System Sounds

Neat little "song" made out of an assembly of Apple's system sounds.



Also a similar Windows Version

(via TUAW)

False Advertising?

Side by side video comparison of the iPhone 3G TV commercial vs. replicating it on the real 3G network. I love my iPhone, but these guys raise a good point...



Random aside: The use of on-screen stickies as captions is pretty clever :)

(via TUAW)

Trapped In An Elevator

Not meaning to go blog crazy, just finding a plethora of cool stuff.

Check out this time-lapse security camera video of a guy trapped in an elevator for 41 hours. Keep your eye on the box at the upper right.

TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR

I love the very end when they presumably put up an "Out of Order" sign.

TextOnPhone

Found this neat little iPhone/iPodTouch eBook reader called TextOnPhone. Over 25,000 books, including a decent catalog of recents and classics, all for free.

They also have a Facebook App that emulates the iPhone experience on a desktop.

Thorough video review here showing off some slick features:



Shameless plug: Guess which recent novel is included?

1000 Hours

Ever wonder what would happen if you ran your iPhone stopwatch for 41 days and almost 16 hours?

Gmail - Live!

I especially love the mouse pointer on a stick...

iMovie is a dangerous thing

So I grabbed some footage and photos from a fishing trip to Mexico that had been sitting on my hard drive for a few years, fired up iMovie for the first time and 2 hours later here's what I did. Forgive the pacing and camera work. It was all done with my Fuji Finepix 3000.

MadTV iPod Ad Spoof

Spoofing Apple and Feist simultaneously:

Most Evil Game Ever

Mario Knockoff is the Most Evil Game Ever

I can't even try to expand on the title. Just watch.

My favorite is the stuff that happens at the level 3 flag (towards the end of the third video).

New Lost Experience ARG

Oceanic Air is Back...

www.flyoceanicair.com

And on a related note, the trailer for Season 4 is being shown in theaters and online:

Bart vs. Homer

Playing with Hulu and found a neat feature where you can create your own short clip from any episode they have and embed it online.



Quality is pretty decent, and features like this show they realize the need to retain the social aspects if they really want to be the "legit" YouTube.

Video from a Time Traveller

Okay, so this could be hoaxed. But its an intriguing story.

A Norwegian man was working on his kitchen plumbing when he claims he inexplicably travelled into the future and met his future self. Bonus: he has video from his mobile.

Yeah, that could be his dad, I guess. And the story is frustratingly light on the details - like...how did he get back? What did they talk about?

But interesting nonetheless. Maybe interesting enough for Jacob to dig up more...

Trajan

More at the Retire Trajan blog.

MacWorld Bloopers

Lenny Lynch

This should play well to our small audience...



More at LennyYoung.com

Shift Happens

A little long and slow, but interesting.

The Luxembourg broadband stat was especially surprising to my dial-up using self back in 2003...

glumbert - Shift Happens

The Chuck Norris Effect

Hilarious, but also pandering a bit if something like this can really have an effect on an election. Have to give them credit for the buzz factor though.

Chuck and Huck: GOP's Delta Force?

Here's a Chuck Norris fact you may not know. If Chuck Norris endorses you and appears in one of your campaign's TV ads, you take the lead in an Iowa poll and your Web server crashes.



(In Huckabee's defense, in the article he says "We didn't seek his endorsement, but we're sure lucky to have it.")

Friendship Bracelets Are the Next Big Thing!

Are we in another bubble?



I believe so, but it's being around to watch it.

(UPDATED 12/20 to new video link)

DASH GPS device shows off Zillow API Mashup

I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the DASH GPS device and this little preview of it in action just made me want it all the more. I didn't realize they were making it open source.

Bowling and NLP

A couple of random YouTube videos.

First, the winning entry for a guitar-usage competition. I was (and still am a little) a LEGO fanatic.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gkyeFA8bPeU

Second, part of a show about a British NLP expert. Neuro-linguistic programming is what I'd call a minor form of hypnosis used to manipulate people to your desires.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQjr1YL0zg

And instead of worrying about what to get someone for a birthday, wouldn't it be nice if they REALLY wanted exactly what you wanted to get them.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=befugtgikMg