The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (to be completed in 2013) will photograph the visible nightsky every 3 days at a resolution of 3,200 megapixels. Much of the terabytes of information gathered will be... more inside

Ricky Gervais's monologue on what he considers wrong with modern celebrity starts at around 2:00.

Original intro scenes from 'A New Hope' - I think this is from 'Deleted Magic'. See swampgirl's original post. Terrible quality video.

Let's strap a nuke to it.

Don't forget Fair & Handsome, for men.

Lion-o and the gang take some quality time out to swear like a bunch of sailors. This is everything I could have hoped for and more.

Brilliant animated short from http://www.eatpes.com/. Also see grspec's roofsex sift which is as good, if not better.

Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) ex-member of the 13th Legion has been sentenced to death for murder. His friend and colleague Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) watches on unable to act due to his recent election as a city magistrate. Will the honour of the 13th be maintained?

A great track from the end of the 80s. Sift inspired by Zifnab's fantastic INXS post.

Montage of Hudsucker Industries' development of the dingus.

From Wikipedia: Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters (sometimes using a phonetic alphabet), tunes... more inside

Footage of a BMW-powered Norma M20 driven by Alain Castellana. The car's acceleration on the straights can only be described as vicious, and Castellana's skills behind the wheel aren't too shabby either.