Life was hard before the Internet. But thankfully, Coronet Instructional Films were there to be the Wikihow and Lifehacker of a long gone era. For this week’s Friday Download, we found a portal into pre-Internet, post-war America with instructional videos for teens from the forties. Preserved by the Internet Archive, these Coronet Instructional videos are…

They taught your grandparents one of the home truths of comedy: a poke in the eye always defeats sharp wit. Or a dimwit. Now it’s your turn to learn how to laugh from the masters of slapstick. For today’s FDL we present to you the short films of The Three Stooges. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw0riLqQBj0&w=570&h=370] Before you download,…

Download Linkin Park: StageLight on BitTorrent. We all want to grow up to be rockstars. That’s actually a statistical reality. There’s been a 510% increase in independent musicians over the course of the last decade. What you write in your room, practice all night, put out there on stage: it’s easier than ever to get…

In this week’s Friday Download, we have three free, downloadable classics from one of the most important figures in film: Charlie Chaplin. We’ve got his first feature-length picture, The Kid, alongside his beloved earlier works–The Vagabond and The Rink. Fun note about The Rink, you get to see Chaplin show off his roller skating skills….

BitTorrent is made up of inventors, scientists, designers; makers and breakers of technology. The BitTorrent Interview is an introduction to the people of peer-to-peer: notes from the edge of distributed technology, and a few words from the team we’re lucky enough to call our own. In this week’s edition: sleeping and breathing design with Rebecca…