All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers!

Own your audience and stop relying on YouTube. [Social Times]

Trying to understand the invisible array of algorithms that power your Netflix suggestions has long been a favorite sport, but what’s actually going on in that galaxy of big data, those billions and billions of ratings stars? [Wired]

See “A Darkness Visible:Afghanistan” take shape, from radio cuts to final output in less than 3 minutes. [MediaStorm Blog]

In New York, widely regarded as a gay-friendly city, reports of attacks on same-sex couples are on the rise, one young couple tells their story. [The New York Times]

In this multimedia presentation Nichols and Williamson re-create the feast and famine of the plains; the purring, bleating, and roaring of these cats; the fragile balance of lion survival. [National Geographic]

“We have no problems with others telling the story. Our own perceptions need to be challenged. It is the monopoly that the West has had on our storytelling that we question.” [The New York Times – Lens Blog]

In a new book, “America’s Obsessives,” author Joshua Kendall argues that obsessive compulsive personality disorder has shaped many great figures who have in turn shaped our country. [Salon]

“What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness” – George Saunders gives advice to graduates [New York Times Magazine – The 6th Floor]

Famous guns. [Federico Mauro]

The “12 O’CLOCK BOYS” are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore — popping wheelies and weaving at excessive speeds through traffic, the group impressively evades the hamstrung police. [YouTube]

Somebody went and wrote the ultimate Craigslist missed connection. [Gawker]