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Classic arcade game deaths (Boing Boing Video)

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:00:04 PDT

Deaths. In old games. A short film by Rob Beschizza of Boing Boing, with MIDI homage to "Mad World," by Tears for Fears.

The Decemberists by Scott Compton (Boing Boing Video)

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:36:08 PDT

An interview with the Portland-based indie/folk/rock band Decemberists, for Boing Boing video by Scott Compton.

WikiWecaps

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:10:25 PST

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Joe Sabia offers this hilarious and appropriately instructive recap of the Wikileaks saga as it has unfolded over the last few weeks.

Wikileaks and the El-Masri case: Innocent CIA torture victim more than just a leaked cable

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:16:49 PST

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(Photo: Khaled el-Masri with his family in Germany, 2005. Dieter Mayr for The New York Times)

When Wikileaks released thousands of classified US diplomatic cables this week, a familiar criticism was repeated by the project's foes: these leaks could harm innocent people. There's no evidence of that yet, but within the documents there is evidence the American government has harmed innocent people.

One of them is Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, and a victim of so-called "extraordinary rendition." He was a car salesman in Germany, a father of six. The CIA kidnapped him by mistake (his name sounds and looks identical to that of an actual terror suspect), and sent off to receive months of torture in Afghanistan.

When the CIA realized he was innocent, he was flown to Albania and dumped on a back road without so much as an apology.

El-Masri's futile efforts at receiving justice in the U.S. are well-known, but the cables published this week by Wikileaks include revelations the U.S. also warned German authorities not to allow a local investigation into his kidnapping and abuse.

The nearest he's gotten to justice is an arrest warrant for 13 CIA agents issued by prosecutors in Spain, which they entered on forged passports.

In this video, originally part of the Witness.org documentary OUTLAWED, El-Masri relates his experiences. Boing Boing presented a portion of this documentary on our video channel back in 2008; the documents brought to light by Wikileaks provide an opportunity to revisit the story with new context.

Related links: PDF of the ACLU/El-Masri lawsuit against the US; Washington Post article.

Gogol Bordello: "Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)"

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:50:50 PDT

Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher), from Gogol Bordello's album Trans-Continental Hustle, the band's latest album produced by Rick Rubin and released on American Recordings.

Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt (via Serafinowicz and Popper)

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:15:53 PDT

The Markets of Britain, discovered by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz from the archives of a great and underappreciated British filmmaker named Lee Titt, who also never existed.

Looking back at Look Around You with Popper and Serafinowicz

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:05 PDT

Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, creators of the absurdist fake-educational science show "Look Around You" and the faux religion known as Tarvuism, speak to BoingBoing.net's Xeni Jardin on the occasion of the US DVD release of their hit BBC show.

N.A.S.A. Project: "Strange Enough," ft. Karen O, Fatlip, Ol' Dirty Bastard (music video)

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:30:09 PDT

A new music video from The NASA Project: "Strange Enough," featuring Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fatlip from Pharycyde, and Ol Dirty Bastard of Wu Tang. Art by Stephan Doitschinoff.

iPhone 4: How does it perform for video recording?

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:16:02 PDT

Xeni Jardin takes the new iPhone 4 out for a Venice Beach bike ride, to test the smartphone's new high-resolution video recording capabilities. All footage in this video was shot with iPhone 4.

Rich Fulcher's Tiny Acts of Rebellion: BB Video Interview

Thu, 27 May 2010 07:50:21 PDT

British comedian Rich Fulcher ("Mighty Boosh," "Snuffbox") sits down with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin to make s'mores and talk about his new book, "Tiny Acts of Rebellion."

Die Antwoord's US debut at Coachella: interview, photo gallery (Boing Boing Video)

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:01:59 PDT

Ninja and Yo-Landi of Die Antwoord speak with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin just after the band's first-ever US performance at the Coachella music festival, 2010.

South Park's 200th, litigious celebs and Mohammed: Matt Stone and Trey Parker (BB Video)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:00:25 PDT

South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker speak with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin about the 200th episode of the hit Comedy Central series, and plans to revisit battles over the boundaries of what can and cannot be done on television.

Peter Serafinowicz: Boing Boing Video interview

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:59:58 PST

Comedian and actor Peter Serafinowicz speaks with Boing Boing about his new DVD, and his spot-on Beatles impression skills.

Mardi Gras 1956: "Through my father's lens" (Boing Boing Video)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:40:05 PST

Rare and historic film from Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1956. The daughter of an amateur photographer discovers midcentury parade photos taken by her father, after he has passed away.

N.A.S.A.: "O Pato," feat. Kool Kojak + DJ Babao (BB Video)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:55:54 PST

Boing Boing presents "O Pato," a new music video from the NASA project directed by Didiu Rio Branco and Robson Minghini, featuring Kool Kojak and DJ Babao.

Haiti Earthquake Update: AIDG's Catherine Lainé, live from Haiti (BB Video)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:18:56 PST

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In this episode of Boing Boing Video, I speak with Haitian-American blogger and sustainable tech development activist Catherine Lainé (photo at left from earlier this year). She was working in Haiti when the catastrophic earthquake struck earlier this week. Catherine spoke to us via Skype video from Cap-Haïtien, where she is working out of a space shared with AIDG (Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group) and a kindred nonprofit known as SOIL.

A number of her family members live in Haiti. At the time of this interview, all were safely accounted for, except for her brother, who resides in the devastated capital city of Port-au-Prince. He is currently still missing. Catherine is trying to get into the city to locate him, as I publish this blog post.

Among the observations she shares: aid groups are running out of body bags, and corpses are piling up so fast that the morgues have no space. The internet is a vital form of communication, as are cellphones—when they work—and she is seeing people in Haiti using social networking services as a means to try and locate missing loved ones within Haiti. The environment is so chaotic and roads so badly damaged that even in-country, mobile technology and web-based social networking services like Facebook are playing a vital role in the reconnection process. Don't assume that because Haiti is so poor, nobody's using the internet. She says cell service has been spotty, with certain carriers performing better than others. She connected to us using WIMAX, and the degree to which that service has performed during the disaster makes her a real believer in the promise of that particular wireless technology.

Edited video transcript after the jump (recorded at 1130pm ET on Jan. 14, 2010), along with Catherine's suggestions on how to help.

Elizabeth Pschorr: A Privileged Marriage (Boing Boing Video)

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:55:17 PST

On the eve of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, a young woman of Jewish descent married an Aryan man. The Nazis would later classify that as a "privileged marriage," which saved her life while millions died. Her name is Elizabeth Pschorr, and this is her story.

Swell Season on Boing Boing Video

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:02:44 PST

Swell Season (Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová) speak with Boing Boing's David Pescovitz, and perform an unreleased song for us during a US tour.

Video: man in Japan weds anime game character

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:00 PST

Boing Boing contributing editor Lisa Katayama reports on the marriage in Japan between a man known as "Sal9000" and Nene Anegasaki, a character in the Nintendo DS dating simulation game "Love Plus."

N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: "Spacious Thoughts"

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:41:16 PST

Boing Boing presents a music video from the N.A.S.A project: "Spacious Thoughts," featuring Tom Waits & Kool Keith, directed by Fluorescent Hill.

Nouveau Oldtime Jam: Blind Boy Paxton, Dom Flemons (of Carolina Chocolate Drops), and Frank Fairfield

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:37:30 PST

After a live recording session of the Carolina Chocolate Drops at Village Studios, Santa Monica, an impromptu jam with visiting "nouveau oldtime" guests. Blind Boy Paxton, Dom Flemons (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops), and Frank Fairfield.

Test-driving the Electrobite, a trilobite-shaped DIY vehicle (BB Video)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:09:18 PST

Boing Boing talks with the creators of the Electrobite, a DIY art-vehicle in the form of the prehistoric trilobite creature.

BB Video: "Man in the Sand," by Gordon "Violent Femmes" Gano

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:50:08 PST

"Man in the Sand," from Gordon Gano and the Ryans' new record "Under the Sun." Video dorected by Matt Mahurin.

Digital Open Winners: Australian Teen Crafts "Sneaky" Games

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:11:58 PDT

Harry Lee, 16, of Melbourne on his "Sneaky Card" game, which explores social interactions between people -- a winning project in the Digital Open, an open tech expo for youth from IFTF, Sun Microsystems, and Boing Boing.

Digital Open Winners: Teen Designs Eco-Home of the Future

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:32:38 PDT

Meet a 15-year-old kid from Spain who is fascinated by eco-friendly architecture, and designing smart homes that rely on renewable energy.

Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hack, big dreams emerge

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:01:34 PDT

Meet Digital Open winner Nick Brenn. This teen's crafty Altoids tin hacks led to his "Electronikits" store, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized tin-mod flashlights and other DIY oddities.

Digital Open Winner: A Living Diorama, to Change the World.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:56:43 PDT

Digital Open teen winner Alexis McAdams describes her vision of "Dioractive," a living diorama project in which human beings enact current events, to create empathy and understanding.

Digital Open Winner: teen creates a robot shop

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:58:53 PDT

Brennon Williams, whose Digital Open project offers robotics kits to beginners, talks about his creations. Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing to create the Digital Open, an online tech expo for global teens.

Digital Open Winners: "Hybrid Airship," by teen robotic blimp builders.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:34:21 PDT

Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing to create the Digital Open, an online tech expo for global teens. Meet a winning team: "Hybrid Airship" by robotic blimp builders "The Funky Shiitake Mushrooms."

Digital Open Winners: A student website by and for teens.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:04:14 PDT

Meet a winning team from the Digital Open teen tech expo: "Centralized Student Website," by Raymond Zhong and Aatash Parikh.