Best YouTube Documentaries Episode 3: Thomas Cochrane, Craziest Sea Captain

Posted on May 21, 2023 by admin — No Comments ↓

Episode 3 of our “Best YouTube Documentaries” series features a documentary titled “Thomas Cochrane: Craziest Sea Captain in History” by the fantastic “Kings And Generals” channel. The video runs 1 hour & 17 minutes and does include less than 2 minutes of advertising at the very beginning. The video covers the entire life of Thomas Cochrane, who was featured in the movie “Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World” (Starring Russell Crowe). If you’ve seen that movie, you’ll know Thomas Cochrane was in interesting captain, but the Hollywood film doesn’t even scratch the surface. This Documentary left me wondering why Hollywood didn’t make that film into a franchise. In this review, we’ll cover Kings and Generals video style, cover some of the highlights of the film, and provide a couple of ways to watch.

Being a fan of rocket launches is not what it used to be… and that’s awesome.

Posted on May 11, 2023 by admin — No Comments ↓

I’ve chatted with many of you in person about the Starship (Ship 24) launch I went to go see on April 20th (2023). Many folks I talk to ask me about whether or not I was sad about the “failure” of the rocket. I wanted to give you all a glimpse of what all of this is like from my perspective. I’m going to tell you a bit about how big of a space nut I am, then, we’ll talk about how watching rockets has changed over the past few years, and lastly, I’m going to tell you about what I expected and experienced at the Ship 24 launch on April 20th.

Richard Feynman: The pleasure of finding things out (Documentary)

Posted on April 2, 2023 by jlove — No Comments ↓

If you haven’t seen or read anything by Richard Feynman, this is an excellent way to begin loving this brilliant man’s ability to communicate. I often wish I had had the opportunity to have been one of his students.
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