Obligatory Meteorite Video Roundup

By now you've heard about the meteor that streaked across the sky and surprised everyone. I'm speaking, of course, about the one in Cuba.

Alas, no pictures yet. But thanks to the fact that the automotive experience in Russia is predicated on insurance fraud, everyone has a dash cam, so we have footage of their early-morning light show. Lots of footage. The main page of startribune.com has a link to a video, but it suffers from VVS, or Vertical Video Syndrome, and doesn't have the gut-punch kaboom. Here's the Guardian's compilation, including the kaboom. BTW: isn't it interesting that the Russian media outlet says we'll be smacked by a rock in 93 years, and then Russia gets smacked with a rock about 93 hours later?

The Guardian explains.

No, there's no reason a Soviet-era Zinc plant might be environmentally unsound after its walls were knocked in. Another view:

A beautiful shot:

Scrub ahead to :40:

More here. Heck, more all over the web today. By the end of the day all the shouts of surprise will be autotuned and interspersed with cat reactions.

So they've developed the Memory Hole App. The MiniTrue would be delighted; much easier than eliminating unpersons from back issues with masking tape.

I understand the appeal, but perhaps the issue isn't the wisdom of attempting to retcon your own life, but the wisdom of putting it all up on Facebook in the first place.

MOVIES There are only 3 ways to sell movies to kids. The raised-eyebrow is the worst offender. It used to be known as the Dreamworks Eyebrow, but it's spread. There's no containing it.

GAMING Sort of. Via Buzzfeed, a little game about being a fly. Metaphysics are involved, as well as Grieg. Headphones and full-screen are recommended, as well as patience, and a realization that this is not a side-scrolling shooter or a hop-and-collect-coins type of game. If you can call it a game at all. All I know is that I became invested in the character after a certain trial, and once that empathetic connection had been made, a common sound of summer was suddenly fraught with dread.

It looks like this. Download the game here. You'll never look at your UP ARROW key the same way for the next few hours.