super-catchy!

the future arrived over 2 years ago: http://www.videosift.com/video/CUBE-the-future-of-video-games-has-arrived

very michel gondry!

way back when: http://www.videosift.com/video/batman-never-forgets-pedestrian-safety

headphones on, turn it up...

sounds like?

too bad they didn't do a better job hiding the joke for the first minute.

should've called the company something generic like 'infinite solutions'...

soothingly punctual...

this is REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD).

muscle tone is usually suppressed/switched off during the vivid dreams of REM sleep, but in RBD it's not, so the dreams are acted out. it seems to be caused by a problem in the lower brainstem, but the condition is not well understood. development of RBD predicts the later development of other neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's, even years later.

people with RBD act out their dreams and may injure themselves or their bedmates in doing so. safety is a real concern. the condition usually improves with a sedative medication called clonazepam, which probably works by minimizing REM sleep so the person doesn't dream as much.

RBD has been described in dogs and in fact was depicted in disney movies before the scientific description was made.

here's a nice article about REM sleep, RBD and some associated sleep disorders.

so *dark, so good...

yappari, kansai ichiban ya na...

*notdead

still live on youtube (over 12 million views!).

goes right past "so bad it's good" to "so bad it's really bad".

completely ridiculous scene, weather-wise:

it's melting. you can see puddles, huge puddles everywhere. you can't see their breath, even when they're talking. it's probably +5 or better (40F for you people who think fargo is the far north). no one puts on a gigantic fur-trimmed hood when it's melting and buttons it up. you wouldn't even need a toque, probably. and what's he doing with that broom, pushing slush off his driveway? lots of snow left to melt, you'll just get sheet ice after it refreezes. this is the kind of weather we see in march if we're lucky, april if we're not.

saskatoon weather forecast tonight: light snow (5cm expected), low -28, NW winds at 20 km/h with windchill -40.

*promote

our 18-month old is obsessed with this to the point of weeping when we don't hit replay fast enough. "counting! counting!" -- then the tears roll down.

his other favorite is this: http://www.videosift.com/video/avant-garde-bus-stop-animation-classic-sesame-street

super cute!

sounds like the endless stories the quintuplets tell krank to give him dreams, in 'city of lost children'.