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15:12Identity 2.0 Keynote
490K views • 20 years ago
Dan Lewis
Dick Hardt's fast-paced OSCON keynote on Identity 2.0 and the move toward user-centric digital identity. It is also famous for its rapid-fire, many-slide presentation style.
2:52"Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy (Official 4K Video)
186.9M views • 17 years ago
alyankovicVEVO
Weird Al Yankovic's official music video for White & Nerdy, a parody of Chamillionaire's Ridin' about being a nerd.
13:42Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official 4K Video)
1.2B views • 17 years ago
michaeljacksonVEVO
The official 4K upload of Michael Jackson's 14-minute short film Thriller, directed by John Landis. It is widely regarded as a landmark music video.
3:43Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Official Video)
163.7M views • 17 years ago
Daft Punk
The official music video for Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, taken from Discovery. It is a chapter of the anime film Interstella 5000 supervised by Leiji Matsumoto.
1:55Mitchell & Webb Sound - Identity Theft
305K views • 19 years ago
kevinmurphy
A sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Sound in which a caller learns that identity theft is, in effect, a bank robbery in which the bank blames the customer. It runs about two minutes.
3:39Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video Remastered)
727.6M views • 18 years ago
Queen Official
The official remastered music video for Queen's Another One Bites the Dust from The Game (1980).
3:35Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Official Video) feat. Soweto Gospel Choir
29.1M views • 17 years ago
Christopher Tin
The official video for Baba Yetu, Christopher Tin's Swahili-language choral piece written as the theme to Civilization IV. It was the first video game music to win a Grammy.
3:59The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Official Music Video)
16.1M views • 17 years ago
ChemicalBrothersVEVO
The official music video for The Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar, directed by Michel Gondry. Visuals of a passing landscape are synced to elements of the music.
1:51Spiders On Drugs
63.9M views • 19 years ago
Andrew Struthers
A short spoof of a nature documentary shows spiders building webs after being given various drugs. It is an early internet comedy classic.
3:04Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues
1.1M views • 17 years ago
ewecylinder
A live 2007 performance of Todd Snider's song 'Statistician's Blues' at the Great American Music Hall. The song satirizes statistics and how readily people believe them.
4:09Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (Official HD Video)
213.2M views • 17 years ago
billyjoelVEVO
The official music video for Billy Joel's 1989 song We Didn't Start the Fire, a rapid-fire list of historical events.
4:19Blues Traveler - Hook (Official Music Video)
64M views • 17 years ago
BluesTravelerVEVO
The official music video for Blues Traveler's song Hook, remastered in HD. The song is known for using the melody of Pachelbel's Canon while its lyrics comment on how hooks work.
20:38Alan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas
51K views • 18 years ago
TED
Alan Kay's TED talk on teaching ideas, in which he argues the world is not what it seems and shows children learning through programming and building their own lessons with Etoys/Squeak.
1:04President Bush -- Fool me Once
5.5M views • 20 years ago
Wisaam
A short clip of President George W. Bush stumbling through the saying 'fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me'.
10:001 million fps Slow Motion video of bullet impacts made by Werner Mehl from Kurzzeit
15.6M views • 17 years ago
Matt Rece
Ten minutes of ultra-slow-motion footage of bullet impacts filmed at about one million frames per second by Werner Mehl of Kurzzeit. It includes hollow points in ballistics gel and impacts on glass.
18:09Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
7M views • 20 years ago
Landon Proctor
Nate Harrison's 2004 video history of the Amen Break, a six-second drum sample from a 1969 b-side that became the basis of hip-hop sampling, jungle and drum and bass. It is also a meditation on cultural ownership and creativity.
2:50Deus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]
328K views • 16 years ago
Darkangel754
A 1080p widescreen capture of the Deus Ex conversation between JC Denton and the AI Morpheus. It is a philosophical exchange that includes surveillance as a replacement for God.
5:00Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn (Official Video)
8.8M views • 19 years ago
Rhymesayers Entertainment
The official video for Brother Ali's 'Uncle Sam Goddamn', a politically charged rap song critiquing the United States, produced by Ant.
1:14Badgers : animated music video : MrWeebl
36.1M views • 18 years ago
Weebl's Stuff
The classic MrWeebl animated music video Badgers, a short looping song of badgers, a mushroom and a snake. It is a staple of early internet absurdist humor.
3:34Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)
1.8B views • 17 years ago
Rick Astley
The official music video for Rick Astley's 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up, the song behind the Rickroll internet prank.
3:46The Prodigy - Firestarter (Official Video)
209.7M views • 18 years ago
The Prodigy
The official music video for Firestarter by The Prodigy, the 1990s electronic hit featuring Keith Flint.
9:43Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered)
2.5M views • 17 years ago
AntiSoftwarePirates
The 1992 SIIA anti-piracy rap video Don't Copy That Floppy, warning kids against copying software, remastered and uploaded.
22:10Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy)
6.3M views • 18 years ago
Stanford
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement address, in which he tells three stories from his life about connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. He urges graduates to follow their dreams and find opportunity in setbacks.
2:23Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro - widescreen
363K views • 17 years ago
The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
Tom Lehrer performs his satirical song about rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, with an introduction. It is a two-minute musical clip.
5:11The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh
12.6M views • 17 years ago
macessentials
A restored recording of Steve Jobs unveiling the original Macintosh in 1984, including the moment it is taken out of its bag and speaks. The upload comes from the team that rediscovered and restored the lost footage.
3:55Big Ideas: Don't get any -- by James Houston
1.1M views • 18 years ago
James Houston
James Houston's entry to Radiohead's Nude remix contest, performing the 6/8, 63bpm song on obsolete hardware such as hard drives, a dot matrix printer, a scanner and a ZX Spectrum.
2:06Max Headroom WTTW Pirating Incident - 11/22/87 (Subtitled)
9.3M views • 19 years ago
jonrev
A subtitled edit of the 1987 Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion, in which hijackers interrupted Chicago stations WGN and WTTW.
3:29Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)
17.4M views • 18 years ago
olinerd
Boston Dynamics' March 2008 video of BigDog, a four-legged robot, walking on ice and snow, climbing rubble and recovering from slips and kicks.
45:23BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters
4.1M views • 19 years ago
Flex Your Rights
A 45-minute Flex Your Rights documentary on how to deal with police in three situations: traffic stops, encounters at home, and on the street. It presents practical advice on asserting constitutional rights and refusing searches.
8:10Video from Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos
943K views • 17 years ago
07272009july
A short 2009 video of Jeff Bezos talking about Amazon and Zappos. He discusses customer focus, invention and long-term thinking.
55:17The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be
390K views • 17 years ago
Google TechTalks
A 2008 Google Tech Talk making the case for the liquid fluoride thorium reactor as an abundant, safe source of electrical power. It covers the technical motivations and design of thorium molten-salt reactors.
5:48Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Video
217K views • 19 years ago
rkarena
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept video imagines a conversational voice assistant, multi-touch tablet and video calling used by a professor. It was made years before the graphical web existed.
54:56Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"
42.7M views • 17 years ago
Harvard University
The first episode of Michael Sandel's Harvard course on moral reasoning, opening with the trolley problem and the choice between killing one to save five. Sandel draws out student arguments and introduces utilitarian and other approaches to justice.
9:18The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)
5.4M views • 19 years ago
wonderingmind42
Part 1 of a lecture by physicist Albert Bartlett on the exponential function and its consequences for population growth, resource use and energy. It argues that steady growth rates quickly lead to enormous quantities.
6:01Cambridge Ideas - Professor Risk
128K views • 16 years ago
Cambridge University
David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, uses statistics to weigh everyday risks such as bacon sandwiches and cycling. The six-minute piece introduces micromorts as a way to compare the risk of dying.
43:08SpaceX reaches orbit with Falcon 1 - Flight 4 (full video including Elon Musk statement)
246K views • 18 years ago
Spacevidcast
The full webcast of SpaceX's Falcon 1 Flight 4, the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, on 28 September 2008. It includes the crew's cheering and Elon Musk's statement afterward.
9:37ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video
7.5M views • 19 years ago
headintheclouds46
Amateur footage of a Thomsonfly 757 ingesting a bird on takeoff from Manchester, with a flaming engine and a safe return, with 233 people aboard.
1:36HONDA ASIMO FALLS DOWN STAIRS - Sexy Robots Videos
763K views • 19 years ago
roborama
Short clip of Honda's ASIMO humanoid robot falling down stairs during a live demonstration.
0:19Me at the zoo
447.3M views • 21 years ago
jawed
The first video ever uploaded to YouTube, in April 2005. Co-founder Jawed Karim stands in front of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo for about 19 seconds.
Topic match · Internet culture & memes
1:01Original Zoloft Commercial
561K views • 17 years ago
SuperBowlSammy
A one-minute animated commercial for the antidepressant Zoloft, described as the original that inspired later sequels and parodies.
Topic match · Medicine & infectious disease