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  • Get Ready for the Oscars with Every Best Picture Winner in Under 4 Minutes

    85 years of the Academy Awards in under 4 minutes. In preparation for Sunday’s Oscar broadcast, relive all of the Best Picture winners – from Wings to The Artist. It’s a fun ride filled with some great films (and some not-so-great-films). You can be the judge of what’s what.

    [Nelson Carvajal via JoBlo]

  • Awesome Music Video Relies on Stock Footage, Photoshop

    The award for best use of a bunch of stock footage goes to NYC indie band Darwin Deez and their frontman Darwin Smith, who has created a mini-masterpiece by implanting himself in various stock scenes. Darwin holding a horse with a bride on it? You got it. Darwin standing in the background as woman smiles with earmuffs on? Yep.

    Check out the video for “You Can’t Be My Girl” below:

    [via reddit]

  • Why Porn Acts Like a Drug [VIDEO]

    First off, nobody is here to bash porn. Like plenty of drugs, everything in moderation, right?

    And that’s the simple fact about porn. It is a drug. Well, at least it acts like a drug on your brain. AsapSCIENCE‘s newest three-minute video tackles the very real problem of pornography addiction. If you find yourself in a vicious porn-watching cycle where real life never seems to measure up to what you’re imagining in your head, well, this is the reason.

  • You’ll Never Hit a Ping Pong Shot This Awesome

    Quentin Robinot is better at table tennis than you are, and here’s the proof.

    I love that all his opponent can do is clap. Oftentimes, that’s all you can do.

    [H4ks3IR via Clip Nation]

  • Teen Girls Beat 13-Year-Old, Post Video to Facebook

    There’s a life tip that exists, and it’s more important than any you’ll hear today. Forget an apple a day or beer before liquor. This one is tailored to the modern age.

    Kids: If you beat the crap out of someone, don’t post a video of it to Facebook.

    CBS News reports that the video shows 14-year-old GlennaLynn Marie Santos and 15-year-old Keanna Beaver hitting 13-year-old Jaden Sanders in the face. According to police, Sanders didn’t fight back and simply tried to protect herself/get away.

    Sanders reportedly suffered bruises and a black eye.

    The two teens took the video with a cellphone and then posted it to Facebook just 27 minutes after the incident occurred.

    Strangely, the two teens willingly turned themselves in to police after contacting a KIRO 7 reporter on Facebook.

    “We’re willing to do the time…We’re turning ourselves in because we know it wasn’t right,” said the young girls.

    The two girls claim the the attack was a retaliation, but police aren’t buying it. Of course, they have the video evidence to support that feeling.

    You can check out a portion of the video inside the local news broadcast below:

    Last year, in a much more brutal but similar incident, three men were charged with first-degree murder after they beat a 62-year-old disabled man to death and then posted the video to Facebook.

  • Google Talks WMT Search Queries [Video]

    Google Talks WMT Search Queries [Video]

    Google has released a new video featuring Maile Ohye from the webmaster support team, who talks about the “Search Queries” feature in Webmater Tools, and how you can use that to “improve your site”.

    The video discusses the vocabulary of the feature – things like impressions, average position (only the top-ranking URL for the user’s query is factored in), click, and CTR. It also talks about steps for a way to investigate top queries and top pages.

    Last month, Ohye spoke about site verification in another video. Watch that here.

  • Harlem Confirms You’re Not Really Doing the Harlem Shake

    “They look like they just smoked some dust”

    “They’re dry-humping air.”

    “This is an absolute mockery of what it was.”

    These are actual quotes from actual residents of Harlem, said after watching Harlem Shake videos on the internet. You can keep doing your 30-second videos and throwing them up on YouTube, sure, but remember: you’re not really doing the Harlem Shake.

    [Schlepp Films]

  • Watch Astronaut Chris Hadfield Make a Space Sandwich

    Here’s Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield giving us a tour of his space kitchen and showing off his zero-gravity culinary prowess.

    When you’re done with this, make sure you catch his recent reddit AMA. It’s out of this world! (I’ll show myself out).

  • Google Talks About Phone Number Spam Again

    Nearly a year ago, Google’s Matt Cutts took to Google+ to discuss phone number spam.

    “I wanted to clarify a quick point: when people search for a phone number and land on a page like the one below, it’s not really useful and a bad user experience. Also, we do consider it to be keyword stuffing to put so many phone numbers on a page,” he said. “There are a few websites that provide value-add for some phone numbers, e.g. sites that let people discuss a specific phone number that keeps calling them over and over. But if a site stuffs a large number of numbers on its pages without substantial value-add, that can violate our guidelines, not to mention annoy users.”

    This is the image he was referring to:

    Phone Number Spam

    Today, Google released its latest Webmaster Help video, which features Cutts talking about the subject once again. It’s short and sweet, and basically serves as a reminder that Google will take action on this kind of thing:

  • Misha Will Reawaken Your Crappy Tattoo [VIDEO]

    Yeah, it’s an ad for Converse. I don’t really know what Converse was going for, however. But who cares? Misha, I’ll let you reawaken my crappy tattoo any day.

  • Guys Give Terrible Valentine’s Day Gifts for Jimmy Kimmel Prank

    Last week, Jimmy Kimmel issued another one of his YouTube challenges that asked viewers to prank one of their loved ones, capture it on video, and upload it for the world to see. But unlike previous challenges, this one was truly dangerous. Kimmel asked guys to troll their significant others on Valentine’s Day.

    I’m nowhere near brave enough to attempt that. And because of that, I salute these fine gentlemen and hope their long stay on the couch is as comfortable as possible.

  • Watch This Mini Land a Perfect, Unassisted Backflip

    In snowy Tignes, France, Guerlain Chicherit has successfully performed a backflip in a car. Yep, a real, unassisted backflip in a MINI – and he actually lands it. According to MINI, it’s the first of its kind. Don’t try this at home. Come to think about it, don’t try it anywhere.

    [MINI via Fark]

  • You Fail at Valentine’s Day Because This Guy Wins It All

    [Chett DeLong via reddit]

  • View Various Valentine’s Vine Videos

    View Various Valentine’s Vine Videos

    Twitter’s Vine app asked users to send them some creative Valentine’s Day-themed Vine videos, and said that the best ones would get a retweet:

    Here are the four that they felt were worthy of that honor. Considering Vine’s little run in with the NSFW territory, we’re not surprised that they’re a little tame.

    And here are few more that we spotted:

  • Colbert Report & The Daily Show Do the Harlem Shake

    I know, I know. We’re all sick of the Harlem Shake. Like any semi-enjoyable thing, the Internet has run it into the ground. There’s no need to mourn it. What was created by the internet must eventually be destroyed by the internet. I think that’s some sort of cosmic law.

    But before we say goodbye, for good, I must inform you that both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show did their own versions of the craze.

    First, Colbert:

    And then Jon Stewart gives a valiant, if completely unsuccessful attempt at it:

  • ‘Hallelujah’ Expertly Played on Wine Glasses

    This is simply stunning. And it proves that there really is no bad way to cover Leonard Cohen’s beautiful masterpiece. Well, unless you’re Bono.

  • Google’s Crash Course On Apps Script ScriptDb [Video]

    Google has uploaded a new Google Apps Script “Crash Course” video to its Developers YouTube channel. The video takes a “deep dive” into ScriptDb (a JavaScript object store built into Apps Script), shows examples, and discusses best practices for organizing data.

  • Justin Timberlake’s New Black & White ‘Suit & Tie’ Video Is Directed by David Fincher

    After a little bit of a wait, the official video for the new Justin Timberlake single “Suit & Tie ft. JAY Z” is here. It’s black & white, stylish, and directed by The Social Network‘s David Fincher.

    It’s not strange that Fincher would direct a Justin Timberlake music video – the two worked together on The Social Network, where Timberlake played Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker. Fincher also has a background in music videos.

    “Before Fincher directed his trademark edgy films like Seven, Fight Club, and Panic Room, he cut his teeth making iconic music videos, including Madonna’s “Express Yourself” and The Rolling Stones’ “Love Is Strong”, amongst others,” says Timberlake on his site.

    (There was a lyric video that dropped before this, but this is the real deal)

    Check it out:

    Did you see the couple of iPad cameos? Clever. Another Fincher project with a fair amount of Apple product placement is the new Netflix original series House of Cards. Fincher directs House of Cards and a Justin Timberlake video – both haevily featuring Apple devices. To complete the circle, I call a Timberlake cameo in next season of House of Cards. What do you say?

  • Canadian Parliament Says No to Zombies, Officially [VIDEO]

    After the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. acknowledged and then issued a quick response guide for the possible zombie apocalypse, Canadian MPs knew that they had to get in line. As they say, zombies know no borders.

    It’s assuring to hear Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird authoritatively declare that “Canada will never become a safe haven for zombies, ever.”

    Watch the awesome House of Commons moment below:

  • Like Google’s Doodles? Watch This Hangout With The Doodlers

    The hangout features some Google doodlers, including Ryan Germick, who leads the Google Doodles team, as well as a judge from Doodle for Google contest, a member of Google Education team, and some Google-certified educators.

    Google is running a popular doodle today for Valentine’s Day. It also happens to honor the birthday of George Ferris, the creator of the Ferris Wheel. It’s a good example of a doodle that works at multiple levels. Not only is it Ferris’ birthday, but the Ferris Wheel happens to symbolize love and dating, as it is a popular ride for lovers.

    Interested in learning about the process behind this particular doodle? Read this explanation from the doodlers about how it was created.

  • YouTube’s Valentine’s Day Playlists Speak to the In-Love, Broken-Hearted, and Misanthropic

    Working on the theory that you either really hate Valentine’s Day or you really love Valentine’s Day (there is no middle here), YouTube has put together a bunch of Valentine’s Day playlists featuring videos that will make you feel gushy and romantic or will help you wallow in misery – whichever is your thing this year.

    According to YouTube, the lists were hand-picked with the help of Trends Manager Kevin Allocca.

    YouTube has six new Valentine’s Day playlists this year: most-viewed marriage proposals, cheesiest love songs of all time, science of love, marriage proposal fails, broken-hearted-yet-defiant-love-songs, and bad pickup lines.

    In all, there are 69 videos spread out across the playlists (good one, YouTube).

    You’ll see painful rejections like this:

    And insane proposals like this:

    And even find some solace in old breakup classics like:

    You can check out all the playlists here.

    I feel good about V-Day this year. I think I’ll go listen to some cheesy love songs.