If you didn't catch the latest IT Crowd you're missing out on a fairly ridiculous Scientology spoof called Spacestar Ordering. The video was actually done by cyriak; which shows that the people behind the show really are paying attention to what is making the rounds online.

I have a feeling that video will get yanked before too long - so you can snag the goods here if need be.

Believe it or not, Cracked.com has some legitimately humorous and informative articles. I realize the initial impression is that they'd be loads of Bro humor but it's not entirely so. Check out 8 Historic Symbols that Mean the Opposite of What You Think for a decent example of this - informative and entertaining.

Take a moment to browse the logo work of Joseph Blalock; an Austin based designer with an obviously firm grip on identity work. Love the Farm Fresh piece particularly.

Via JXNBLK.

Enjoy a healthy browse through the portfolio of BISON, a South African design team doing a lot of intricate works. After you've gone through the main goods be sure to dig deeper into their work archive - there are loads more works there not to be missed.

Via Courtney.

Short and sweet playlist this week. Enjoy!

• Super Greg - "Da Number One" - somehow I still find this Sasha Baron Cohen character entertaining and have rewatched the clip way too many times.
• Auto Tune the Rainbow - yea, the Rainbow guy is already verging on the edge of annoying played out but I can't deny the enjoyability of this.
• TV Hat - seriously, TV Hat. I am speechless.
• Elmo, Ricky Gervais, Warwick Davis - I can't tell if Warwick is acting or honestly extremely annoyed. Probably a bit of both.
• Super Fast Cat Attacks - you can't deny how fast this cat is.
• Do you know anything about Hackers? - Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace? Brilliant. Via Paige.

Enjoy your weekend.

My friend Joey C recently shot a short film called 'The Inventor' and is now in the finishing stages of the project; completing editing and submitting the film to festivals, etc. He's started a Kickstarter Project to potentially aid him in going the distance to reach those final goals. The project page has a trailer of the film but I can understand a few minutes of film not being quite enough evidence that Joey and crew are a worthwhile group to give your hard earned dollars to. So, with that in mind, I suggest you take a moment to browse the goods from Paper Beats Rock and Team Genius - both Joey C undertakings and highly entertaining for a number of reasons.

Long story short, Joey is a good guy, a talented individual with a camera and a few dollars could help him finish off a worthwhile project. Consider donating?

The new promo site for Battle of the Cheetos is incredibly well done. The intro is an impressive and engaging bit of animation that I actually didn't skip and have re-watched I was so entertained by it - a rare occurrence in the web world these days. The setup screens with animated cycles from Chester are great as well. The gameplay? Eh, not so into it. But everything leading up to that point, I appreciate.

Have you seen this YuDu device? It's like an all-in-one screenprinting machine - sort of like an oversized Wal-Mart version of a Gocco. My gut reaction is to harp on this like it's somehow stealing away the spirit of proper silkscreening but after watching all of the tutorial videos I can't see a single reason why someone who wants to try out screenprinting wouldn't be intrigued by this. It's way better than buying a bunch of individual parts and guessing your way through the burning / printing process. Granted, it's probably a bit of a racket to have to buy all the YuDu supplies to make it work but anyone that has a cursory interest in screenprinting but needs a helping hand to get started should really consider looking into this thing. Color me surprisingly impressed.

I admire any undertaking that is done on a daily basis to push the artist further. Practice really is the only way to get better at something. Case in point - I am the Quick Brown Fox is a daily design from Phoenix designer Alec Schmidt done within specific parameters each month. June was "Shapes & Solid Color" and July is "Scanned Photography and Type" - simple themes with a lot of room for expression. The results are a grab bag but with more good than bad.. I suggest following along.

The Attenborough Design Group is more of an art undertaking than anything else. The artists behind the organization (James Chambers and Tom Judd) are using queues from nature / animal behavior to create works of contemporary technology that respond to their environment. This article has a run down of three of their creations - a sneezing radio (to fight off dust), an automated floppy drive (to flee from liquids) and an antitouch lamp (to prevent halogen bulb exposure).

Obviously if these were dead serious products being product to market it would be absurd but as art projects they are pretty entertaining. Be sure to watch the video for the Floppy Legs Disk Drive. So good.

Via Courtney.

The Internet is overwhelming, that's a fact. There's a constant onslaught of new (or recycled) information available to everyone at all times. This notion coupled with the concept of an mp3 blog - like, say, Altered Zones - creates such a mess of information that it's impossible to properly take things in. How can you filter through 20 new bands a day, every day? It's too much!

Which is why I absolutely love the concept behind The Perfect Five - a site that features five new songs a week in the categories of Hyped, Covered, Classic, Remixed and Loved. Five songs feels like a much more digestible amount and actually gives you a moment to take in the music rather than immediately moving on to whatever the next post might be. It's been bookmarked and I'll be revisiting it again... at least once a week.

Via Nick Crocker.

Jed gave me the heads up on the works of Steph Walker - a varietal range of hand drawn works, crisp designed logos / type and a little bit of everything in between. I'm assuming the site is split up with the blog of finds / inspiration on the left and work updates on the right but everything is worth looking through.

Redoing movie posters in a stylistic manner is one of those Internet phenomena that can get old real quick but there's something the simplicity of these works from Pedro Vidotto that seems to work quite well. The identical heavy folded texture can be a bit of a bummer sometimes but I like that he was able to boil down so many movies to a very essential icon to fully represent the whole of the film. The are a ton of them so, surely, there's something in there you'll like.

Even if you have zero interest in actually learning anything about Tennessee based Trails and Byways I suggest you take a moment to check out the site - there's a great bit of parallax scrolling going on with the top portion that needs to be seen. The whole site is pretty much top notch awesome and will hopefully inspire anyone involved in the web design realm.

Via Daniel.

For no immediately obvious reasons 72 Thinking has put together a site for Arrested Development featuring custom illustrations and a number of memorable quotes from all of the main cast. It doesn't even seem to be endorsed directly by FOX; which is probably why it's so good. It's simple but it certainly caught my eye enough to go through each and every quote from all the characters. Highly recommended browse.

Via Jamie.

Admiral Radley is a new group comprised of old friends. Specifically, members of Grandaddy and Earlimart. I was fortunate enough to catch them this past year at SXSW and thought their set was a nice blend - the two bands styles certainly complete each other in a load of ways. They managed to maintain a nice balance between the lulling ballad style and super upbeat and somewhat stupid songs (intentionally stupid).

So, when I saw that the album, I Heart California, was available to stream on NPR I was curious if the record would hope up to the live performance. Turns out, it is the exact blend of the live show - melancholy songs blended right in with rawkus stupid songs but always mixing together just right. Add to that the fact that I'm a lifelong sucker for Jason Lytles voice and it's an undeniable appeal.

The album isn't officially out until next Tuesday (July 13th) but you can snag it on iTunes now or just hit up that NPR Stream.

Spend some time with the portfolio site of Mia Nolting; Portland artist and designer. She has a load of great illustrations, items to buy, items to download and (some of my favorites) a bunch of miscellaneous projects. I suggest going through the Book of Lists and the Chalk Names.

Quality heads up via Jeremy.

• Double Rainbow Shock and Awe - if you haven't managed to see this yet, please take a moment to enjoy. Really this should be a highlight of a Friday Video collection but it's too ridiculous to sit on any longer.
• IT Crowd Game - new game launched to celebrate IT Crowd Series 4. It's not exactly fun but I think that's part of the point.
• How Network Cables will replace HDMI - not exactly a distractingly "fun" read but at least it is super informative - basically a new protocol for data transfer using CAT5/6 is emerging and it might end up being the only cord you ever need to run into your television box.

I'm loving the illustration work from Federico Carra, aka Graphic Pulsar. The seemingly rough execution is perfect for the crazy subject matter. Be sure to dig around and find numerous gems throughout.

The concept behind Bash Flash is simple but noteworthy - sometimes Flash uses way too much processor and can potentially drain your laptop battery much more aggressively than it should. So how do you prevent it? Well, you could block all Flash entirely with an ad blocker or you could install Bash Flash and just have it warn you when Flash was hogging too much memory - giving you the ability to squash it dead in its tracks (at least momentarily). I'm not sure how much the average web user needs this but I can certainly see some processor power zealots nerding out with it.

Via Casey