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There seems no end to reporting and commentary on Wikileaks, from the ravings of Regnery-Press author Marc Thiessen to the thorough round-up Alexis Madrigal is hosting at the Atlantic. But perhaps the best perspective comes from the sober analysts at NMA.tv, who have furnished their customarily-comprehensive coverage of l'affaire Assange. Or whatever it's called in Cantonese.

At Boston's Berklee College of Music, an a cappella choir treats video game music with a full measure of seriousness�and affection.

Design fiction as poetry, "Tableau" is a nightstand that quietly prints out photos from Twitter and places them in its drawer. Emily Dickinson might have approved.

Impress your Romulan visitors with this fashionable DIY sliding-door treatment. Video after the jump.

Entropy isn't just something that makes us lose our car keys; it also keeps time's arrow pointed in its familiar direction, as this deft film by John Pavlus ably shows. Video after the jump.

The latest example of the periodic-table-of-elements meme is�wait for it�a periodic table of elements.

Renowned motorcycle builders create a real-life version of the Tron light cycle. It's sleek, it's masterfully built�and it's a pale reflection of the preternatural awesomeness of the 1982 movie's original.

Even on the moon, the pause that refreshes.

Illustrating the strange, shadowy world in which America's ambassadors move.

The global security apparatus meets its match in the Internet.