More local video of Tropical Storm Fay on YouTube.

You know, he probably shouldn't have filled his pool yesterday...

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As I'm writing this, the storm is still churning off the Florida coast, but already there are 145 Fay-related clips on YouTube.

Surprisingly, I haven't seen any videos of surfers taking advantage of the bigger waves. But there are quite a few clips like this:

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Used to be, if one of your colleagues was leaving for another job, there would be cake at the office and -- depending on the person -- possibly a celebration at a local bar.

But apparently I am behind on the times. Now it seems bringing a video camera and taking the party to YouTube is to be all the rage. A quick search for "farewell party" on YouTube brought up more than 3,000 entries.

One of the newest entries comes from my co-worker Scott, who today posted a tribute on YouTube to dearly departed colleague Ivette Yee. I typically try to avoid posting Sun-Sentinel colleagues' videos online, but this was too good to resist:

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Sun-Sentinel Travel Editor Tom Swick hit Fort Lauderdale beach to see if Spring Breakers knew "Where the Boys Are."

Check out his Jay Leno-style quiz on the 1960 book.

Watch the video here: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/video/?slug=sfl-springbreak2008-video

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Elvis Presley sang "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce" in the 1965 movie Girl Happy. I've never seen the movie, but judging from the clip below and this movie trailer, I'll definitely be checking it out.

What's your favorite Elvis movie?

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A Sun-Sentinel reader e-mailed this to our editors, and it landed in my inbox Thursday. I don’t know much about whale sharks, but I figured it would be cool to post some homegrown video on the blog.

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