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“Petman” robot the next link in Skynet chain

Tim Reese — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:31:29 +0000

As part of our ongoing series on terrifying robot overlords, enjoy this footage of the “Petman” prototype.

Documentary on the most valuable baseball card in the world, the T206 Honus Wagner

Pete Berg — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:06:51 +0000

The T206 “Gretzky” Honus Wagner is the most famous baseball card in the world. And, as the art world readily illustrates, it may be that no matter what was done or not done to “The Card,” its value really does lie in the eye of the beholder. Great 15 minute documentary from ESPN’s “30 for 30″ series.

Stormy Weathers: The greatest dance number ever filmed

Pete Berg — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:59:36 +0000

The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold Nicholas performing to Cab Calloway’s “Stormy Weathers.”

Fred Astaire once called this performance “the greatest dance number ever filmed.” Mikhail Baryshnikov said, “Those guys are perfect examples of pure genius.”

Here it is with an extended intro:

Vertical Video Syndrome – A PSA

Pete Berg — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:16:24 +0000

Speaking out against the single biggest problem on YouTube.

How The Media Coverage Of Mass Shootings Makes Everything Worse

Pete Berg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:34:08 +0000

This clip from Charlie Brooker’s “Newswipe” breaks down the absurd sensationalism of news coverage in the wake of mass tragedies like Columbine, Aurora, and Newtown. A forensic psychiatrist lays out some rules for the media to follow when reporting on such incidences … and the media proceeds to break pretty much all of them.

Google Zeitgeist 2012: A look back at one epic year

Pete Berg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:12:18 +0000

2012: a year to remember.

Meet Porter. The World’s First Driving Dog.

Pete Berg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:45:03 +0000

Thank you Kyle.

How a single line of BASIC code creates a labyrinth at random

Pete Berg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:30:31 +0000

There is a new book called 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 about a famous line of code used during the Commodore 64 era to generate labyrthinthes and mazes for early games. As the webmaster of Pete’s QBasic Site (which I started in 1998), this is pretty cool!

That one line, a seemingly clumsy scrap of BASIC, generates a fascinatingly complicated maze on a Commodore 64. Run the little program on an emulator—or on an actual Commodore 64, if you happen to have one collecting dust in your basement—and a work of art unfolds before your very eyes, as the screen slowly fills up in a mesmerizing fashion.

Lose yourself in nature and find peace

Pete Berg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:26:47 +0000

This video of beautiful planet Earth moments will give you goosebumps. And not the R.L. Stine kind.

Huell Howser Tribute: A few of our favorite Huell Howser memories, in celebration of his retirement

Pete Berg — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:47:49 +0000

Huell Howser, the beloved and amaaaaaaazing host of our favorite public access show “California’s Gold” is hanging up his microphone after 19 years of production. Read the LA Times Article here. We’re sure gonna miss Huell. He found the most Here are a few of our favorite Huell Howser moments from YouTube, but there are so many more that are only available on local access TV.

Avocado Eating Dog

Huell Howser: Lord of the Flies

Upside Down House

Huell Howser at the Mexican border…distracts the border guard so that a guy sneaks across!

Trailer for an entire episode about a flagpole

Huell gets shot in the head

Trailer for the greatest episode ever… The Bunny Museum!

Huell Sings “California, Here I Come” (MUST WATCH)