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Friday, March 30, 2012
The Cinnamon challenge: grandma edition
Somebody's denture-wearing 60-year-old grandmother takes on the Cinnamon Challenge. Things go as expected.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Painted needlepoint ship wreck art
The works of painter Caroline Larsen that recreate mostly images of cargo ships in predicaments, done in a needlepoint-like oil paint technique, are on display at the Angell Gallery in Toronto, from March 31st to April 28th.
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Freedom flask
The FreedomFlask is a hidden receptacle that allows you to bring your own booze to parties and other events.
Buy it on Amazon
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The returning sailor grandson photobomber
Ellis has been away at sea since July 2011 and suddenly he pops up by surprise in his grandmother's 76th birthday picture.
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The elephant in the parking lot
From The Irish Examiner:
Shoppers in a Cork city suburb got a bit of a surprise yesterday when an elephant decided to wander around a retail carpark before charging up to a traffic junction.via
Gardaí were called to the Blackpool area after the animal broke free from a nearby circus.
The circus is currently situated at the site of the old Sunbeam factory, which is just three minutes away.
The Indian elephant appeared to be in quite belligerent form, refusing to be led by his keeper.
Despite the efforts of the two circus employees, the elephant made another dash for freedom, running towards the nearby Blackpool Shopping Centre.
The runaway was eventually stopped at the traffic lights and escorted back to the circus.
Off-roading like a boss: 4WD goes through a creek
In Australia, they have an old saying: "who needs boats when you have an 1980's Toyota Land Cruiser, mate."
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86-year-old gymnast
At 86, gymnast Johanna Quaas is pretty old, but not old enough to not perform this floor routine at the Turnier der Meister competition, in Cottbus, Germany.
Also: here she is on the parallel bars
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Also: here she is on the parallel bars
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Viral videos recreated in Minecraft
Minecrafter Cuzzzic more-or-less accurately recreates 5 of the viral-est meme videos: Keyboard Cat, Dramatic Prairie Dog, Sneezing Baby Panda, Badger Badger Badger and Double Rainbow.
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Obama sings "Sexy and I Know It"
The guys from BaracksDubs, the same responsible for Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up, have the POTUS sing LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It.
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New fad: Draping
Inspired by Don Draper, from the Mad Men intro, people all over the world are tweeting their pictures.
#Draping
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#Draping
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Alicia Silverstone feeding her son
It's not enough that Alicia Silverstone named her son "Bear", she also has to feed him like a bird.
She explains on her blog:
She explains on her blog:
I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon. Yum! I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup…from my mouth to his. It’s his favorite...and mine. He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I’m eating. This video was taken about a month or 2 ago when he was a bit wobbly. Now he is grabbing my mouth to get the food!via
Choking dog saves himself by calling the police
From The Sun:
George, the two-year-old Basset Hound, had knocked the phone to the floor and got entangled in the wire — winding it round his neck.via
And he panicked so much he incredibly managed to ring 999 as he pawed at the phone trying to free himself.
The emergency operator alerted police who dashed to the empty home of driving instructor Steve Brown and his daughter Lydia, 18 on Saturday night.
They were preparing to smash down the door when a family friend from a nearby house ran out with a key to let them in.
Four officers sprinted through the house in South Hiendley, West Yorkshire, searching the rooms.
And then neighbour Paul Walker walked into the living room and found terrified George choking — with the phone lead wound tightly round his neck.
Paul, 41, ripped the phone apart to wrench the wire from George's throat.
New trailer for 'The Dictator'
New official trailer for The Dictator reveals more about the Sacha Baron Cohen movie.
Previous trailer for The Dictator
Previous trailer for The Dictator
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Bulgarian 'Married with Children'
Following other countries such as Argentina, Armenia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Russia or Spain, Bulgaria recently launched their version of Married with Children, 15 years after the original stopped airing. The show is called Bikovi and it can be watched on Nova TV.
Here's a link where you can watch the first episode of the show.
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Cute kid video of the day: little boy notices his shadow for the first time
Redditor Uglie's 19-month-old son Devin is intrigued by the disappearing-and-reappearing figure on the floor that seems to be imitating him.
Meanwhile, in Brazil
Apparently, stuff like this happens in shopping malls in Brazil: Former Big Brother star Cláudia "Cacau" Colucci takes a shower for all the viewers' delight, to promote Gota Cosméticos.
(Warning: sNSFW video)
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(Warning: sNSFW video)
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'Totall Recall' remake
Colin Farrell is the new Arnold Schwarzenegger. And Kate Beckinsale, the Sharon Stone.
Here's the movie's synopsis:
Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) whom he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) – there is no one Quaid can trust, except possibly a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) working for the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy). The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate. The film is directed by Len Wiseman. The screenplay is by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback and the screen story is by Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Jon Povill. The producers are Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe.And a teaser trailer has just been released:
Release date August 3, 2012.
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Shitter: Tweeter feed on toilet paper
Shitter is an app that basically prints a Tweeter feed of your choice on four toilet paper rolls .
From LaughingSquid:
It works like this: you authorize the app to work with your Twitter account, choose your feeds, pay for the service, and you are then mailed four toilet paper rolls of a Twitter feed. Shitter has the tagline, "Social media has never been so disposable."
Breaking Mad
Vimeo user Hey Look A Monster, brings us a mash-up between "two of the best shows on television," Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
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Somebody lost a GoPro camera
Youtube user Wilsonpirates has found a GoPro camera while playing with his metal detector on Crystal Cove Beach in Newport, CA. He edited the 17 clips that were on it and posted them, in the hope that somebody might recognize somebody, and find the owner of the camera.
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Unexpected back flips
Youtube user Blimp01 gets a little bored, so he decides to do some random backflips in unexpected places.
Also: the ones that didn't make in in the final cut
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Also: the ones that didn't make in in the final cut
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eBay item of the day
Is it a bird...? Is it a plane...?
Nope, just Chuck Testa.
Taxidermy: Wild Grey Super Squirrel @ eBay
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Google Amazon View
Last year, the Google people from Brazil and the US went to the Amazon Basin with the mission of collecting ground-level images of the rivers, forest and communities in the Rio Negro Reserve. And they made them available for the Google Street View users for this year's World Forest Day (March 23.)
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Jumping robot
Boston Dynamics' Sand Flea is just like an RC car, only it can jump 30 feet in the air. It weighs about 11 pounds and it's being developed for the US Army's Rapid Equipping Force, where it's likely to be used for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Airplane pilot has a mis-flight meltdown
A JetBlue pilot went through an apparent mental breakdown during a flight from New York City to Las Vegas yesterday, when he was locked out of the cockpit by the flight staff.
According to one witness, the pilot emerged from the restroom mentioning a bomb and shouting "Iraq, al-Qaida, terrorism, we're all going down." He then reportedly approached the cockpit and began repeatedly banging on the door asking for the code which had apparently been changed to prevent his reentry.TDW
He was allegedly subdued by multiple passengers prior to landing.
Creative Jay-Z inspired shirts
XL 106.7 radio DJ Brian Grimes and his wife Jennifer, wearing their custom-made Orlando Magic shirts.
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Footage from James Cameron descent to the Mariana Trench
James Cameron releases the first ever video footage of the bottom of the Mariana Trench – seven miles below the ocean's surface.
The Telegraph
The Telegraph
Drunk girl/tree make-out session
Drunk or high girl at Ultra Music Festival gives the term "tree hugger" a whole new meaning.
(Warning: sNSFW video)
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(Warning: sNSFW video)
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Viral marketing of the day: elephant plays with a Galaxy Note
Peter the tech-savvy elephant uses his trunk to play with Samsung's new smart phone/tablet hybrid - Galaxy Note, does better than most lizards or frogs.
Thanks Vincenzo
Thanks Vincenzo
Octomom poses in the nude
Nadya "Octomom" Suleman has accepted European magazine Closer's offer to pose naked (with her panties on, and without nipple), for the alleged sum of $10,000.
"I'm doing that (posing nude) because I need to feed my kids. I need to pay the bills. And I'm still very cognizant of the repercussions of my choices."TMZ
You can view the photos - here
Man shoots woman, mistaking her hair with a bird
Derrill Rockwell told police he grabbed his rifle, the .22-caliber he kept handy to kill rodents around the house, about 5 a.m. Oct. 5 and walked outside to confront it.The Daily Sentinel | via
The bird.
Possibly, he told police, the same fowl he suspected of harassing his cats recently around his home near Orchard Mesa Cemetery.
It was red, sitting at the top of a hill about 90 feet away from Rockwell.
"His intent was to spook it away," Deputy District Attorney Jason Conley told District Judge Richard Gurley on Friday.
Rockwell shot once but said he didn’t see the bird fly away. Soon after, he heard a woman’s voice, moaning in pain. Rockwell discovered a 23-year-old woman, with a large red mohawk, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Jon McNaughton - 'One Nation Under Socialism'
Right wing painter Jon McNaughton introduces his painting of President Obama holding a burning Constitution, One Nation Under Socialism.
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The Festival of Colors
Footage from the 2012 Holi Festival of Colors at Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah:
Made by Devin Graham, music: Kyle Andrews - Sushi
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Made by Devin Graham, music: Kyle Andrews - Sushi
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Hitler is selling shampoo
This is offensive on so many levels: ad for Biomen shampoo from Turkey features none other than the Fürher himself saying:
"If you're not wearing women's clothes, you shouldn't be using women's shampoo either. Here it is. A real man's shampoo. Biomen. Real men use Biomen."According to website Kehaber.org, despite massive protest from the Jewish community in Turkey, the ad is still airing.
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Photoshop troll
The guys from PhotoshopTroll.com set up a "bait website," to bring in more requests for material on their site. Here are the emails with one of their "clients":
Photoshop Troll
Photoshop Troll
Angry Birds on the Space Needle
A 300-foot slingshot with a big 35-foot tall Red Bird attached to it hangs on Seattle's Space Needle, in a publicity stunt, promoting Rovio's new Angry Birds Space, available starting March 25.
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Laziness level: 100: man saws off leg to avoid work
From Reuters:
Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.via
Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Facebook 'Enemy' app
Fed up with the fact that Facebook only allows positive feedback about stuff, director of the emerging-media program at the University of Texas at Dallas, Dean Terry, and his graduate student Bradley Griffith, have created a plugin, called EnemyGraph, which allows the social network's users to name their enemies, which then show up in their profiles.
Also: Dislike button
"We're using 'enemy' in the same loose way that Facebook uses 'friends,'" Mr. Terry explained. "It really just means something you have an issue with."The Chronicle of Higher Education
"It's social-media blasphemy, in that we're suggesting that you share differences you have with people and share things that you don't like instead of what you do like," he told me last week. "I think social media needs some disruption. It needs its shot of Johnny Rotten."
Who was Mr. Terry so eager to diss? "One of the first things I put was the band Journey," he said of his enemy list, "just because they annoy me, and I thought it was funny." He has also enemied Deepak Chopra and the color red.
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Man gets arrested apparently for being assaulted by police officer
A video filmed by blogger Jade Cervantes, showing a man getting arrested by Fort Collins PD officer Kyle Bendzsa, after being shoved for no apparent reason by another police officer, is causing quite a stir on the Internet today.
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"We don't want to jump to conclusions. But I want to assure the public that we will look carefully at what took place in the video and get a clear picture about what happened," said police spokesman Sgt. Jon Holsten, who also runs Internal Affairs. "The chief has ordered a review of the video and asked us to get to the bottom of it."Coloradoan / Realm
Holsten said officers investigating the video are still trying to determine when the video was shot, the identity of the man involved, and what happened before and after the video was shot. He said police have received no formal complaints about the incident.
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Tenacious D are back
6 years after The Pick of Destiny, rock and roll duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass are set to release their new album The Rize of the Fenix, on May 15th, and they're announcing it with this celebrity-filled short film/music video.
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Woman drinks her own piss
From TLC's My Strange Addiction: Carrie finds the warmth of urine comforting and drinks about five glasses a day.
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Giant paper airplane
The guys from the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, have built and then, with the help of a helicopter, launched a 45-foot paper airplane. It didn't fly much, but it did fly. Here;s a video featuring the first seconds of it:
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson comments on his meme
The "sexiest astrophysicist alive" Neil DeGrasse Tyson is on The Verge with Joshua Topolsky, talking about the "Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here" meme and its origin.
The Verge
The Verge
Dog welcomes owner home
Chuck the boxer gets a little excited about seeing his daddy when he comes home after an 8-month deployment.
Also: the same thing, a year ago
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Also: the same thing, a year ago
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Obama's compliment catch phrases
Danish TV show Detektor picks up on the variety of the compliments used by President Obama's in meetings with different heads of state.
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iPad magic of the day
Swedish magicians Charlie Caper and Ertik Rosales are at MIPIM in Cannes, using iPads to promote Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Zoolander IRL
Hansel meets the real Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Picture tweeted by none other than Ben Stiller.
@RedHourBen
Picture tweeted by none other than Ben Stiller.
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Dog gets punished for being bad
Pug gets sent to stand at the door for stealing a sausage off the table. He acts as guilty as he is.
Recently: dog goes to his room for being bad
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Recently: dog goes to his room for being bad
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'Chief Exec': Obama meets 'Mad Men'
From this Sunday's The Chris Matthews Show on NBC: designer Rodney Turner recreates the opening sequence of Mad Men, shot-by-shot, with President Barack Obama and the Oval Office, "showcasing his rivals and highlighting the issues that may complicate his bid for reelection in 2012."
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8-year-old chain smoker
8-year-old Adi Ilham from Sukabuma, Indonesia, dropped out of school because they wouldn't allow him to smoke and he smokes about 25 cigarettes a day.
Also, his parents can't stop him from smoking, because if they do, he gets really pissed.
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Also, his parents can't stop him from smoking, because if they do, he gets really pissed.
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Happy cows
Cows from a farm in the UK display their excitement for being released from their indoor winter housing to their fresh pasture for spring and summer grazing.
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Biker fights crime
And by crime, we mean littering: man on a moped throws a piece of garbage thrown out by somebody from a car, back into their car.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Blind pit bull playing fetch
Youtuber jojo2oo3 assures us that Brilla, his pit bull adopted from the Adore-A-Bull rescue in Cincinnati, is completely blind. However, here she is playing fetch with a squeaky ball.
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Jason Biggs goes full Kony
Happened this morning, at the WGN-TV News station: CCTV cameras catch American Pie star Jason Biggs going on a naked rampage on the station's hallway, in an apparent attempt to parody Kony 2012 director Jason Russell's meltdown from last week. The incident took place after an interview given by Biggs and co-star Seann William Scott on the morning news show.
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Expensive bling of the day
It's probably the first ring that can be properly called a "diamond ring", since it's made entirely out of a block of diamond, it took Swiss jeweler Mohamed Shawesh over a year to carve it, it weighs neither more nor less than 150 carats and it's expected to sell for $70 million. Diamonds are forever!
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Chuck Palahniuk is selling his Fight Club table
Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book Fight Club, is giving away his faux IKEA Ying-Yang coffee table that appeared in Edward Norton's to-be-blown-up apartment in the movie. The table was given to him by director David Fincher as a gift after completing the movie, and all the proceeds from the sale are to benefit an animal shelter called the Pixie Project.
If you want it, you can buy it yourself, on eBay
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Benjamin Franklin's synonyms for "drunk"
A Benjamin Franklin impersonator recites the 228 "round-about phrases" to describe drunkenness published by the Founding Father in the Pennsylvania Gazette, in 1737.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Celebrities reading offensive tweets about themselves
To celebrate Twitter's 6th birthday, Jimmy Kimmel has some of the social network's celebrity users read negative posts about themselves on his show.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
Michael K. Williams to play ODB
Michael K. William - Omar from The Wire and Chalky White from Boardwalk Empire is going to portray Wu Tang Clan legend Russel "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones.
Titled Dirty White Boy, the film focuses on the offbeat friendship between the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder and Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant who through a lot of hustle (and the occasional lie) talked his way into becoming the rapper’s manager when Jones was serving a three-year stint in prison in the early 2000s.Entertainment Weekly | via
Despite Weisfeld’s inexperience, and having a client whose talent was undermined by addiction and mental illness, the novice manager engineered an unlikely comeback — only to have it cut short by the star’s fatal drug overdose in 2004 at age 35.