• The ‘end of history’ illusion and why we can’t imagine getting old
• “The finite is nested within the infinite” (or my favourite parable: somewhere in infinity, an alternate universe exists where you are the Batman)
• Of last year’s bestselling sci-fi list, only one was published that year
• Does a techno utopia require physical books?
• Reshaping the brain: scientists reprogram neurons after birth
• The mysterious disappearance of the Russian Crown Jewels
• The courtroom sketches of Bill Robles
• Inside the prison journal of West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols
• Papers reveal extent of the British royals’ veto over bills
• The Guardian’s stats on the size of their commenting community
• The science of why comment trolls suck
• An interesting design proposal: I want the world to scroll this way
• Good god, someone’s patent application disturbingly mirrors the artificial second stomach sketch from Tim and Eric
• Parkinson’s treatment can trigger creativity
• Password security in Deus Ex
• What Games Are: the fun boson does not exist
• To look into: a best comedy books of 2012 list

Lastly, a super-cut of famous people playing themselves

• Firefighter assembles terrifying/awesome supercut of helmet footage
• NYC iPhone owner tricks thief using dating App
• ‘Oompa-Loompas’ sought over city assault
• That’s Dedication: California couple visited Disneyland every day in 2012
• Top secret tombs: the classified stealth aircraft burial grounds
• The science behind 9 big diets
• Still smarting from SOPA, Congress to shy away from copyright in 2013
• NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon’s orbit
• Binary star systems make for unstable planets
• The Helical Model – animations of a vortex solar system
• PlayStation 2 manufacture ends after 12 years
• Stats show the eBook craze is slowing
• My Father’s “Eviscerated” Work – Christopher Tolkien’s first interview in ever
• Ten things on Vince Gilligan’s mind as he writes the final Breaking Bad episodes
• Quentin’s World: NYT interview with Tarantino
• From kottke: Another great Bill Murray story

Approximately five minutes from each of the 22 Eon produced James Bond films have been cut together, in order and in sequence, beginning with the first five minutes of DR. NO (1962) followed by minutes 5-10 of FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963), minutes 10-15 of GOLDFINGER (1964), minutes 15-20 of THUNDERBALL (1965), continuing on through each of the remaining 18 Bond features (accounting for variables in each title’s running time) culminating with the final five minutes of 2008′s QUANTUM OF SOLACE.

This fresh look at the “James Bond Formula” provides a new exploration of the evolution of the series into a filmmaking genre uniquely its own. With few exceptions, each title’s transition into the picture that follows it is nearly seamless, creating a viewing experience that at first might serve to remind us “if you’ve seen one Bond film, you’ve seen them all,” but looking more closely it is in fact an endearing homage to a character who single-handedly shaped modern cinema’s action/adventure formula and who continues to leave an indelible mark on generations worldwide.

• The Secret Lives of Supercutters
• NASA is actually working on a Faster-than-Light Warp Drive
• Cambridge to study technology’s risk to humans
• Shinichi Mochizuki’s ABC proof too tough even for mathematicians
• China’s state paper falls for Onion joke about Kim Jong-Un, publishes 55 photos in “sexy” tribute
• The New Moot: 4Chan wants to make Kim Jong-Un Time’s Person of the Year
• What would happen if Texas actually seceded?
• Building the World’s tallest skyscraper in 90 days
• An interesting outcome to a really good job interview

• 10 of the oddest/awesome entries into 2013′s Guinness World Records
• Wind power: how we could supply all our energy needs without altering the global climate
• Wired profiles Cosmo the hacker ‘God’ who fell to Earth
• James Cameron puts to rest the idea that Jack could have fit on that plank with Rose
• Nice…  who did invent sliced bread?
• This man hasn’t missed a day at the pub for 72 years

Also, celebrity say “fuck” super cut…

Have a fucking good weekend y’all.

• Some guy called Brad does acid, live-tweets it
• Ordos: The biggest ghost town in China
• Sweden is so efficient with its waste-to-energy program, that it’s importing trash from other European countries
• Awesome: Focus on the Family is giving up on reaching out to Millennials
• The TPP: A first-hand look at the secret international talks that could change the Internet
• A university built a supercomputer with Raspberry Pi(s) and Lego
• Mathematician claims proof of connection between prime numbers
• It Ain’t 1979 Anymore: Why this week’s attacks on American embassies aren’t the Iran hostage crisis all over again.
• Somehow missed: Vice interviewed my hero cinematographer Christopher Doyle
• Cool… 45 Years of the John Peel Show is available on Soundcloud.
• Comedian Josh Sankey will travel across the U.S. with only bacon as currency
• On the tubes: a recording of Tolkien reciting a poem in Elvish

Lastly… cats compilation video, because cats compilation video.

Banksy gifs

• Get a bad review? Sue them… How to Piss Off a Theatre Critic
• The two-year editors battle over Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Baby Got Back page
• The Political Awakening of a Republican: ‘I Had Viewed Whole Swaths of the Country and the World as Second-Class People’
• Why wood pulp is world’s new wonder material
• A week on after the Department of Justice’s ruling and E-books are already getting cheaper
• On that here are 375 Free eBooks to download to Kindle, iPad/iPhone & Nook
• Google VP says Apple v Samsung verdict was a “wake-up call”
• From Foreign Policy: How America’s biggest corporations became cyber vigilantes
• The childhood gamer in me is pretty excited over Chris Roberts returns to space sims

And here’s a super cut of memes over the years. It’s titled ‘A Mess of Memes’, but the jury is still out on that pluralisation.

Eclectic Method’s tribute to one of the hippest dudes of Ever!

Sourcing footage from almost 300 movies (295 to be precise); here is Sir Mix-a-Lot’s classic romantic ballad in ‘spoken verse’.

With a section dedicated to Nicolas Cage? You betcha.

Treat me right baby, I’ve been burned in the past… well, the selection in this video essay by flavourwire is a great range and certainly makes me all the more antsy to get back into some film stuff after all this play who-ha is over. I’m also starting to wonder how much more mileage can be sapped out of Clint Mansell’s score for Moon; a bit more I’d say, only because that score is that awesome.

Anyhow, see how many you can pick out (and extra points for naming the cinematographers). Full list can be found here.

Ziccup is becoming my favourite person on the internet. Here’s his latest super-cut:

Whether you love or hate the prolific writer, this is a pretty fun collection:

This video is a tribute to the work of Aaron Sorkin: the recycled dialogue, recurring phrases, and familiar plot lines. This is not intended as a critique but rather a playful excursion through Sorkin’s wonderful world of words.