Good point, Krupo. Sorry I missed that.

Good find, BlankMan! I remember seeing this on TV and thinking it was great.

It's an advert from Denmark. The text at the end says "Get a better start for your day."

I'm not sure this is NSFW. The topic may be considered unsavory in some circles, but there is no nudity, sex, or strong language. The program was apparently originally broadcast on the history channel.

It's a belgian ad for a real estate firm.

Roughly translated the end says that Mercator can help you find a place to live by yourself.

One of the best analysis about this was written by Juan Cole in Salon today.

A sports channel might not be a bad idea.

That woman was so calm! If that had been my head I would have been at it with a knife the second I heard there was a living maggot in there!

Henry Rollins for president, anyone?

This may not be the first thought that comes to most people's minds, but this is a very lucky man. How many people will experience a love like that in their lives?

I'm willing to bet not many...

Happy to please, Farhad!

Looking at AlJazeera as well as EuroNews. Their non-subscriber stream over realplayer is crap, at least on my connection.

Background? There was a background?

I remember a german film called "dreiundzwanzig" (23) which told the true story of Karl Koch, a german hacker in the late seventies who after reading Robert Anton Wilson books on the iluminati started seeing the number 23 everywhere. He hacked into the west's sensitive computer systems and sold data he stole from, among others, the Pentagon, to the KGB.
He died in 1989 in an apparent suicide which has been said to be a murder.

In fact, 23dians are people who witness the number 23 in significant places and circumstances. It's a common sympton of people suffering from apophenia (a psychiatric disorder in which patients see patterns everywhere, think john nash in a beautiful mind).

Farhad's comment is probably spot on, but still it's intriguing that such a number should get more cultural significance than, for example, 24 or 22.

Check out the wikipedia articles on 23 and Karl Koch or Hagbard Celine. Interesting reading.

I didn't know that, Farhad, that's interesting. I don't remember being too impressed by that guy in Control Room.

I just wish Al Jazeera would choose another way to broadcast over the web. Currently you can only watch if you have RealPlayer, and unless you subscribe, your image will be terrible.

Anyone here know what the availability of Al Jazeera in the US is currently like? I remember hearing they were having trouble finding distributors.

Not the original soundtrack, but the photography is impressive nonetheless.