Video Shows Mysterious Stranger Hiding Out in NYC Apartment Crawlspace

This is a video that's been making the rounds lately, but I've never seen it and it sparked a lot of discussion amongst the staff this morning. That it's fake we could all agree on, but exactly why—that we couldn't decide. A viral video? But for what? What could be the purpose of faking such an odd thing, besides hundreds of thousands of YouTube views? Take a look and see for yourself. [YouTube]

Free LCD TV—Nevermind the Burned-In Gay Porn

This is a pretty great prank. I'll let the Craigslist listing explain it:

My room mate thought it would be "hysterical" to pause gay porn on my TV while my girlfriend and I were on vacation for 2 weeks, thus burning and image into the screen. So...If you dont mind a sillouette of a skinny white guy taking a load in the face from the biggest black penis in recorded history forever adorning your new TV, Its yours.

Childish, yes. Hilarious, also yes. [Craigslist]

Facebook Allows Users to Gift iTunes Giftcards to Other Users

This ends up in Remainders because I am literally snoring right now, as I type this, but Facebook is now allowing users to buy and deliver iTunes giftcards through the site. You can choose which date the gift will be delivered (like, say, a birthday), which is actually a pretty nice feature. This is, unfortunately, US-only for now, because people who hate freedom enough to resist living in the Land of the Free don't deserve iTunes gift cards. [TUAW]

Seppukoo Lets You Kill Your Facebook Self

It sounds kind of interesting in theory: An entire site dedicated to eradicating Facebook profiles. It must be some kind of statement on avoiding association with social networking, right? Well, no; it's actually just another social networking site, trying to get you to cancel your account with the most popular one. It's not going so well, either—apparently only six people "killed" their profiles yesterday. [Techie]

It's still a pricey gadget, but hey, at least the gift card will cover you for a few games. Anyone getting in on the deal? [Amazon via Joystiq via Engadget]

Walmart's BlackBerry selection includes:

* AT&T Curve 8310
* AT&T Bold 9000
* Sprint Curve 8330 (Red & Titanium colors)
* T-Mobile 8520 (Black, White, and Frost)
* T-Mobile Pearl 8120 (Emerald)
* Verizon Storm
* Verizon Storm II

So, if any of those phones are on your "must buy" list, then this'll be a good week for it. Keep in mind that while you'll get the gift card immediately with an in store purchase, online shoppers will wait four to six week for the gift cards to arrive in the mail. [Walmart]

This is a rumor of course, but it is something to keep in mind if you have time for a little shopping this weekend. Official word should come within the next day or so. [Kotaku]

Let me backtrack for a moment. Someone I know has a birthday coming up, and one item I'd really like to get them is an XBLA (Xbox Live) title. Since the game isn't available in stores, that means I have two solutions. One, I can sneak onto their Xbox like a ninja, enter my credit card info and make the purchase for them (which is just sort of creepy), or two, I can give them an Xbox gift card for the sum of the game.

I'm not really happy with either option.

My sincere gesture, giving a friend a game they'd enjoy because I've accounted for their tastes, is diluted to an exchange of capital. It's really just giving them cash in a nicer form. Sure, you can buy someone a gift card, but you can't actually buy them a gift.

This is a problem.

Today, the limitation is probably only bugging me and a handful of other uber nerds. But what about in four or five years? We're a society that's only moving more and more digital. Soon, even giving someone a CD may very well seem like a dated gesture—one that may inconvenience the recipient since, hell, they don't have a CD drive anymore!

I just don't want to be condemned to a life of gift cards with a little note written in Sharpie "for the new Batman."

Luckily, implementing gift giving on a service like Xbox Live would be incredibly easy. They already have the infrastructure to manage various payment accounts and allow users to communicate to one another and a central server. So imagining a system in which you receive a message informing you that Sk8rB0y has sent you a game is by no means a far stretch. (The feature would probably take Microsoft all of a week to complete, if they put their mind to it.)

But what about an iTunes? UPDATE: They actually offer gifting through email. That's something I didn't realize and I'm guessing a lot of people don't realize. Including even custom playlists, I'll admit, it's a good start. My question to you is, do you consider an email link enough? Does that feel like a gift?

Maybe it's just my perspective that will be forced to change as I bow to the next level of consumerism. But for the moment, the gift card approach feels like a one size fits some philosophy being squeezed over nearly the entire modern home entertainment industry—and I can't imagine it's adding a lot of humanity to the already cold digital realm.

The quality might sound bad, but it's probably on par with most camera phones. The hardware features a 1.2MP sensor with 8MB of onboard storage holding 50 pictures. If the camera itself sounds useless, realize that it comes bundled with a USB cord, driver disk, instruction manual and a voucher for 40 free prints at Target. The USB cord alone and voucher alone might be worth the hassle, even if you don't plan on ever using the camera.

Running on two AAA batteries (that's how they get you!) the digital camera gift certificates will be available at no additional charge (unless ordered online) in denominations ranging from $50 to $1000. Those giving gifts in excess of $100 might consider a name brand digital camera instead. [Target via gamertell and Coolest Gadgets]

Product Page [Via Slickdealz]

All you have to do is put in your money and select an iTunes gift card. Then, when it asks you how much you want in cash and how much in the card, put it all in the card. After that, unplug the machine from the phone line, and long story short, it will give you a voucher with all of your money intact (no 9% fee) which you can redeem.

If you feel like somehow Coinstar owes you something—one fell over and killed your brother, perhaps—here's a way to screw them over. – Jason Chen

The ultimate guide to hacking a CoinStar machine [Antiyawn via Gearfuse - Thanks Andrew!]