I never thought I'd be completely captivated by watching someone solving a Sudoku puzzle, yet here we are.

The moment when the 3s click for him is sublime.

(via Metafilter)

Stunning slow motion footage of the first 30 seconds of the Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch.

Did you know that the groove in a 12" record is a quarter of a mile long?

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Via the ever awesome Denise.

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Members of Torchbox amuse ourselves at the station whilst taking part in World Car Free Day.

(the irony of not being able to drive and therefore celebrating this day every day is not lost on me)

It's all been a bit space based round here recently, but this video is too good not to share, a Shuttle launch caught on video from an Air Canada flight.

Hat tip: 37 Signals

He’d love that wouldn’t, he? To be the organ grinder at existence's funeral.

Radiohead perform a new song at the Malahide Castle gig in Dublin.

MUTO - “An ambiguous animation painted on public walls”.

Absolutely stunning.

Hat tip: Penny Arcade.

Sheer bloody comedy genius.

Hat tip: Seb

After all the speculation over the past few days it's finally happened.

The two companies will continue to operate independently, Google said as it announced the news on Monday.

Damn, there go all the “GooTube” and “Yoogle” mashup parodies then.

Update: Interesting commentary about the deal at Read/Write Web:

There is a LOT of talk about the deal, but for me it's significant as a watershed moment for the Web and online video. If Google is willing to spend $1.65B on the leading online video company, then they must believe that for both YouTube and the online video industry as a whole - there is a lot more growth to come.

What happens when signage decides it wants to say something else... haunting.