The ad team behind the uber viral Old Spice ad “I’m on a horse” (Wieden + Kennedy) is at it again with an epic commercial in the same one take style. You can’t watch just once.

Woot.com, always a reliable outfit for clever videos, announces their acquisition by Amazon.com with a video of their signature plush monkey rapping.

The video of the day: This Japanese unmanned spacecraft called Hayabusa returned from a seven-year, 1.25 billion-mile trip, and plunged to earth in spectacular fireball … all captured from a NASA DC-8 airborne laboratory. The video is a fireball of its own now on YouTube. Take a look.

The good news, the samples and research the Hayabusa gathered from a comet called Itokawa, returned safely in a canister that survived the reentry and landed in South Australia.

Tech investor Fred Wilson breaks down and explains how to create a successful web application. The top ten:
1. Speed
2. Instant Utility
3. Software is Media
4. Less is More
5. Make it Programmable
6. Make it Personal
7. RESTful
8. Discoverability
9. Clean
10. Playful

Much better though to hear him tell it:

Get the full transcript here

TechUniversity.com charges for most of their online training … but this 25 minute overview is a great and free introduction to Final Cut Pro. Learn the basics of editing, rendering and exporting videos. Enjoy.