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Pocket’s Most-Saved Videos: Vice on Pakistan, vintage coffee, and Steve Carell’s advice to grads

June 11th, 2012  •  By Mark

Every week: A handpicked collection of the most popular videos saved in Pocket. Enjoy!

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1. “VICE Guide to Karachi: Pakistan’s Most Violent City” (6:54)

The first of Vice’s five-part series from inside Pakistan:

2. “This Is Coffee” (12:32)

Via Open Culture and Devour, a 1961 film from the Coffee Brewing Institute:

3. “What’s This? A Beer?” (3:47)

A musical ode to turning 21, inspired by Danny Elfman and The Nightmare Before Christmas:

4. “The Girl and the Fox” (5:31)

A 9-year-old girl, whose family is starving, has a run-in with a fox that’s killing their livestock:

5. “Steve Carell’s Message to Princeton Grads” (14:51)

The Office star’s message to young people: Getting shot down by women in person, rather than via text message, helps build character:

See more of our most-saved articles, videos and recipes by following @PocketHits on Twitter. You can also find us on YouTube, Vimeo and on Flipboard in the Cool Curators section.

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Pocket’s Most-Saved Videos: Andy Samberg goes to Harvard, and the Golden Gate’s 75th birthday

May 29th, 2012  •  By Mark

Every week: A handpicked collection of the most popular videos saved in Pocket. Enjoy!

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1. “The Caen Files: The Greatest Bridge Ever Built” (5:01)

A celebration of the Golden Gate bridge on its 75th anniversary, by the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen:

2. “Tiny Little Words” (15:38)

A short film by Brandon McCormick and Whitestone Motion Pictures, shot in one take, about two people whose lives become connected:

3. “The Art of Storyboarding with Ridley Scott” (8:42)

Via Open Culture, an interview with the Prometheus and Alien director on how sketches first shape the structure of his films:

4. “Andy Samberg’s Speech at Harvard Class Day” (21:26)

“Yale sucks!” and other words of wisdom from the Saturday Night Live star:

5. “Happy Food” (1:06)

The story of one man’s quest for ketchup:

See more of our most-saved articles, videos and recipes by following @PocketHits on Twitter. You can also find us on Flipboard in the Cool Curators section.

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Pocket’s Most-Saved Videos: Neil Gaiman’s advice to graduates, plus a boxing coach who thinks you’re terrible

May 21st, 2012  •  By Mark

Every week: A handpicked collection of the most popular videos saved in Pocket. Enjoy!

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1. “Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012″ (19:56)

“If you don’t know it’s impossible, it’s easier to do.” The author and graphic novelist offers graduation advice for creative spirits:

2. “The Division of Gravity” (9:27)

From Short of the Week, the story of a romance:

3. “Revolution” (4:20)

NBC’s series preview was last week’s most-saved video from the Fall TV trailers on Pocket:

4. “Love Letter to Plywood” (7:28)

Perhaps the most moving documentary about wood that you will ever watch:

5. “Weak Men Pay This Boxing Coach To Tell Them They Are Terrible” (4:33)

Graphic language alert: Meet Eric Kelly, a former boxing champ who now runs Church Street Boxing Gym in New York and specializes in verbally insulting his clients:

See more of our most-saved articles, videos and recipes by following @PocketHits on Twitter. You can also find us on Flipboard in the Cool Curators section.

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Pocket’s Most-Saved Videos: World Trade Center, alternative energy and a cab driver’s strange trip

May 7th, 2012  •  By Mark

Every week: A handpicked collection of the most popular videos saved in Pocket. Enjoy!

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1. “One World Trade Center: 2004-2012″ (2:04)

Time-lapse footage of what is now the tallest building in New York City:

2. “Amory Lovins: A 50-Year Plan for Energy” (27:04)

Energy theorist Amory Lovins, head of the Rocky Mountain Institute, makes the case for how we can move to a more efficient energy future, with no new laws:

3. “RIP MCA (Fight for Your Right)” (3:45)

Coldplay, performing at the Hollywood Bowl, covers the Beastie Boys’ “Fight for Your Right” in tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys:

4. “Detour” (8:19)

A short film about a cab driver and his unlikely passenger:

5. “Robyn vs. Taran Killam: SNL Dance Comparison” (3:36)

Neil Patrick Harris resurfaced this gem from December, in which the Saturday Night Live star nails every dance move from “Call Your Girlfriend”:

See more of our most-saved articles, videos and recipes by following @PocketHits on Twitter. You can also find us on Flipboard in the Cool Curators section.

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Read It Later’s Most-Saved Articles & Videos: Now On Flipboard!

March 14th, 2012  •  By Mark

Read It Later's Most-Read Articles

Want to find out the most popular articles and videos among Read It Later’s 4 million users? Just follow @ReadItLaterTop on Twitter, or you can add us in Flipboard for iPhone and iPad—we’re now featured in the Entertainment and “Cool Curators” sections.

Every day, @ReadItLaterTop features a hand-picked list of the best content on the web—from short films (see: “Fresh Guacamole”) to in-depth articles (like Jonah Lehrer on creativity), plus recipes, images and more.

And check back here for more updates about the most-saved and most-read content on Read It Later.

-Mark

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