The Open Video Project This recently redesigned site offers nearly 2,000 videos from a variety of sources. The purpose of the project is to "collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities." While that may sound pedantic, the results are undeniably cool. A series of classic television commercials capture old-school advertising, while close to 500 documentaries tackle everything from golfing on the moon to the story of Hoover Dam. Go further back in time and watch short films made by Thomas Edison in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sure, not every video will be your cup of tea, but we bet most would beat a date with your family. (in Computers & Internet)
