Video: Armoured Donkey
Military budget cuts had really affected US troops in Iraq.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Video: What's The Melody?
Someone in this song (you don't have to listen for long) is a very well known melody. Can you identify it? Here's a clue. [via]
Video: Why Did The Drunk Cross The Road?
Is this a common thing to see in Moscow?
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Leftovers
The Largest Insects on Planet Earth - Nothing too creepy here.
Paris Hilton Wants To Have A Baby - "I have a lot of beautiful animals that I look after and I feel I would have a lot to give to my children."
Top 10 Wired.com Reader Transportation Photos - some stunning photos here.
6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time - You can never have enough Firefox extensions.
Rank Checker - An invaluable search engine ranking checking tool for Firefox.
Ridemaster Pro - Horse riding simulator
How to Shoot (Photographs) Like A Terrorist - An amusing guide to acting like a terrorist when out with your camera.
Wikipedia T-Shirt - Funny Wikipedia t-shirt from Busted Tees
Creative Advertisements
Fun Mafia has posted a large collection of some very creative advertisements.
How China Gets Its Troops To Stand To Attention
Image via The Daily Mail
In preparation for the Olympics in China, officers of the People Paramilitary Police are drilled on the parade ground with pins in their collars and crosses on their backs to ensure perfect posture.
Image via The Daily Mail
[via]
Video: Jumping Into Pants
How do you decide to make a video about jumping into a pair of jeans.
Video: First Time In World History, Killer Whales Filmed Hunting Dolphins
Image via Environmental Graffiti
A tour operator in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, along with four lucky tourists, have made the first recording of a a group of Orca whales hunting a dolphin.
Ranier Schimpf was leading a group of divers when they noticed that one dolphin had been separated from a pod by five of the killer whales then repeatedly rammed. The dolphin was sent flying through the air by the force of impact from whales that were several times its size. With the smaller creature finally left laying unconscious on the surface, the whales pulled it below.
The two 7m male, two 5m female, and a 3m calf whales were clearly working as a team against the dolphin, and it appeared it was also a hunting lesson for the calf.
[via]
75 Skills Every Man Should Master
75 skills every man should know including how to take a photo (I think I'm halfway there), swimming three different strokes (yep, although I haven't stepped in a pool since I was about 12), speak a foreign language (bore da?) and describe a glass of wine in one sentence without using the terms nutty, fruity, oaky, finish, or kick (all I can come up with is good, alright, bad. Same for beer)
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Video: Every Version of The Simpsons Couch Gag
(Almost) Every Simpsons couch gag. According to the guys that made this compilation there are 6 couch gags missing. If you want to watch the couch gags at regular speed, here's a 19 minute version. [via]
Shipwrecks & Sea Disasters
Image via Donibane Sanjuan
Dark Roasted Blend has stunning photos of shipwrecks including the one above by Donibane Sanjuan that looks almost like a painting.
World's First Waterproof Watchphone
Image via Into Mobile
I don't think watchphones will ever take off but this one actually looks like a regular watch compared to others that have been released. AS well as being able to make calls, you can also watch videos and take photos with the 2MP camera.
Photos Of Tech Companies' Offices
Image via Office Snapshots
Office Snapshots has a large collection of office from well-known web/tech companies including this fridge in the Digg offices. With good beer like that, I'd never get any work done.
Video: Santa Visits Afghanistan
And he's not delivering gifts...
Lightning Strikes Volcano
© Carlos Gutierrez/UPI
This is the moment lightning struck the a Chilean volcano that is erupting for the first time in 9,000 years. The Sun has more photos.
Video: Eating A Big Mac In One Go
UniqueDaily has 9 more videos of people eating Big Macs in one bite.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Video: Truck vs 7 Cars
CCTV footage (complete with dramatic music) of a truck hitting 7 parked cars.
Pixel Art
Smashing Magazine has compiled a huge collection of pixel art including the one above from Tuukka who makes great use of shadows and lighting. The amount of time that goes into making these works of art is incredible.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Video: The Flatmobile - The World's Lowest Street Legal Car
Not only is the 19-inch high Flatmobile the world's lowest car, it also comes with a jet engine. Here's a video of the car in action.
Video: Heroism Turns To Absolute Despair
A truly sad video showing Roger Williamson crashing in the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix. A combination of bad organisation and poorly trained and equipped fire marshals meant that Williamson was left in his burning car for 8 minutes before the fire was extinguished. He died of asphyxiation.
What makes the video a moving one is that his friend and fellow driver David Purley stopped to try and save his friend and could hear Williamson screaming for help. Marshals watched as Purley tried to turn over the vehicle but was unsuccessful. Then, in what was seen by many as the most shocking aspect of the incident, one of the marshals tried to pull Purley away from the wreck as the helpless Williamson remained trapped.
In an interview Purley said, "I just couldn't turn it over. I could see he was alive and I could hear him shouting, but I couldn't get the car over. I was trying to get people to help me, and if I could have turned the car over he would have been alright, we could have got him out."
For his bravery, Purley was awarded the British Imperial George Medal, the second highest (highest being the George Cross) medal that can ever be awarded to a civilian for bravery. (Wikipedia entry) [via]
Video: Family Guy The Matrix Trailer
The lip-syncing on this is pretty impressive. [via]
Video: Mentos and Diet Coke Explosion at 1200fps
Gizmodo has posted a video showing four different Diet Coke and Mentos explosions filmed at 1200fps. They were filmed using the Casio's EX-F1 camera. At 1200fps, the camera outputs at a strange 336x96 frame size but it's still a very cool feature.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Thai Dog Rescue
A small photoset showing two small children saving a puppy from an an aqueduct in Thailand. They managed to get the dog out.
Video: Gnu vs Rhinos
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A fearless gnu (or whatever it is) tries to take on 4 rhinos. [via]
Video: Montgomery Town FC 75 yard Wondergoal
A keeper for Welsh team Montgomery Town FC scores a goal from a goal-kick.
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