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Remember the band OK GO and that treadmill video that went viral a while back? They can’t do that for their new tracks, EMI, their record label, doesn’t like free distribution.

The drugstore where time stands still.

Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles offers 500 different flavours of soda.

Nerd music. Just what it says on the label.

A visit to the Pacific’s toxic garbage island, where our plastic goes to die/kill. It’s a 12 part video so I’m not embedding it, just start with the link and you’ll see the rest.

Atheism news of the day: Myspace deletes atheist group. And watch the “Four Horsemen” (Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens) discuss religion on video: part one and part two.

Fascinating live video broadcast straight from a robot submarine that’s exploring the bottom of the Black Sea.

Tournis, a short film by François Vogel

Abstractor turns your TV or outdoor video screen into a work of art.

The big brother state.

It’s 2056 and the planet is saved. I just laughed watching this, probably not the expected reaction.

Master Plan, about the power of Google.

Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Joyce ‘n’ Beckett. Marvelous.

Join the mouth revolution now!

Mix your own rhythms in the kitchen

Strangely mesmerising videos of tram journeys through Brussels filmed with a front-mounted camera. (thanks Gunter)

Dr Octagon’s take on global warming.

Ignoring global warming won’t make it go away.

The latest Gnarls Barkley video pays tribute to the blaxploitation genre with a nod to the awesome Blacula. Great stuff.

One wall. One week of Japanese Art.

Bonom has gone one step further with his street art. Check out this animation by emich of his work next to Etterbeek railway station.

This video is positively strange. I love the internet.

Do you believe in false gods? Are you a victim of the force?

When a plush toy has just got to go.

Today in “What have we learned from history?”: the Trojan Horse.

Projecting animated wild animals from a moving car, their speed synchronised to the car wheels, brilliant!

Rumble through the Bronx III – More crazy alleycat racing in New York.

People don’t care much about sweatshops but they “might” if the information was accessible…

Space Invaders with real live people

The Jedi Knights who say Ni?

Game Over is an inventive stop-motion compilation of classic video games like Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids and more, produced with food, flowers and every day objects.

Cycling up the steepest hills of San Francisco looks like quite a challenge, especially when you see the struggle at the end of the video.

Watch this absolutely crazy bicycle stunt performance.

Turning turntable scratches into visual patterns: Valerio Spoletini’s V-Scratch. Neat.