and dozens of other crops.

Authorities have closed off the caves to protect the bats.  So, put away your pickaxes, headlamps, dynamite, troll repellent, cave food, knee pads and all your other caving gear.  We will have our usual meeting at the pub this week, where we all get black-out drunk, curse white-nose syndrome, and say a prayer for our brothers-in-caves: the bats.

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/27/caving-club-announcement-no-caving-this-weekend/feed/ Listen to my voice reading an essay on the radio http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/26/listen-to-my-essay-on-livewire/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/26/listen-to-my-essay-on-livewire/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:49:09 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=614 So the Oregon Public Broadcasting show Livewire just posted a podcast of their show featuring an essay I wrote about a weird roadtrip I took a couple years ago.  Please click here to listen ( My essay is at 16:45):

[MP3]

Good luck hearing me above the audience’s delighted chortling!

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/26/listen-to-my-essay-on-livewire/feed/ Should I apply for a job in Antarctica? http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/24/should-i-apply-for-a-job-in-antarctica/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/24/should-i-apply-for-a-job-in-antarctica/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:29:51 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=613

(via)

Wow, so, NANA Services is hiring in for jobs in Antarctica starting in October and ending in February 2010.  (Antarctica’s “summer”.)  Positions include:

  • Chef/Sous Chef
  • Food & Beverage Staff
  • Housekeeping/Janitorial
  • Recreation Staff
  • Retail

SHOULD I APPLY???

I THINK I’M GOING TO?!?!?

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Message to My Future Self: Sustenance from Adrian Chen on Vimeo.

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/24/message-to-my-future-self/feed/ My video is no longer an Urbanhonking.com exclusive http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/19/my-video-is-no-longer-an-urbanhonkingcom-exclusive/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/19/my-video-is-no-longer-an-urbanhonkingcom-exclusive/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:28 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=611 Our week-long contract has run out.  Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the new iReport video:

iReportz: Cutting back from Adrian Chen on Vimeo.

]]> http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/19/my-video-is-no-longer-an-urbanhonkingcom-exclusive/feed/ My first Joke On the Onion News Network http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/17/my-first-joke-for-the-onion-news-network/ http://worldoftoday.org/2009/03/17/my-first-joke-for-the-onion-news-network/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:17:50 +0000 adrian http://worldoftoday.org/?p=610 Alright!  And it only took two months:

The rest of the video is very funny too…

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