What can you do with a soft drink, an onion, a screwdriver - apart from make a really disgusting drink and stir it?
Among the more practical videos on the internet's vast sub-genre of 'how-to' videos, we discover this gem that describes how to soak a white onion (I don't know why it has to be white) in Gatorade, that uber-sweet energy drink with electrolytes in it. Those are electricity-conducting minerals, you understand.
We then hold the onion steady by placing it on a shot glass, which I suppose is one way of using those annoying mismatched shot glasses that always get left behind in rented flats.
And we then plug in the iPod charger, and connect the iPod. That will charge your iPod for up to 20 minutes, "assuming your onion has absorbed at least one cup of Gatorade".
So there you are; if you're on a day trip with no power, take an onion and some Gatorade. Bob's your Dad's brother.
Spice Girls Reprise
You know you've run out of money sold out when you do a supermarket ad, surely? Tarty Spice, Pouty Spice, Insipid Spice, Fertile Spice and Plumber Spice reunite to sell Christmas tat at Tesco. And it's not even December yet. Well done on all counts.
Easily the best video you'll see today
My loony bun is fine today. How about yours? You know where to put it.
I want the finest lyricry available to man!
So no Google phone then
Those of you not impressed with the iPhone (it's a mobile phone made my Apple - you may have heard a little about it) might want to check out Google's plans, as introduced by co-founder Sergey Brin, no less. He looks quite normal for a billionaire x 20.
"How do we beat the bitch?"
Republican Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain appears to have been a little taken aback by a supporter who asked straight out: "How do we beat the bitch?"
She was referring to Senator Hillary Clinton. Where's the love, sister?
McCain used the astonished paused of his audience to gather his thoughts, answering carefully while not picking the supporter up on her rather unpleasant language.
"That's an excellent question," he said, before trailing off into explaining why he respects Clinton just as he respects anyone who wins the nomination of their party. This is internet politics; everything you say can and will be taken down and used against you.
Writers will double their digital revenues this year: from $0 to $0
The screenwriters of America, lest we forget, are still valiantly campaigning for a better rights deal with the TV studios. They may not have multi-million dollar campaign budgets, but they do have some friends with excellent film-rpdocuing skills and the best one-liners in the country.
There's a slew of new campaign vids today, not least this natty little number starring some of our favourite media moguls (Murdoch, Redstone, Moonves, Iger and new starter Ben Silverman) trying to convince interviewers how robust and confident they are with their digital business models.
"We all have PDAs, cell phones, we all see screens in the back of cabs - and we are one of the best companies in the world at feeding those screens," says Ben Silverman of NBC Universal.
Caption: "Screens get fed. Writers, not so much."
"How come the only time the internet seems to confuse the studios is when it's time to pay its writers?"
Guardian Viral Video Chart compiled by viralvideochart.com
1 Android demo
Top Googlers demo their new mobile interface on a few different prototypes. It's very 'searchy'.
2 ¿Por qué no te callas?
The King of Spain tells the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up".
3 Not The Daily Show, with some writer
More splendiferous campaignery from those pesky US screenwriters. Is Sumner getting angry yet?
4 Cal Band - video game show 2007
Marching band does Tetris. Love it!
5 Voices of Uncertainty
Our screenwriting friends get clever with the captions.
6 Happy - Vancouver Film School
These guys could be the next Pixar. Maybe.
7 Cowbell Hero
For those people who found the PlayStation game Guitar Hero a bit challenging. Like me.
8 How to charge an iPod using electrolytes and an onion
Onion probably still stewable afterwards, if a little sweet.
9 Tancredo ad - tough on terror
US Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo spreads the fear: "Terror attacks are the price we pay for spineless politicians who refuse to defend our borders against those who come to kill".
10 "How do we beat the bitch" extended version
Senator John McCain fields a tricky trail question.
11 Wake up cat
Making Mums purr, nationwide
12 Alicia Keys - Like I'll Never See You Again
Unofficial version of the official video, spurred on by hackery of her MySpace page.
13 Zainuddin at AlJazeera: BERSIH rally for electoral reform
Al Jazeera holds the Malaysian Information Minister to account over its treatment of protesters at a political rally. The minister seemed to have developed a selective hearing problem.
14 Crayon Physics Deluxe
Very clever crayons-on-a-touchscreen programme.
15 Mysterious blue gas stalks gas station customers
That's a moth or something, surely?
16 Tracking fingers with the Wii remote
Erm, you've lost me. "You could probably make something similar with a quick trip to RadioShack." Or, not.
17 Crazy Indian video - buffalaxed!
My loony bun is fine, how about yours?
18 Earth rise set HDTV image by Kaguya from Moon
A beautiful, high definition TV clip. Probably slightly lost on YouTube then.
19 Spice Tesco 2007
Sold out? Us? We never even bought in!
20 Why we fight
More valiant campaigning from America's long-suffering screenwriters.
Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 17:00 on 15 November 2007. The Weekly Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately two million blogs.
