This may be the most accurate short ever made about online dating. Warning — things get a leeeeeeeeeeetle racy. (Via Laughing Squid, by comedy sketch troupe POYKPAC.)

Thanks to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, you too can be just like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, sort of. All you need is a Microsoft Kinect strapped on your shoulder, CMU’s fancy finger-tracking software, a portable projector, and some other stuff I don’t understand (A.K.A. magic). It’s called OmniTouch – “a novel wearable system that enables graphical, interactive, multitouch input on arbitrary, everyday surfaces.”

Screens? Where we’re going we don’t need screens. And with that, my guest posting on HSA comes to an end. Farewell, internet friends.

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I love a good rant; doubly so if it’s simultaneously intelligent, comedic and poignant. And I’ve never been to a poetry slam, so I’ll apologize if this is par for the course (but I sincerely doubt it.) There’s not a lot I can say about the topic without giving it away, but suffice to say it’s possibly the most passionate rant I’ve ever heard about a very familiar childhood topic. It’s also very reminiscent of George Carlin and Bill Hicks – commentary masked with whimsy and tinted with a slight hint of complete and utter insanity.

Give it thirty seconds, and I can almost guarantee that you’ll be along for the whole ride.

Rant the fuck on, Shane Hawley, and thank you for bringing us along on your insane, looping rollar coaster of verbal barrage.

I was trying to remember the first time I’d ever seen ‘graphic design as music video’ before.  I think this is it. Funkstörung’s “Grammy Winners” created by The Designer’s Republic.

For other examples see Royksopp’s Remind Me, also the Jay-Z Kanye ‘Niggas in Paris’ “fanmade” vid.

This is one of those videos that makes me so happy high-def cameras were invented — this slowed-down nuclear explosion may be the most beautiful thing you see today, period.

Note: This video is sadly silent, so you’ll have to provide your own soundtrack. Allow me to recommend, perhaps, Pachelbel’s Canon in D Minor? Or, if you prefer a more recent vintage, the works of Motorhead.

Additional Note: Barrett points out that the video title includes the word “simulation.” But that should not damage your enjoyment of the awesome.

I’ve been listening to the new M83 album released this week on repeat at the Blip office, and it’s doing wonders for my productivity. There’s something about chill tracks that focus my attention like a laser beam. Anyway, here’s the trippy video for the first single, directed by Fleur & Manu. Think Harry Potter meets Watchmen.