{"id":751,"date":"2007-12-14T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/14\/nerds-on-parade\/"},"modified":"2007-12-14T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T14:40:08","slug":"nerds-on-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/14\/nerds-on-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerds on parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--cut and paste--><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" width=\"320\" height=\"285\" id=\"VE_Player\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\"><\/param><param NAME=\"FlashVars\" VALUE=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&#038;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/ARTHURBENJAMIN-2005_high.flv&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&#038;forcePlay=false&#038;logo=&#038;allowFullscreen=true\"><\/param><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/param><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A wonderfully nerdly performance of mental arithmetic.  I found his use of word mnemonics to remember large numbers quite cool.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/mathematics\/\" title=\"Mathematics\">Mathematics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/performance\/\" title=\"performance\">performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/ted\/\" title=\"TED\">TED<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/video\/\" title=\"Video\">Video<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/08\/14\/what-can-dance-tell-us-about-intellectual-property-a-lot-it-turns-out\/\" title=\"What can dance tell us about intellectual property? A lot, it turns out (14 Aug 10)\">What can dance tell us about intellectual property? A lot, it turns out<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/12\/transforming-our-thoughts-about-teaching\/\" title=\"Transforming our thoughts about teaching (12 Dec 07)\">Transforming our thoughts about teaching<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderfully nerdly performance of mental arithmetic. I found his use of word mnemonics to remember large numbers quite cool. Tags: Mathematics, performance, TED, Video Related posts What can dance tell us about intellectual property? 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