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If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands.
Some great videos to kill off some copious amounts of time (and bandwidth). Enjoy!
Boots and Cats make for great techno:
I've never seen Brassed Off, but I like the music:
A Crow, Enjoying the Snow:
My First Hardcore Song:
Why It's Good To Have A Dash Camera (I really need a dashboard mount for my phone):
Microwaves Ruin Everything:
This is why you need to filter your twitter feeds a bit more before you read them on air:
True Professionalism -- just keeps singing, despite a cute interruption:
David Blaine is an amazing dude... (be sure to watch the original and thesequels
Speaking of magic, this guy wows the folks at CES:
The top YouTube comment sums this up best: "an 8 and a half minute video with no sound but music. Still? better love story than twilight."
Better hold onto that guitar...
Definitely going to pay attention after the Super Bowl for whatever comes from this...
Classical musician handles the cell phone interuption like a pro:
This is kind of how I feel about some uses for tablets (warning, strong language):
Siri's kind of a jerk...(language warning, again)
Get Money, Turn Gay:
Can you name the title/artist?
Great HD Time Lapse of Yosemite:
Search by Image, Recursively, Starting with a Transparent PNG:
Newt Gingrich, a bad lip reading:
(update: Forgot this one ... ) Congresswoman is fuming that she was wiretapped, even though she voted for the Patriot Act, which allowed this to happen: