When I clicked through and saw the band name in the video title -- and caught a glimpse of the song they were covering -- I expected one thing (and was pretty unenthusiastic). And what I got was something else entirely (and awesome).

Want folks to commit to (and be enthusiastic about) your project? If you're enthusiastic about it (and committed to it), that will certainly go a long ways towards convincing others to do likewise. Need people to be inspired about (and by) your vision? Be inspired by it yourself.

It's easy to become over-saturated, musically. Happens to all of us. But every now and again, I need to remember to step back and recognize why it is that some pieces have become so famous. Often, it's because they're truly wonderful. And worthy of all the praise they receive.

I picked "The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling" because I loved the style (and, predictably, the "Making Of" video). And I really love the take-away, which became a bit more relevant over the past few days than I was expecting, yes. (Also, we're fine.)

"I was first introduced to photography when I was 14, during a two week backpacking trip in Colorado. I picked up timelapse shortly after, and have spent the last two summers timelapsing from the high peaks of the Colorado Rockies to the steamy geysers in Yellowstone National Park. It was in these places where my passion for photography and timelapse was 'awakened.'"

And here I thought Sir Ian McKellan's "Heuristic Shakespeare Project" was the best Shakespearean thing I was going to post about this week. It might still be, to be honest, because I love that idea so very, very much. But this one's got to be in the running.

I feel like I've recommended Nate DiMeo's wonderful The Memory Palace in the past. But just in case I haven't -- or just in case you've callously refused to listen to my heartfelt pleas in the aforementioned past -- this is pretty much the perfect starting place.

#LookAtTheSizeOfThatThing

What a fantastic idea. So far, they've only got one for "The Tempest," but they've promised to set their hands (and turn their voices) to all Shakespeare's plays. A $6 app might seem a bit steep, at first, especially if you need over 35 of them. But wait 'til you see what that $6 will get you.

"Living up to its name, Fairy Lake is in a remote and unspoiled landscape near the town of Port Renfrew. Sticking up out of the lake’s stillness is a submerged log. Clinging to that log for dear life is a tiny Douglas fir tree."

Last week, I shared a really fun, old-timey radio broadcast featuring (among others) Orson Welles as Sherlock Holmes' ultimate/only nemesis: Professor Moriarity. This week, thanks once again to OpenCulture, I've got more Wellesian goodness: Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince," narrated by the Wellesman himself, and accompanied by his pal, Bing Crosby.

Jack Cramer, 77, of Gold Canyon, Arizona, was never told how to build bows. Yet after 30 years of doing so, he is making some of the most beautiful and performant bows around, sought after by top shooters who appreciate their engineering and beauty.

I strongly suspect I've written about my appreciation for Baroque keyboard music performed on the piano (rather than on the more historically-accurate harpsichord) in the past. But I was reminded of that appreciation recently when a good friend sent me a link to Mikhail Pletnev's vibrant piano performances of some Scarlatti sonati. Here you go. (Or is that "hear?")

As a young child, the question of how it was that the tetrodotoxin-laced puffer fish came to be seen as such a (dangerous) delicacy fascinated me. "How exactly did folks managed to figure out which parts were edible," I wondered, "and which were not?" More pressingly, did they get it right the first time, miraculously And if not, how (or WHY) did they keep on trying?

"NASA monitors Earth’s vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. The International Space Station hosts a variety of payloads and experiments supporting climate research, weather predictions, hurricane monitoring, pollution tracking, disaster response and more."