In light of the recent forklift fail sift, I thought I'd pass along some tips from our German friends on forklift safety. It's a little slow at first but the action picks up about half way through.

The other snowmobiler just sits there, ashamed.

Created as a graduation project for the Institute of Design in Lahti, Finland.

From the youtube summary: As we count down to the Copenhagen Climate Conference, JuiceMedia hosts a special extended edition of RapNews, in which Al Gore finally accepts Lord Monckton's challenge to... more inside

Necessities of life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) is a film that takes place in 1952 and follows an Inuit Hunter from Baffin Island who is diagnosed with Tuberculosis and is shipped down to a sanatorium in... more inside

http://www.youtube.com/user/readymade777

This has been around for a number of years (2002), but I couldn't find it on the sift. http://www.gfxartist.com/general/general_news/4615

from boingboing.net This is a great idea -- a show about useful DIY skills, set in a zombie apocalypse context. It reminds me a bit of Max Brooks marvelously deadpan Zombie Survival Guide.

Wireless, USB, touch screen. I want one very badly...

TYT reports, November 20, 2009.

The Ballad of the Monster Manual, greatest of all D&D texts.

Where is the largest and most environmentally destructive project on Earth...? Stop the Tar Sands Now!

Really nice song by Nas and his father, Olu Dara, who is a quite famous jazz musician.

Good thing his buddy was able to bring him back down to earth!

The achievement at the end topped it off nicely.