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My favorite video of all times is Matt Harding's Dancing. Every time I'm at a friend's house and someone is on the Internet, I say, "Hey, there's something you have to see." The last time that happened was two days ago in Ottawa, Ohio, the town whose ...

Matt Harding, as in "Where the Hell is Matt," --the guy who dances around the world, has found the answer to world peace. Don't believe me? Just watch his video, Dancing 2008 and you'll be smiling in a few seconds. Halfway through, you'll feel like ...

First I recognized the music, and then I saw him. Matt Harding dancing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In a segment to show the world's reaction to Barck Obama's election win, The Daily Show wove snippets of Harding's video Where the Hell is ...

Using Matt Harding's concept of dancing as a way to unify the world in his "Where the Hell is Matt?" videos, Jeff Hoskinson highlighted his home state, Iowa in a spoof of sorts. He kind of looks like Matt, but he's not Matt. Matt does appear ...

This fountain in Madeira, Portugal says summer. How great would it be to run through this on a hot day? I'm reminded of the other fountains where water arcs upwards from the ground. There's the fountain that Matt Harding of "Where the Hell is ...

Today's date is weird. 9-9-09. I noticed it first when writing today's Photo of the Day post. Then someone sent me an e-mail from Westerville, Ohio proclaiming this Wonderful Weirdos Day. The missive stated that the purpose of such a day is to thank ...

Are you ready for another fantastic Gadling recap of a week that was, um quite fantastic? I reckon so, but before I dig in I must say there were several other highlights to this week not listed here like how to speed through security check points or ...

Outside the Seattle Museum of Art is a kinetic sculpture called Hammering Man. The man who lifts and lowers his hammer four times per minute is one of several Hammering Man sculptures by artist Jonathan Borofsky. Through his Hammering Man statues, ...

With stock prices plummeting, the Midwest flooding, and all other difficulties in the world, I looked over the Gadling posts this week for the cheery and creative stuff. George Carlin's death wasn't cheery news, but Aaron's post made me laugh. ...

In my post yesterday on Michael Jackson's death, I mentioned two songs that have stuck with me because of the feelings I've had from living in other countries where I've developed friendships and have called various addresses home. In a way, I ...

Well, there are gimmicks and then there are gimmicks. It's easy to look at this series of videos (quite large files, btw) by Matt Harding and to dismiss them as bizarre American silliness, but I contest there is a genuine artistic subtext to what ...

Few people inspire me to envy, but there are those intrepid adventurers that are so obviously on another level, that I have to bow down in awe. This week's travel spotlight is on Matt Harding of Where the Hell is Matt? I've been following his blog ...

You all know Matt Harding, of course. We've covered him a few times here on Gadling alone, but his fame blossomed across the Internet after the debut of the first video featuring him dancing poorly all over the world. Then Stride Gum sponsored him on ...

When I was looking for links to Cornstalk Institute for my post,Festival of the Great Unknowns, I came across mattaxling.com. This is a curious place. I think it must be Matt who is featured on the homepage, but don't know if his last name is axling. ...

Just a quick reminder for all you Today Show fans and Matt Lauer groupies. The traveling talk-show host will kick off his 8th week-around-the-world adventure tomorrow morning. After seven years, he's logged over 180,000 miles and has touched down in ...