The VOCO Clock is an alarm clock that wakes you with the soothing voice of Stephen Frye, the perfect valet.

"The VOCO alarm will lure a man from his secret recesses with the sound of gentle birdsong. This is followed by a discrete cough. Then the comforting words, "Good Morning, Sir," insinuate themselves into the room. This is followed by a message -- a different one every morning (there are three months' worth, before they start repeating, depending on how you use the clock). They say things like:

I'm sorry to disturb you, Sir, but it appears to be morning. Very inconvenient, I agree. I believe it is the rotation of the earth that is to blame, Sir."

Glenn Greenwald explains why the national media is failing in its coverage of the U.S. attorneys scandal in this post from his blog.

"The overriding goal of most of our national media elites is to preserve the prevailing Republican power system that rules Washington because of how beneficial that system is to them. As a result, they admire and want to protect those who rule that system, and thus reflexively view scandals which entail accusations of true corruption by our political leaders -- and especially unpleasant formal investigations and threats of criminal prosecution -- as frivolous and inherently false and unfair."

The Top 11 Underground Transit Systems in the World

John Rogers explains what is wrong with the Fox News Daily Show rip-off, The 1/2 Hour News Hour, in this post from his blog, Kung Fu Monkey.

Malcolm Gladwell discusses "The Myth of Prodigy and Why it Matters" in this Observer article.

Panoramas.dk presents 360 degree panoramas of the six Apollo missions to the moon.

BoatingSF.com's website uses the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Identification System to track Current Ship Positions on San Francisco Bay.

This video for U2's song "Window in the Skies" is a mash-up of 20th century popular music history.

The Calvin Workshop can solve all your marketing problems with their film "Your Name Here."

The Unfilmables: A List of the Hardest Novels to Film

From Ant Farms to Zoot Suits, Neatorama lists 37 Fads that Swept the Nation.

David Denby examines the future of movies in this New Yorker article.

Gobler Toys presents Star Wars Toys That Never Were.

Courtesy of Crooks and Liars, here are David Letterman's Top 10 Favorite George W. Bush Moments.

In 1994, 1000 animation industry professionals voted for the 50 Greatest Cartoons. Now the City Rag blog has gathered links to online videos of the 50 Greatest Cartoons.

John Hall, "the first bona fide rock ’n’ roll musician in the House of Representatives," is profiled in this New York Times article.

Arrested Development's Michael Cera explains how to be succesful in this You Tube video.

The 2007 Fiesta Bowl was one of the most exciting football games I've ever seen. The last two minutes and the overtime include three successful trick plays and several lead changes. Follow this link to watch a condensed version of the game's last two minutes and overtime.

E. J. Dionne Jr. examines 2006's political and cultural changes in this Washington Post column:

"It wasn't all that long ago that Democrats and liberals were said to be out of touch with "the real America," which was defined as encompassing the states that voted for President Bush in 2004, including the entire South. Democrats seemed to accept this definition of reality, and they struggled -- often looking ridiculous in the process -- to become fluent in NASCAR talk and to discuss religion with the inflections of a white Southern evangelicalism foreign to so many of them.

Now the conventional wisdom sees Republicans in danger of becoming merely a Southern regional party. Isn't it amazing how quickly the supposedly "real America" was transformed into a besieged conservative enclave out of touch with the rest of the country?"

For the 5th straight year, Fimoculous has compiled his list of Best of the Year lists.