In the short comedy Russian Roulette, Lucy is chatting online one night when she is paired up with a cosmonaut stationed alone on an orbiting telescope. And talking to him, she feels a little less alone in the universe.

The people who made this Chatroulette—yes, it still works—prank think it is the best one ever. I agree. They put a sexy girl on their end, looking for wankers while broadcasting the screen to the biggest outdoor city festival in Europe.

Today, a new era in video chat launched with Airtime, AKA, Facebook connected Chatroulette without gross dicks. Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning promised us no dicks, but how exactly can they promise us no dicks? Turns out Airtime is recording you—and if you're flashing your dick, it's recording that, too.

Airtime is a new startup by Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning (of Napster fame) that recycles an old idea: Chatroulette. Yep, that random video chatting dickfest invented by some Russian teenager has seemingly been redressed in tailored suits and landscaped beards and is totally going to change the world. Joke. It's…

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

Watch this video—and then watch it again. Take some notes, too.

Men who drop their trousers and display their genitals on the internet can now be detected more reliably and automatically, is the thrust of this new study.

The folks at Chatroulette found a very clever solution for their money shortage and penis overload problems. They're now earning money by forwarding all their penises to Hustler's website:

Enjoying your Mac FaceTime experience so far, but not seeing nearly enough genitals and/or stoned teens? Rejoice! An enterprising programmer has already created Facelette, Chatroulette for FaceTime. But be forewarned: it may require some extra precautionary measures.

The new version of Chatroulette has gone live today, and if you were expecting a brave new world free of men suspiciously pointing their webcams further down than the manufacturer recommends, you're out of luck.

Here I was thinking Chatroulette was primarily used by stoners, but seemingly some developers think there's space in the market for another video chat site for strangers.

What happens when Chatroulette goes down? Does the snake eat the chicken? Does the Exorcist girl go to bed? Or does anyone even notice? That could be why Chatroulette is busy rolling out the "renewed and updated version" later today.

Watch all these guys, looking idiotic at the sight of this pretty girl stripping for them, until she turns into she-devil. I haven't enjoyed a ChatRoulette trick this much since the snake vs baby chicken flashing boob ruse.

The iChatr app has been removed from the App Store due to "a number of users exposing themselves during the random video chat sessions." What did Apple think was going to happen when they approved it?

The iChatr iPhone app is as exciting as it is terrifying. Why? Because it's basically Chatroulette for your iPhone.

All Things Considered, auto-tuned! Tote bags, unboxed! When NPR does an internet parody, folks, they do it right. Including—of course—a special Chatroulette surprise.

Behold the Chatroulette speed painter at work: armed with just a Wacom tablet and a preternatural drawing ability, he's able to create incredible sketches of his chat partners in no time flat. And you thought the Chatroulette pianist was good.

Chatroulette by itself is fine if you're a pianist or a guy who pushes birds into snakes' mouths, but what if you're just a dude with an iPad. Turns out that's MUCH better.