Spring is finally here (although you wouldn't know it around here) and it's time to celebrate by killing some time this afternoon. This week's theme is video. Here are a couple of sites to get you to the weekend:

25 Brilliant Animated Short Movies: The good folks over at Smashing Magazine put together a nice collection of animated shorts, including some award-winners. There's a tale about a cat and a dog, a machine with an identity crisis, the world's first fully open-source created movie and 22 others. Some very creative stuff.

March Madness: I don't think there's ever been a better time killer - and bane of corporate heads. Watch streaming video of any game you like. Most of the time you only need to see the last few minutes of these games for the real excitement. But if its a particularly slow day, you have unlimited basketball to watch. There's a "boss" button if you feel an eerie presence.