Video: On the Edge of Blade Runner
— excellent BBC documentary on Blade Runner, with an unreleased scene at the 40:00 mark (via) #
Telephone Conferences: Phreaky Boys Collection
— collection of phone phreak voicemail messages from 1990; glimpse into a quirky subculture #
Myspace phishing attacks using customized Myspace profiles
— it took me a second to realize how this was a phishing attack #
FBI raids "Fake Boarding Pass" programmer's house, seizes computers
— blaming a web programmer for inadequate airport security #
Guitar Hero 2's Hidden Tracks Revealed
— Strong Bad's Trogdor and Dethklok hand-in-hand with Buckethead and Voivod #
Geocoordinates from Wikipedia for Google Earth
— beyond Google Earth, this CSV of lat-long coordinates for 55,00 Wikipedia articles has tons of potential; thanks, Tom #
Evan Williams and Biz Stone buy Odeo and Twitter
— the new company will follow a similar philosophy to Robot Co-op and 37 Signals #
Fred Eerdekens typography with light and shadow
— incredible type built with trees, wire, and clouds; more here and here (via) #
Lifehacker's top Firefox 2 config tweaks
— the default behavior for 2.0's tab UI was frustrating, but this cleared it up in 15 seconds #
Weird Al performs "Eat It" on Japanese TV
— Al seems completely lost, but it makes the clip that much better #
Qooqle Video Clippers alpha
— Digg-style site promoting the best Japanese videos on YouTube, like this Pocky commercial (via) #
Computer Game World archives
— Ziff-Davis opens up the vault, offering free PDFs of every issue from December 1981 to November 1992! (via) #
ndsvisuals
— using the Nintendo DS as an interface for mixing live video performances; watch the video for a demo (via) #
Video: Bjork's "Bachelorette"
— directed by Michel Gondry, this is my favorite music video of all time #
Coyle and Sharpe prank MP3s
— insane pranksters accost strangers on the streets of San Francisco in the 1960s; also: official homepage and some video #
Russell Weller finally convicted in Santa Monica Farmer's Market crash
— 89 year old man gets 18 years in prison; I wrote about the fatal accident from the scene #
Violet Blue on Japanese nose-holding fetishists
— wonderfully weird find; this gallery is safe for work, if you're curious #
iFilm launches super-sekrit beta site
— infinitely better, with Flash video, better navigation, and licensed content from MTV #
Transcript of Clinton's Georgetown speech, with video clip
— once upon a time, we had a coherent, thoughtful President #
Lady Sovereign Hits Number One on "TRL"
— Def Jam's really throwing their weight behind her; love the Tetris video, though (via) #
Polyorama, combinatorial artwork viewer
— an updated version of vintage illustrated card toys, made by Metafilter and Flickr members (via) #
Universal Music files lawsuits against Grouper, Bolt.com
— this could set the precedent for a wave of lawsuits against web video sites #
Amazon launches Askville answers community
— private beta, but interesting extension of their community #
My printer, my social letterbox
— remote social printing for friends and family; absolutely brilliant idea, but especially for photos #
Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus
— "we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses" #
The View from the Top
— hardcore World of Warcraft junkie breaks his addiction and writes about it (via) #
Spy Magazine's How to Be Famous
— rare clips from the early '90s; the Seinfeld-hosted science experiments are great #
Backstory of the questionably diverse resume of Yale senior Aleksey Vayner
— you might want to watch the video in question first (via) #
Paul Graham on the mistakes that startups make
— I usually avoid lists like this, but this is a thoughtful one #
Best Dreamcast games for today's gamers
— I would love to see thoughtful lists like this for other platforms; I've found many underrated gems for the SNES, for example #
Two Gallants frontman tazered by police at Texas show
— the SF-based folky indie band is an unlikely target for violence (via) #
Wired News reviews the new Sam & Max game
— positive review on the first episode of the new series #