Previously: 2010 fail compilation.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Protester of the day: man jumps from balcony in Romanian Parliament
It happened this morning during Parliament no-confidence motion against the government voting session against the government: a man jumped from the chamber balcony (about 23 feet) right when the Prime minister was giving a speech.
He did it as a protest against the government's policy during the current recession and its austerity measures. He was wearing a t-shirt with the words "You have killed our future" written on it and yelled: "You have taken the bread from my children's mouths, you have killed the future of our children" right before he jumped.
(Warning: graphic video)
According to reports, the man's suffered a leg and a nose fracture. While they were taking him out on a stretcher, he yelled "Freedom!"
This is all over the news right now in Romania.
He did it as a protest against the government's policy during the current recession and its austerity measures. He was wearing a t-shirt with the words "You have killed our future" written on it and yelled: "You have taken the bread from my children's mouths, you have killed the future of our children" right before he jumped.
(Warning: graphic video)
According to reports, the man's suffered a leg and a nose fracture. While they were taking him out on a stretcher, he yelled "Freedom!"
This is all over the news right now in Romania.
Then and now
Redditor idointernet and his mom, in 1981 and now:
Also: mattcrowell's grandma in the same place, in 1920 and in 2010.
Update: Idointernet has made the newspapers
Also: mattcrowell's grandma in the same place, in 1920 and in 2010.
Update: Idointernet has made the newspapers
Quadrocopter plays 'Jingle Bells'
Echo, the quadrotor helicopter, wants to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year on behalf of its designers form the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Dynamic Systems and Control, by playing you Jingle Bells on a piano.
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Related: watch a quadrocopter in action.
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Related: watch a quadrocopter in action.
Ghostbusters t-shirt of the day
The officially licensed Peter Venkman Ghostbusters costume t-shirt featuring glow in the dark slime is now available for purchase at NerdyShirts.
Gay kiss magazine cover
A somewhat altered famous photo was used by Seattle Weekly on its cover to pay a tribute to the repeal of the military Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
SeattleWeekly
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Antoine Dodson - "Chimney Intruder"
Antoine Dodson is back on Lopez Tonight premiering his new Christmas hit Chimney Intruder.
RIP a good meme.
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RIP a good meme.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Christmas meme video of the day
Brought to you by employees of Klick, who want to wish you a Merry Christmas.
Guess as many references as you can and win a free iPad.
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Guess as many references as you can and win a free iPad.
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The story of evolution told with fingers, by Cyriak
Walks of Life, by Cyriak: the abridged story of life on earth, as told through the medium of walking fingers.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Fun fact: there's a Qur'an written in Saddam Hussein's blood
And the thing is, they don't know what to do with it.
From The Guardian:
From The Guardian:
Over the course of two painstaking years in the late 1990s, Saddam Hussein had sat regularly with a nurse and an Islamic calligrapher; the former drawing 27 litres of his blood and the latter using it as a macabre ink to transcribe a Qur'an. But since the fall of Baghdad, almost eight years ago, it has stayed largely out of sight - locked away behind three vaulted doors. It is the one part of the ousted tyrant's legacy that Iraq has simply not known what to do with.
Movie supercut of the day: people laughing
Scenes from 67 movies featuring rather strange laughs:
You can see the full movie list in the Youtube link.
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You can see the full movie list in the Youtube link.
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Follow-up: Homeless guy plays 'Creep', goes viral, gets record deal
We too have have posted the video of Daniel Mustard, the homeless guy playing Radiohead's "Creep" on the Opie and Anthony radio show. It pretty soon became an Internet phenomenon, making over 1,7 million views. Looks like he's doing a lot better now, he's off the streets and he is singing professionally: with the help of the millions of fans he made on the Internet, he's got a record deal with Story Records.
Danielmustardmusic.com
Hypebot | via
Danielmustardmusic.com
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From the archives: snow vehicle from the 1926
The Armstead Snow Motor was a vehicle designed to move on difficult snow terrain using two horizontal cylinders, developed in the early 1920s. The snow vehicles from The Shining have got shit on The Armstead Snow Motor.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Christmas-themed song of the day
Majela ZeZe Diamond performs her song Father Christmas F***ed my P***y.
(obviously, NSFW language)
Check out some more of her songs on Majela ZeZe Diamond's Youtube channel.
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(obviously, NSFW language)
Check out some more of her songs on Majela ZeZe Diamond's Youtube channel.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Pic of the day/From the archives: some movie directors
From left to right: Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis and Francis Ford Coppola. At George Lucas’s 50th birthday at Skywalker Ranch, May 14, 1994.
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Ukrainian Parliament fight
The members of the Ukrainian Parliament sure love a good fight.
Members of president Viktor Yanukovich's party stormed the parliament podium last night after supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the opposition, currently under investigation for acts of corruption, blocked it, protesting against the political repressions against her. According to reports, 5 members of the opposition were hospitalized.
The Telegraph
Members of president Viktor Yanukovich's party stormed the parliament podium last night after supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the opposition, currently under investigation for acts of corruption, blocked it, protesting against the political repressions against her. According to reports, 5 members of the opposition were hospitalized.
The Telegraph
iPhone translator app: Word Lens
World Lens is an iPhone app that instantly translates words its video camera films. Check out the demo video:
Currently available: only Spanish-English and English-Spanish.
Download it here
Currently available: only Spanish-English and English-Spanish.
Download it here
Fun with Amazon customer images: Playmobil Security Check Point
Customers trolling Amazon product pages:
Playmobil Security Check Point
Previously: the laptop steering-wheel desk, the motion-activated sprinkler, the anti-seize lubricant.
Playmobil Security Check Point
Previously: the laptop steering-wheel desk, the motion-activated sprinkler, the anti-seize lubricant.
Meme alert: Family Tech Support Guy
From Uresque:
This recent character has been popping up on 4chan lately. He's known as Family Tech Support Guy, and he's a reluctant college student who came home for Christmas only to find a host of computer-related questions from the family, all so trivial and beneath him that he can only respond with reluctance and disdain.Meme Generator / Know Your Meme
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