On 22 November 1987, sports anchor Dan Roan of Chicago’s WGN-TV News Network was narrating the video of the day’s football highlights when something highly unusual happened. The pictures on the station monitors in the studio suddenly began to jitter and twitch. Across Chicago, countless other televisions did the same, as Dan’s clips of the [...]
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How it’s made videos
Have you ever wondered how certain things are made? Look no further! We have collected a bunch of how-its-made videos from around the web.
If you like the How it’s made series on the Discovery Channel, then go here and find a number of them mostly hosted on YouTube, but all with descriptions [...]
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Boing Boing: Democracy net-video client goes Linux
Democracy net-video client goes Linux
The Linux version of Democracy player — a free and open Internet TV client — launched today. Democracy combines VLC (which plays any video format), BitTorrent (which makes it possible to share large files without spending large sums) and RSS (which lets you [...]
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For IPod Fans, Here’s Wheel Satisfaction
IPod fanatics might find inspiration in the upcoming season of MTV’s “Pimp My Ride,” the show where old junkers are transformed into flashy, over-the-top bling-mobiles.
The show will incorporate iPods into more than a third of its transformations, including a 1990 Toyota Celica outfitted with an iPod hookup that includes a [...]
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Classic cartoons for iPods - available now
Frederator Studios has launched a new daily vintage cartoon video podcast called ReFrederator.The free series will feature classic public domain cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Mighty Mouse, Daffy Duck, Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Porky Pig, Donald Duck and Felix the Cat, along with fairy tales and musicals.
Each transmission will feature [...]
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Hasbro is offering free Transformer(Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Cybertron), GIJoe, Dueling Masters, and more. online for free. Since Hasbro is the one offering them they are Legal.
They have a mix of both the old shows and the new ones. I’ve found starting from the video home easiest. Go ahead and waste a few [...]
