week of 03/02/2008

S.P.A.M. Theater, Vol. II



In today's edition of Boing Boing tv, dramatic readings of real-life unsolicited emails. Part one, FOR MY DAUGHTER'S SAKE. If one were pitching this to a movie studio, you might describe the plot as Grapes of Wrath meets Spanish Prisoner meets an ATM. Part two, DE@L OF A LIFETIME, a tasty dish of word salad.

Previously: S.P.A.M. Theater, Vol. I

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A Brief History of Internet Trolls: Adam "Ape Lad" Koford.



A True Historic BBtv Mockumentary on the origin and hating habits of the common Internet Troll, illustrated and narrated by Adam "Ape Lad" Koford. Credits for Creative Commons-licensed video and photos used in this ep, after the jump.

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Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America, studies Savate



Klaus Pierre, a French/German actor, aspires against all odds to become America's next great action hero. In today's episode he studies Savate -- a sort of French kickboxing that involves boots applied to heads at high velocity. And by that, we mean, he gets his ass kicked.

Previous Klaus Pierre episodes on BBtv:

  • Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America at Coffee Shop.
  • Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America, studies Swordfighting
  • Point Break and heartbreak
  • Special thanks to George Ruiz (undisputed deadliest man alive), to Nicole Sedmak (4-time Savate Team USA member and former Assaut World Cup Vice-Champion) and to the California Savate Ass'n.

    Vlog: Mark Frauenfelder - student inventors in Illinois



    Mark visits student inventors in Illinois, and learns about electronic firefly jars, recycled cassette tape holders, and a solar powered lamp for the developing world.

    Sarah Connor Chronicles (Terminator) ARG sneak peek: part 1.



    An Alternate Reality Game (or 'ARG') revolving around the storyline of the Fox tv series Sarah Connor Chronicles (and the Terminator movie trilogy). The footage describes the development of a camera from Enitech Labs that can take pictures of a future event by capturing faster-than-light "tachyon" particles. When pictures of ordinary scenery foretell post-apocalyptic outcomes, the developers find themselves in a race against time to publicize their findings and warn the public of the horrors to come...

    (Thanks, Bart Cheever / millionsofus!)

    S.P.A.M. Theater, Vol. I



    In today's edition of Boing Boing tv, dramatic readings of real-life unsolicited emails. Part one, HOWITZER CANNONPANTS, a spiritual and pharmaceutical parable that ends not with ressurection, but erection. Part two, THANKS, MAURICE, one of dozens of emails received by Boing Boing editors from a disturbed man in Canada who sought cash, justice, and an end to "Mind Controlled Hatred." Credits for Creative Commons-licensed video and photos used in this ep, after the jump.

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    week of 03/02/2008