I had in interesting conversation this weekend about the new wave of video web sites/services that are popping up everywhere. We talked a bit about the viability of web video, and what people are willing to do on the internet besides read. It seems to me that anything longer than a minute or two of embedded video is too long, as I'm hesitant to sit through anything that's longer than a few moments (except porn, I'll slog through hours of low quality web porn. Don't let them fool you, the Arpanet was initially developed to create a robust network for science geeks to move porn around the globe).

All that said, what I enjoy about services like YouTube is the view into the lives and ideas others. It becomes a strange portal into the human condition. Truth is stranger than fiction, and it becomes evident when watching low grade video clips on the web. Web video tends to lean towards oddity more than anything, and there is something both interesting and disturbing about much of what can been seen out there.

Ok, enough banter, this was all just an excuse to show Shatner "performing" Rocket Man. If you have never seen this, well, you are in for a strange little treat (Mind you, Tam has never been able to watch this all the way through, something about how she becomes too embarrassed for Shatner, and has to look away).