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Warning: the following material could lead you to a addictive behaviour (for 2 to 3 days).

Last Thursday, I went to YouTube and searched for bar tricks, you know, those proposition bets where you bet you can do something, which seems impossible, do it and earn some free beers (like in free software).

While surfing the YouTube search results, I found this BBC series named "The Real Hustle". Is this series, 3 con artists make some scams and extract some money from the marks (aka the victims). The basic idea of the show is to educate viewers about the different types of scams and how to avoid becoming a victim. After the scam, all the victims have their money returned and the con/scam explained.

If you are interested in topics such as social engineering, hacking, card and bar tricks, personal security and such, you will want to watch (all) the videos in YouTube. There are more than 30, with an average of 5 minutes each. The best way to watch them all is to begin by searching for all the movies uploaded by the user kamranakthar and then searching for "The real hustle".

But be aware, once you start, it will be difficult for you to say no to the next one. You have been warned.

A new software, developed at MIT's Media Lab, makes very easy for anyone to build relatively complex computer programs. After all, the software is aimed mainly at kids, so it is reallu simple to use.

Called Scratch, the software lets you build online programs, including animations, games and interactive artwork, by moving around simple drag-and-drop components. You can see it in action in the following video:

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From the Japanese Science and Technology Agency, check Earth Guide, one of the best sites I have seen concerning the Earth, the Sun, the Solar system and even the Milky Way galaxy.

The graphics are astonishing, the data very well put on perspective, and all the navigation and looks of the site are extremely well accomplished. Again, great great site!

Via digg, a cool article with 52 ways to speed up you OS X.

A Spanish television channel decided to make a neat experiment: they gave a clean canvas to children to paint it, were able to put the painting in ARCO (the biggest contemporary art in Spain), and recorded some opinions of the art (?) work from several people.

"It denotes a great experiment from the artist", "Yes, 15.000 euros is a reasonable price for it", "I can fell some sexual frustration from the artist" are some of the recorded opinions. It's a all new meaning for the world subjectiveness. You can watch the broadcasted show in the following Youtube video (in spanish):

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