Join: Oct 2, 2006

Name: ddball1

Gender: Male

Location: AU

Videos Watched: 870

Subscribers: 27

Channel Views: 2521

Books: The Bible, NIV version. Jurgen. Figures of Earth. To Serve Them All My Days. Diana. Marion Bradley. Anne McCaffery. James Hogan. Piers Anthony. Rowling. Tolkein. Richard Adams.

Movies: Fisher King. Brazil. Truly, Madly, Deeply. The Man Who Would Be King. Heroes. Babylon 5

Music: The Longlines from Icompositions, plus most icomposition artists in general .. Retrolust!

Hobbies: Science Fiction, James Branch Cabell, Delderfield, Watership Down

I'm a writer and an occasional Math teacher (sir, what's the occasion?). I involved myself in music production to get my short stories airplay. I then began making videos. Some are funny. Some are good. I tryFAIR USE NOTICE: Some of my videos may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I have posted these particular videos here on Youtube in an effort to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues. This constitutes 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material used in my videos has been distributed here on Youtube without profit by myself or anyone else and are watched by those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information for research and educational purposes.

Videos (95)

Love of My Life

  • Length: 2:33
  • Rating Average: 1.00 from 1 people
  • View Count: 42
  • Author: ddball1

Tags: ball  daniel  david  Kevin  Life  Love  My  Of  Queen  Rudd 

Love of My Life (Queen). This is a spoof on Rudd's lust for power at any price. Ignore Heiner. Ignore corruption. Ignore lies and broken promises. Just vote for Rudd.this is just a sketch. I'm looking for someone willing to play with this. Love of My Life is a ballad from the album A Night at the...

Four Smurfs of the Apocalypse

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  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 1 people
  • View Count: 80' favoriteCount='2
  • Author: ddball1

Tags: Apocalypse  ball  daniel  david  Randolf  Smurf 

Randolf is the creative genius behind this. He wanted karaoke style lyrics posted, but they spoiled the pictures and his diction is good enough .. I'll post the karaoke version another time.===4 horsies [after smurf]by randolf hey smurfs and smurfettes!gather round for a sing-song...this is my...

Hallelujah

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  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 1 people
  • View Count: 55
  • Author: ddball1

Tags: ball  cohen  daniel  david  hallelujah  leonard 

I love the power of this song and these lyrics. The song has been called, by different people, for different reasons, the greatest song ever written. My earlier posting was here. It is also a devotional piece for me, and related to my testimony as to how I became a Christian. So I wasn't going to...

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Ory Okolloh: The making of an African activist

  • Length: 18:43
  • Rating Average: 4.03 from 34 people
  • View Count: 1884' favoriteCount='8
  • Author: TEDtalksDirector

Tags: Activism  Africa  Global  Issues  Kenyan  Media  Mzalendo  Okolloh  Ory  Politics  Pundit  talks  Technology  TED  TEDtalks 

http://www/ted.com Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament.

John Walker: Re-creating great performances

  • Length: 13:42
  • Rating Average: 4.23 from 60 people
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  • Author: TEDtalksDirector

Tags: Entertainment  John  Live  music  Performance  Piano  Studios  talks  Technology  TED  TEDtalks  Walker  Zenph 

http://www.ted.com Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how antique recordings can be analyzed for precise keystrokes and pedal motions, then played back on computer-controlled grand pianos.

Patricia Burchat: The search for dark energy and dark matter

  • Length: 16:41
  • Rating Average: 4.77 from 190 people
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  • Author: TEDtalksDirector

Tags: Astronomy  BaBar  bang  Big  Burchat  Collaboration  Education  Energy  Patricia  Physics  Science  Stanford  talks  TED  TEDtalks 

http://www.ted.com Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.