George Bush singing “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
Another good video mash-up – George Bush singing “Sunday Bloody Sunday”.
How long must we sing this song indeed.
Stunning Star Wars artwork
OK, so the title won’t sell this post to non-Star WArs fans but anyone who appreciates high quality artwork will love these production frames from Episode 3 – click on each image for hi-res stunning images – check out the top image of Naboo for a goodn example.
BBC World Adverts
I saw some large versions of these cool adverts for BBC World and didn’t know what the point was – it just looked like a map with the countries jumbled about but look at these small versions and you should see the hidden figures a lot easier – Banksy fans will already know the much-overused rioter throwing a molotov cocktail (3rd image). Not sure if the adverts work if most people can’t see them without an explanation but I still prefer them to most billboards I see every day.
Fun with the AOL data leak
I’m not going to go into the details about the recent AOL data leak here – you only need to know that they accidently released search data of over half a million cutomers which wasn’t anonymised enough. The goons over at Something Awful have been having some fun looking through the results with hilarious results – each section is a collection of search queries from a different user and lead to an amusing but disturbing insight into the typical AOL user’s brain (I know that’s an oxymoron!).
Part 2 is here.
Obadiah Parker – “Hey Ya” (Outkast Cover)
Lovely cover version of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” by Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker. In honour of me getting hold of Outkast’s new ‘Idlewild’ album today – sounding very good so far – they’re still the closest thing to Funkadelic for the modern age.
When (ex) girlfriends go Bezerk
Watch what happens when you cheat on your girlfriend. Note that the pc and monitor get the loudest shouts from the men when she goes to destroy them.
Writely, the Googlely Wordly Processorly
Google are one step closer to world domination with the release of their online collaborative word processor – Writely. The name sucks and in case you hadn’t guessed, it’s still in beta but otherwise it looks good.
Hitler’s Cross – I’m fuming
“This place is not about wars or crimes, but where people come to relax and enjoy a meal,” said the manager of Mumbai’s Hitler’s Cross restaurant. Idiot.
cheers our kid
Rollerblading in an Abandoned Water Park
I can’t believe that I’m jealous of a bunch of rollerbladers – in my opinion it’s skateboarding’s trailer-trash relation – but being let loose in an Abandoned Water Park does look really good fun.
All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us
The only surprise with All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us is that it took so long to appear.
Professionalism at Leeds United
Living in Yorkshire, I’m well used to straight talking but I still never expected to see a phrase like Ken Bates’ comment in a press release.
(and yes, it is a steal from Derek and Clive’s Jump song (lyrics NSFW)).
Lost in translation
It is possible that an online translation led to confusion between cyclists and cystitis.
Chortle.
Dapper: The Data Mapper
Dapper is a very intriguing project which, I think, has a lot of potential. It’s a simple service that allows you to create your own custom API’s for virtually any website. (Non-geeks can look away now). Using a simple GUI, you can extract data from sites and twiddle with it as you please. Techcrunch have a decent write-up of it which explains it better than I can. If you do any form of webdev then you should take a quick look at it.
Is Bush an Idiot?
Instead of asking the question ‘Is Bush an Idiot?‘ you might as well ask ‘What is a rhetorical question?’
Pet Monkeys
It seems that having a pet monkey is a bad idea. Whod’a thunkit?
Microsoft [the] Office
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant resurect David Brent in a couple of very funny corporate videos for Microsoft UK.
Volcanic Smoke Rings
I’ve never managed to blow a decent smoke ring but check out these one from Mount Etna.
Ron Patrick’s jet-powered Honda scooter
I don’t really need to think of anything funny to write about this jet-powered Honda scooter – the reason for posting it is fairly self-evident.
*Edit* – The scooter was Ron’s wife’s – check out his VW Bug on his site!
Tear it Up
In honour of the Cramps playing their first UK gig in 3 yrs, here’s an old video of them performing Tear It Up. I once worked as front of house security for a Cramps gig and spent most of the gig with Lux Interior teetering above me on top of a massive stack of speakers in high heels (him, not me!). I’ve never feared for my life so much during a gig – he also kept flashing his little friend to me between songs which was, erm distracting!
thanks Kim
Sprinkle Brigade
The Sprinkle Brigade – turning dog poop into art.
Unusal choice of product shot
If you need to keep your murder victims nice and toasty you could buy one of these underfloor heating kits from this polished stone flooring manufacturer. They demonstrate this unconventional use by illustrating this product with what a appears to be a corpse lying on the floor. Notice this is not the only unusual choice of imagery on this page – I particularly like the onions in the ‘Polished Stone’ header image!
Google Maps + Google Video + Mashup – Claude Lelouch’s Rendezvous
“On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.”
Nuts!
Old building gets destroyed
Cracking bit of footage of some inch-perfect building destruction. Be careful not to turn it up too loud at work as the explosions are pretty loud. NSFW due to t1tty banners.
Knickers in a Twist
I’m sitting reading this story with my legs firmly crossed.
The return of the OOTTINLTO
Yay! We haven’t had a One of these things… links for a while now – they’re not that easy to find these days (but please keep sending them in if you find good ones). Today’s odd one out is abacus.
thanks andy
Wolverine bodmod
One for Solomon here – the Wolverine bod-mod. You wouldn’t want to wipe your ar5e with those still in! (Site is sometimes NSFW)
Fisting Village?
I think they meant fishing village!
cheers Phil!
The Politically Incorrect A-Z
Every parent at some point ends up with an pictoral alphabet stuck on the kids walls to attempt to teach them the alphabet. It never works so why not have some fun and stick the Politically incorrect A-Z on the bedroom wall.
Firefox crop circle
Does what it says on the tin!
