Valleywag: Clips

Ad agency's intern-recruitment video sure to drive away interns

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Until now, we'd only heard of Austin-based interactive ad agency Tocquigny because of its beautiful if bizarre office design. After seeing a video documenting the agency's 2008 summer interns, put together in hopes of luring a crop for 2009, we kind of wish things had stayed that way. Shouldn't a culturally-in-touch ad agency know not to play Bon Jovi for a bunch of millennials? The video, below. A warning: Those prone to grinding their teeth should not proceed.

MSNBC.com catches rare footage of dancing Republicans

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PDT

While waiting for former HP CEO Carly Fiorina to follow former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's speech with her own, MSNBC's Internet-only live video feed of the Republican National Convention caught this footage of Republican square-staters grooving to 1982's rockabilly hit, "Rock This Town," by The Stray Cats. The clip has a cautionary message for Obama's Facebook-generation supporters: When their candidate says he's "postpartisan," potential voters closing in on AARP membership clearly hear "postboomers."

The Internet past and future, but mostly present

Jackson West — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:00:00 PDT

The Insane True Story Behind the Birth of the Internet, by Those Aren't Muskets. Because clearly, the best way to satirize the vapid faddishness of Internet culture is for a group of white men to create an online sketch comedy video. (Via Laughing Squid)

Google cofounder on no Chrome for Macs: "It's embarrassing"

Nicholas Carlson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:20:00 PDT

After this press conference to announce Google's new Web browser, Chrome, Google cofounder Sergey Brin asked BoomTown's Kara Swisher if she'd try it out. "But you don't have a Mac version, baby, so no," Swisher tells him in this clip, excerpted from Swisher's longer interview. "I know, I know, it's embarrassing," says Brin. "When is that coming out?" Swisher asks. Brin, perhaps regretting taking questions from such a mean lesbian, looks over his shoulder for PR help. He says: "Um, I don't have a date for you. I'm going to have to get back to you. I'm asking every day. I hope it'll be a matter of months."

Revamped McCainSpace is hours of fun -- for Obama fans

Paul Boutin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Ow, stop! The candidate's awkward, reading-my-lines intro clip. The front and center posts by a guy whose icon reads "STR8T." His angry typo, "Will Obama ascend from the heavens and bless us all?" Just when we'd forgotten about McCainSpace, they went and revamped it. The effort would've been better spent on more YouTube clips, the one place on the Internet where the White Tornado is beating Barack. Here's McCain's awkward video hello, and a sampler of the senator's supporter-generated videos:

Aaron Sorkin admits he's working on "The Facebook Movie"

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 PDT

Why would anyone not think Aaron Sorkin is working on a movie about Facebook? "You can't handle the truth!" That's the line Sorkin penned for Jack Nicholson in 1992's A Few Good Men. Nicholson might well have been speaking to some of our readers, who reacted poorly to the news that the West Wing writer was working on a movie about Mark Zuckerberg's creation. One begged us to uncover the fraud: "The BBC, the Guardian and New York Magazine are all over the totally fake-seeming Aaron Sorkin movie about Facebook. Please get to the bottom of this horrible joke." Sorry, you'll have to handle this: Sorkin himself confirmed that he is indeed planning a movie about how Zuckerberg and his Harvard classmates created Facebook.

Rather, Sorkin's publicist, Joy Fehily, tells us, on his behalf. Or whoever answers her email. With all the layers of secretaries and managers and representatives in Hollywood, you can never tell. Yesterday, Sorkin's agent's assistant issued a nondenial, before politely informing us, "I have to hang up on you now."

Likewise, the skeptics will have to hang up on any remaining doubts that Sorkin is behind this movie. Really, could anyone else do the movie? Sorkin is the master of the office drama, picking up on the details that make an inside-baseball story at once believable to insiders and entertaining to outsiders. If it had been anyone but Sorkin, we would have scoffed, too.

4chan hacker holds rapper Soulja Boy's MySpace account ransom

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:40:00 PDT

A miscreant from the sordid 4chan message-board community sent rapper and social media whiz-kid Soulja Boy a text message the other day, telling him to fork over $2,500 if he wanted control over his MySpace account back. "I sent him a text message back," says Soulja Boy in a clip below, " I said fuck you, bitch. Do what you do. This motherfucker got to be fucked up." Then Soulja Boy contacted MySpace and got his account back. Now he's offering fans $10,000 for the name of the hacker. Valleywag commenter Rex Sorgatz suggests a security tip for the young man: "Perhaps his password shouldn't have been SupermanDatHo."

Bill O'Reilly dance mix rocks the house

Paul Boutin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Look, I used to be a professional musician. And basically, most mashups, remixes, and other forms of Music 2.0 just don't work. All brain, no booty. But this remix of Bill O'Reilly's most awesomely human moment — "Fuck it! We'll do it live! Fucking thing sucks!" — blows Girl Talk off the turntable. Throw away your thinking caps and crank it to 11. Valleywag's contribution to the fad: We've successfully tainted Natali Del Conte with the line. it's so much cuter when she says it.

Misleading iPhone ad banned in the U.K.

Nicholas Carlson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PDT

The iPhone 3G hasalready outsold the original iPhone. One reason for all the success? False advertising, says the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA has told Apple it can no longer air an ad claiming the iPhone accesses "all parts of the Internet," since the iPhone's Safari browser can't access Web sites that use Java or Flash. "Because the ad had not explained the limitations," reads the ruling, "viewers were likely to expect to be able to see all the content on a website normally accessible through a PC rather than just having the ability to reach the website." The naughty ad, below:

iPhone day 46: Apple breaks Cut & Paste hack

Paul Boutin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Last week, iPhone developers pounced on a workaround for the Apple gadget's inability to let users cut and paste text between applications. Never mind. Apple's latest firmware update plugs the loophole. Back to writing down phone numbers on paper.

Viral-video dancer on the lazy way to become a star

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:20:00 PDT

Matt Harding, the guy who travels around the world taking videos of people dancing with him, knows how to work the system without doing much work. First, he got Stride gum to sponsor his video-making trip around the world. Since the result went viral, he's milked his fame on the speaking circuit. First he made yet another "dancing" video at Yahoo's Sunnyvale headquarters. Last week, he spoke at nerdy-person gathering Gnomedex in Seattle. Watch his talk and learn all about how much — or rather, how little — work went into the popular "Dancing" video. Or, skip to 4 minutes in if all you're interested in is yet another crowd of people doing Harding's funny-looking jig.

Microsoft explains Photosynth

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:40:00 PDT

Frustrated with our explanation of Photosynth, which Microsoft PR persuaded the Financial Times to call a "new development intended to boost the pace of innovation in its online services group as it tries to close the gap with Google"? Check out this clip where Microsoft's Live Labs leader Gary Flake explains it himself — and tell us why Photosynth isn't really a change of pace for Microsoft at all.

Fast-forward to the end. "It's quite feasible to run the synthing software right on your local machine," says Flake. Aha! So this isn't actually a Web service at all — it's just more of the same desktop software Microsoft has sold all along, with some Web features added.

Kite-surfing too gnarly for Larry and Sergey

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Thrill-seeking Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin regularly kite-surf off San Mateo, we've heard in the past. Below, a video clip of one trick the pair should not attempt — kite-surfing during a hurricane. Can you imagine the hike in the billionaires' insurance rates?

Videogame creator with daddy issues plays astronaut

Jackson West — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:40:00 PDT

Best known as the creator of the Ultima series of online games, Richard Garriott has traded in his usual Elizabethan attire for cosmonaut's jumpsuit as he prepares to rocket into space for a week and a half aboard the International Space Station. Wired's David Kushner tagged along as Garriott was subjected to simulations, g-forces and Russian hospitality in Star City, the Soviet-era cosmonaut training facility.

Garriott has been chasing the space dream ever since he was diagnosed with poor vision and told that he would never be able to follow in astronaut father Owen Garriott's zero-gravity footsteps. The eight-month training regimen is meant to limit the danger inexperienced space travelers like Garriott presents to the safety of the crew. While Garriott says that he'll be helping with experiments and wishes he could claim the title of "astronaut" or "cosmonaut," officials are a little more sanguine about the role wealthy dilettantes with daddy issues play. In terms of actual progress on research: "People say it is better to send monkey," military spokesperson Marina Driga told Kushner.

Facebook adoption lags in Idaho, square states

Nicholas Carlson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:40:00 PDT

Inside Facebook's Justin Smith used Google's Insights for Search tool to map Facebook's spread across the United States and the world. We converted a few of his slides into a time-lapse video, above, revealing how Facebook ping-ponged between the coasts before finally filling in most of the country's middle, except for a few farm states where teenagers are probably still asking "a/s/l" in AOL chatrooms or something.

10 user interfaces of the future

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:40:00 PDT

Sure, your iPhone 3G's touchscreen is nice, but with Ringo, a "holographic shadow," you don't have to touch anything. According to this clip, a Ringo-enabled mobile device's buttons will project onto the ground in front of you. Skip to 1:15 in the clip embedded below and see handy this could be when it comes to walking directions from Google Maps. The only holdup? Ringo doesn't exist yet. Neither do the other 9 user interfaces Smashing Magazine features in its list of "10 Futuristic User Interfaces." We know that won't stop you from ogling them inappropriately.

Shatner to Arrington: "What are you doing?"

Paul Boutin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

For $149, you too can go to LiveAutographs.com and get a personalized video and autograph from William Shatner, Carmen Electra, Hulk Hogan, Ted Nugent, about half the cast of Lost, or Battlestar Galactica's Cyloneriffic Tricia Helfer. TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington blew a couple of Benjamins to test the site and sure enough, here's Shatner's videotaped greeting. Drop the price to ten bucks and we've got a business model for Julia Allison.

New York VC on what's next: "Actually having an impact"

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:40:00 PDT

Union Square Ventures partner Brad Burnham — the one who isn't blogorrheic Fred Wilson — says it's time to move past startups "driven by self-expression and discovery online." In an interview with The Deal, excerpted above, he says that those kinds of companies had their day three or four years ago. Now it's too hard for anybody new to the user-generated content space to find enough users.

By which the Twitter investor actually means to say: "Back off, you'll never catch us now!" to the likes of Benchmark's Peter Fenton, who just recently invested in FriendFeed. Competitive posturing aside, Burnham goes on to say what Union Square Ventures is interested investing in next: "Areas where you're actually having an impact on someone's work, someone's life, someone's real-world experience." Sounds great, but how do we Google that?

Tech's most awkward prank: the singing telegram

Nicholas Carlson — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:40:00 PDT

Why do so many people in tech deliver singing telegrams? Because they're so painful. My colleague Jackson West ventured this explanation: "Tech people are uncomfortable enough in the real world — raising the discomfort level and then blogging it for laffs provides a tail-eating narcissistic kick." Plus, it's a passive-aggressive sadism that can be documented in video and posted online. In the clips below, watch singing telegrams get delivered to prominent New York VC Fred Wilson, Yahoo ad exec Mike Walrath, and NextNewNetworks cofounder Timothy Shea. Watch and feel the heat rising on the back of your neck.

Victim: NextNewNetworks cofounder Timothy Shea

Victim: Yahoo ad exec Mike Walrath

Victim: Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson

Eric Schmidt on Jim Cramer's Mad Money, the 60-second version

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Eric Schmidt spent 18 minutes on CNBC yesterday talking to Mad Money's Jim Cramer, but per usual, the Google CEO didn't say much. Only about 60 seconds worth, we discovered after boiling the segment down to its crucial bits. Learn that Google is bad economy-proof, YouTube doesn't make money (and doesn't need to), and that shareholders should just stay quiet in the clip above.

Schmidt: YouTube might just be a loss-leader

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:20:00 PDT

Loudmouth Mark Cuban mockingly characterizes Google — which still can't figure out how to make money off YouTube — as the vendor who brags: "we are losing money on every sale, but we will make it up in volume."But Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn't deny the charge. On Jim Cramer's Mad Money yesterday, Schmidt said "Eventually, we'd like to make some money of out [YouTube], but even if we don't, even if ultimately its a loss leader, the fact that so many people come to YouTube means they ultimately come to Google and click on ads." The numbers back up Schmidt's claims. According to ComScore, in June 2008 YouTube pointed 2.4 million search queries through Google search — just a couple hundred thousand fewer than Yahoo search.

Former FeedBurner CEO's funny video now just a bit sadder

Nicholas Carlson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:20:00 PDT

Eight months ago, we posted an excerpt from a video former Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo's made in which he explains life after being acquired by Google. A standup comedian, Costolo plays the sad clown in the video, explaining that at Google he's got a significant job title, though "you can't tell by the words in it." Now that Google has killed FeedBurner's ad network, its reason for being, it's time to post Costolo's entire video. Note that Mr. Team Player didn't use YouTube.

Dick Costolo from dick costolo on Vimeo.

CERN's Large Hadron Collider explained in rhythm and rhyme

Jackson West — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:20:00 PDT

Do you lay awake at night worried that physicists tinkering in Geneva at the new Large Hadron Collider might destroy reality as we know it, or are you hoping they open a portal to a parallel dimension that just happens to have really hawt aliens? I do. Both. If you don't, let Will Barras and friends take you on a ride in their ode to the search for the Higgs boson. Mad props for the Stephen Hawking shoutout on the hype track.

Secrets of viral video revealed, from "Chocolate Rain" to Cory Worthington's sunglasses

Nicholas Carlson — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:40:00 PDT

Think Tay Zonday came up with that whole breathing-away-from-the-mic thing on his own? Think that gopher came up with his dramatic look all on his own? Think again, buster. Eat your lunch, watch the clip from Revision3's Internet Superstar embedded above and learn about the Encino School of Viral Video.

Watch network engineers save the world, one server at a time

Alaska Miller — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:20:00 PDT

Last week we learned from Dan Kaminsky that DNS servers — computers that translate domain names into the numerical IP addresses machines use to locate each other on the Internet — had a security issue, all around the world, that made them vulnerable to hackers. In fact HD Moore, the man who wrote an exploit for the bug got hacked himsef. Here's a time-lapse video showing the progression of network engineers working overtime to apply software patches to servers.

In which we fall for a hip-hop star's Apple-baiting ploy

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

First Bare Naked Ladies, then Weezer, and now a hip-hop performer calling himself AC have marketed themselves by parodying Internet memes. AC takes on Apple's "New Soul" commercial in the video below. And since three's a trend, we feel obliged to report on it, allowing us to post the video and let it work its magic. Enjoy AC's "New Soul," directed by Steven Tapia during your lunch hour and remember, you're a sucker for these tactics too.

Julia Allison parody funnier than anything she's ever produced

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:20:00 PDT

Richard Blakeley, the Gawker videologist who turned this year's CES into a TV-free zone, has turned his clicker on Wired covergirl Julia Allison. She is a rich target for parody: the lip dubs, the outfits, the new friends she charms into acting like old friends. The only problem with Blakeley's "NomSociety," a spoof of Allison's startup NonSociety? It assumes that anyone was ever paying attention to Allison's "startup." The original work, which you probably haven't seen, below:

NonSociety 101 from NonSociety on Vimeo.

Classic Jakob Lodwick video further explains post-Lodwick productivity surge

Owen Thomas — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Even when Manhattan's favorite Internet hipster Jakob Lodwick isn't high, he's not that hard-working. Connected Ventures cofounder Zach Klein reminisces about the early days of Connected Ventures, the IAC-backed testosteronefest behind CollegeHumor and Vimeo. Lodwick leads the startup's crew in singing "Semi-Charmed Kind of Life," and trashes cofounder Ricky Van Veen's cardboard cutout of Shaquille O'Neal. Any questions on why Vimeo's performance soared after IAC fired Lodwick? shaq attack from Amir Cohen on Vimeo.

Parental advocates rejoice: Thai teen claims "Grand Theft Auto" inspired taxi driver murder

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:20:00 PDT

Bangkok police arrested a Thai teenager "after he was found trying to steer a cab backwards out of a Bangkok street with the severely wounded driver in the back seat," reports Reuters. The kid told police he didn't mean to kill the driver and only stabbed him to death after he fought back. In Take-Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto IV, the game that the kid later said inspired his attack, players don't always have to kill drivers to steal their cars. "He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game," said chief police investigator Veeravit Pipattanasak. New Era Interactive Media, which distributes Grand Theft Auto in Thailand, has asked retailers to remove the game from their shelves.

Michael Dell's succession plan: "Stay away from trucks"

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs would have you believe his health is a private matter, but in this clip Michael Dell, the eponymous founder of the PC churner-outer, tells reporters otherwise.

I talk to our board of directors and one of the questions they ask me from time to time is: What happens if you get run over by a truck? It's a good question for a board to ask. I tell them: I'm staying away from trucks and generally living a clean life.

The clip is embedded below.

Leave Steve Jobs alone!

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:20:00 PDT

Gossips in Palo Alto tell us Apple CEO Steve Jobs spends less and less weekend time at his modest suburban home there. That reminds them of a time when such absences were also commonplace — back when before Jobs announced he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. "I think the cancer is back," one neighbor said. Kris Arnold has had enough with the baseless speculation. We present his spoof of Chris Crocker's "Leave Britney Alone!" rant, "Leave Steve Jobs Alone!":

Woz speaking at Cisco

Owen Thomas — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:20:00 PDT

We hear Steve Wozniak — he's the Apple cofounder who doesn't rain expletives on reporters — is speaking at Cisco at 11:30. We're curious what he has to say. Update: A reader sent in the photo above, and another eyewitness wisecracked: "It's like they transferred all the fat from Jobs to Woz." Ouch! Even former Woz flame Kathy Griffin wasn't that harsh. Any other Cisco tipsters care to send more? Below, a clip from another Woz talk at Google last year:

Abuse and annoy employees from comfort of your own home

Jackson West — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:20:00 PDT

Maybe you'd rather be luxuriating with hookers and blow in your secret, underground orgy grotto than showing up at the office. Or perhaps your employees in Bangalore are slacking on the job, but you don't care to fly halfway around the world. Never fear, telepresence robots are here! I'm pretty sure you could easily have RoboDynamics, the startup behind them, solder on a remotely-triggered taser or bullwhip in case verbal abuse just won't cut it. Or a teledildonic vibrator, if sexual harassment is more your style. You thought I was joking when I said Apple was developing a Robot Steve Jobs — and it's preprogrammed with epithet-laced tirades and lashing macros for one-click ease.

Mena Trott's future millions to fund daughter's therapy sessions

Owen Thomas — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:40:00 PDT

In June, Six Apart's Mena Trott told a CBS reporter, on camera, that she thought her baby was ugly. "Babies that age are kind of meh," she said. "I mean, Penelope has always been cute in our eyes, but looking back at pictures we think 'this is cute?' Not throw-up ugly, but definitely not as cute as now." Her comments did not air, but she inexplicably posted them on her blog, where Penelope — who is actually very cute, as the above still shows — will surely read them years from now. Her husband Ben, who cofounded the blog-software maker, made it on TV with an appropriately fatherly statement: "We just actually feel that she is that cute." Ben, who's pretty cute himself, has always been the shyer one in the Trott family. But we're starting to think he might have the makings of a better spokesperson than the loose-lipped Mena. Ben's TV appearance:

Charles Forman vs. Julia Allison

Owen Thomas — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PDT

They always made for an unlikely couple. Besides a Manhattan address, a burning desire for tech-world fame, ties to Digg founder Kevin Rose, and towering self-regard, Iminlikewithyou founder Charles Forman and former Star TV spokeswoman Julia Allison had practically nothing in common. And now they have broken up, with publicly delivered disses. Allison's mechanism: Twitter, where she wished for "a boyfriend who isn't a whiny bitch." Forman's forum: YouTube, where a tirade against "celebrichauns with founder fetishes" was uploaded. The anti-Allison rant:

Note to Forman: 111 Minna, which he says is a celebrichaun hangout, is actually in San Francisco's Financial District, just south of Market Street — not in the Mission. But thanks for the Valleywag shoutouts, Chuck!

Kevin Rose shaves his head, and 806 people watch

Owen Thomas — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:20:00 PDT

On Sunday, Digg founder Kevin Rose went online, turned on his webcam, and proceeded to shave his head. A Britney Spears-style breakdown for San Francisco's linkbait lothario? No, it was just some charity bet. But we still wonder if former flame Julia Allison's recent run through town had anything to do with Rose's mental state. The saddest thing of it all: 806 people tuned into Rose's lifecasting session to watch.

"Last Lecture" professor dead at 47

Paul Boutin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:40:00 PDT

Knowing — as did his audience — that he was dying of cancer, Carnegie Mellon computer science prof Randy Pausch gave a famous lecture last year called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." Pausch succumbed to pancreatic cancer this morning. Full lecture — don't miss the part where he does pushups — below.

Facebook ladies shake it on stage with Thievery Corporation

Nicholas Carlson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:20:00 PDT

Maybe Facebook's hackathon wasn't an all-nighter like founder Mark Zuckerberg prefers, but that didn't stop Facebook hotties Brandee Barker, Caitlin O'Farrell, Kathleen Loughlin and Raquel DiSabatino from enjoying themselves on stage with Thievery Corporation. Apparently, the crowd enjoyed them on stage too. "So awesome," commented Facebook's Dave Morin, despite being very taken by Google's Brittany Bohnet. Here's what we want to know about the video: Where's Sheryl Sandberg? What, mama don't dance no more? We hear her team insisted she wear jeans to the event, a fashion move the buttoned-up Sandberg almost never makes. But dancing must have been a step too far.

CNBC's editing genius on display in Mark Zuckerberg interview

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 PDT

If you can stand it, it's worth watching a particular excerpt from CNBC's interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg twice. First watch the version CNBC put on the air, embedded above. In that clip, Zuckerberg answers a question sounding sure of himself, speaking in clear, declarative sentences, and smoothly using his talking points, not just rattling them off. Compare it to the clip below of Zuckerberg answering the same question in an unedited version of the interview CNBC reporter Julia Boorstin embedded on her blog. The difference shows CNBC editors' talents — and just how far Zuckerberg has to go before it's safe to put a microphone near him. It all goes downhill after Zuckerberg begins to answer a straightforward softball from Boorstin — "What is the new site design and what does it mean for the user experience?" — by saying, "So for those of you who don't know, I, we just announced, um and launched, started rolling a new site design."

YouTube not a friend to golddiggers

Nicholas Carlson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:40:00 PDT

Manhattan's Philip Smith, who is both an old and a rich, filed for divorce from his 25-years-younger wife Tricia Walsh-Smith, citing cruel and inhuman treatment. Smith told Walsh-Smith he would not pay her more than a prenuptial agreement had stipulated. Then Walsh-Smith went crazy and posted a video to YouTube, in which she claims Smith never had sex with despite hoarding stashes of Viagra, condoms and porn. My favorite part: When she gets Smith's assistant on the line and asks her what to do with it all. Poor bug-eyed crazy lady. The video, embedded below, got plenty of attention — about 3 million views — but in the end, hurt Walsh-Smith more than it helped. Calling her video "a calculated and callous campaign to embarrass and humiliate her husband," a judge yesterday gave Walsh-Smith 30 days to leave the former couple's Park Avenue apartment. The video: