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This cool hack takes videos from YouTube, converts each frame to ASCII text, then plays them back in all their alphanumeric glory.

Warren Harding (Linux geek, not the 29th President) put together a script which uses the text-based Lynx web browser along with Mplayer to to render the video…

I came across this cool video on YouTube that shows off some pretty cool interaction with Nintendo’s Wii-mote controller.

The video shows off a nifty typographic animation designed by Erik Loyer which lets the user move the Wii-mote to influence the rendering of the text. As the controller moves, the text moves to match the angle and velocity of the control…

Someday, robots will really make a difference in our lives. For now, they’re more likely to perform inane tasks like this…

Not into percussion? Be sure to check out the trumpet playing ‘bot and the robotic DJ…

This weekend, a group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Austin, Texas set out to break the Guinness World Record for the number of simultaneously launched model rockets.

They successfully deployed 965 model rockets at the same instant, smashing the previous record of just under 400 rockets…

Xbox modders Team X-tender have introduced a new kit that will let you easily add tilt control (ala Sony’s SIXAXIS) to your Xbox 360’s wireless controller.

The XCM BestTilt includes a complete replacement shell for the back of the 360’s controller…

This clip features the real life story of the famous plumber’s addiction to those little magic mushrooms…

The video, by P0YKPAC is a sad, sad tale, but the (mildly NSFW) clip is really quite funny. Mario’s struggles with the “stuff” lead him down a path of self destruction and it all ends with tragic consequences…

With all of the buzz about “user created content” these days, it was only a matter of time before hardware manufacturers started to create devices with that use specifically in mind. This new line of digital camcorders from Pure Digital comes with built-in integration to YouTube and other online video sharing services…

The guys over at bits bytes pixels & sprites dug up this fun little mashup between two unlikely bedfellows, Halo and Monty Python’s Flying Circus:

The clip, overlays Python’s classic “How not to be seen” sketch with scenes from the popular first-person shooter. However unlikely the combination, somehow it manages to work…

This short mockumentary from video hooligans The New Golden Boys investigates the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Pac-Man and his good buddy, Dig-Dug.

I especially enjoyed the book cover for “If I Did It” (with forward by Bea Arthur) about Pac-Man’s involvement in the mysterious death of Inky, the blue ghost…