Here is a new source for your dead "Star Wars/Boogie Nights" video:

Link

Also, a related video I just posted in a similar vein:

Link

I dont normally beg for votes, but I see you've posted some Gervais before, and Karl Pilkington is just outright amazing, check this out, (not a single F'in vote WTF!!?)
http://www.videosift.com/video/Karl-Pilkington-Monkey-News-Fantastic-animation

Cheers mate

Thanks so much for the heads up! Done

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Here's a longer version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u1uRs3Dt7U. I think it's exactly the same, but this has an extra 3 minutes of how to paint your critter. Please update your vid to the longer version.

hello there Thank you for your votes up

inconTHEEVable!

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

you made my day, thanks!

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"When you add sweat to talent, you get magic."
Awesome comment man. I believe the interest/intrinsic motivation is key. For a literal example of what you're saying, look a Penn and Teller or any magician Thousands of hours of practice...

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
The longer I teach, the less I'm sure I even believe in any single thing that could be called intelligence. I had a graduate student once who seemed incredibly slow. For a bit I was torn with guilt about how I was going to gently steer him into a field more suited to his talents. He just seemed to take a really long time to get any new concept. Then I started noticing that when he *did* get the concept, he *really* got it. And his approach was new, different, and creative. He did new things, and he did much more profound things than the people who had "gotten" the concepts quickly.

I'm much more impressed by persistence, interest, and joy in the material than I am in any abstract thing called intelligence. Not that there isn't such a thing as native talent, but for all but the highest levels, you can make up for talent with plain old sweat. When you add sweat to talent, you get magic.

Thanks for the embed help!

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
*dead - replacemnent here, http://youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo ... or maybe at http://beatbots.blip.tv/#

Good stuff, when I used to subscribe to Newsweek it was always interesting to read Zakaria's articles. He had some very worldy views from a US perspective.

However CNNi is really not what it used to be, it pales in comparison to Al Jazeera's investigative journalism.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
good news - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/26/fareed-zakarias-cnn-show_n_103560.html

Awesome, thanks!

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*promote

caught and released :-) The hook was barely attached to it's lip so there was no damage to the fish. I hope this one is still swimmin out there :-P

heya :-D I dig the nature theme'd avatar. Go us :-P

Actually, Sean Hannity literally dictated the William Ayres question to Stephanopoulos. Here's the audio:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/17/steph-hannity-audio/

May I suggest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLfxvGPebg as an alternative to the current video being used in http://www.videosift.com/video/Hee-Haw-The-Next-Generation-1 ? It's much higher quality and the complete scene as well.

p.s. I like the Iggy Pop reference

Yeah, it's too small. I will have to find another version..


http://xkcd.com/397/


In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Hi, for http://engineering.videosift.com/ could you link to a legible version of the xkcd cartoon? very curious what it is

nothing, just got a new zippo and was gonna sift that same vid after youtubing a bunch of zippo lighter tricks.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
What do you mean?

In reply to this comment by Xenster:
you son of a bitch.