@BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)

(Ed. Note: We recently gave the Boing Boing Video website a makeover that includes a new, guest-curated microblog: the "BBVBOX." Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips they find. I'll be posting periodic roundups here on the motherBoing.)

Andrea James: Execution's everything. Six Million Dollar Man intros. Lame: Link Awesome: Link.
Richard Metzger: Octopus Mimics Fifteen Different Species Link
Richard Metzger: Tim and Eric: We're All Riding In Our Minivan Link Kraftwerk's got nothin' on these dudes!
Sean Bonner: What do you wanna do with your life? Link
Sean Bonner: Inventor Dean Kamen "Fail like you mean it" Link
Andrea James: 4 artists, 1 screen. Painting at the same time on a shifting freeform art piece: Link
Sean Bonner: Thanks to @theduty I now know what happens when you hold a condom out the window of a car Link
Andrea James: Ambidextrous caricaturist sketches @janefonda: Link
Sean Bonner: Break dance battle, man vs. dog - Link
Sean Bonner: Small Asian Kid tells you about New Vanessa Hudgens Topless photos! Link
Sean Bonner: Today on iPhun we try to figure out what 'zombie game' is all about Link
Andrea James: Kseniya Simonova's sand animation: Link
Xeni Jardin: "Are you a hippie, a swinger, or just a dirty shirtcocker? Simpsons Burning Man, en Français Link HT @fitzroy
Sean Bonner: I can't wait until "super portable, carry it in your butt" is a feature on all laptops Link
Sean Bonner: Escalator + Stickers = Animation! Link

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Anonymous | #1 | 13:06 on Mon, Aug.17 | Reply

This is the most awesome video set yet, I enjoyed nearly every one in the extreme, and for that, I thank you guys!
-L

Phikus | #2 | 13:22 on Mon, Aug.17 | Reply

This totally rocks!

Anonymous | #3 | 13:53 on Mon, Aug.17 | Reply

the animation wont work unless you look at it thu slits or edit it so they frames always land in the middle - as done in this video. Wont work in real life - sowry.

jtiii | #4 | 14:42 on Mon, Aug.17 | Reply

Yeah, I have to say this one did nothing for me. That's great that they made their movie and all, but not boingboingable.

Jesse M. | #5 | 01:45 on Tue, Aug.18 | Reply

I prefer the Sesame Street version:

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