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@gilesphelps pointed to this article about PhotoSketch, a web app that's apparently for creating montages, but actually does a whole load of really clever stuff.

I never saw any of the Carl Sagan "Cosmos" TV series -- but I believe it's now available as a DVD box-set. I really must go out and buy that.

A sort stop motion squared.

Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey is a regular feature (it seems) at rodeos around the US. Is this exploitative? Well, yes. Is it totally made by the canned-hoofbeat sound fx? Heck yes! "After four years as the marketing mascot for Cheyenne, Wyoming–based quick-service chain Taco John’s, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey is saddling up and riding off into the sunset." http://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/exclusives/0708/taco_johns-1.phtml

Just saw BouncE's show "Insane in the Brain" -- this short film was shown as part of the show. There was a lot of stage action that filled the slow middle section of this movie. All kicks off around 3:50 -- if you don't watch at least that long, you're not going to get this.

Social proof in action. Must see Benjamin Ellis's post on this (he's done all the hard work I was planning to do for a preso) http://bit.ly/3cYm8D

Proving once again that even the YouTube video meme pool is prone to the lazy nostalgia/remember the 2000s format... but still makes satisfying viewing. Ah well.

Wow. T-Mobile-sponsored flash mob w/ Oprah and the Black Eyed Peas for the launch of the new Oprah season. Can anyone remember the first one of these? (via Fabergé Lucus-Box)

This is comedy genius. Well -- perhaps post-modern comedy genius. The Hitler Downfall Parody meme becomes self-aware and self-referential. Do watch to the end... (more dawsonbros stuff)

See New Teevee for more. Patrick Duffy used to be in Dallas. I don't really remember Dallas. (via Will Meyerhofer)