The Irish Times has launched a new advertising campaign entitled The Story of Why. You can read more about the background to the campaign on their site. Here’s the extended version of their TV ad, which runs to 2 minutes. It’s not clear how long the actual TV version is, though obviously it’s not that […]
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Video: Can You Stare Down Liam Neeson?
Irish actor Liam Neeson’s latest movie, Taken 2, went on release last week. He’s developed a reputation as a big screen hardman, so could you stare him down? Now you can try with this ten hour long Youtube video. Yes – it’s ten hours long. Why anyone would want a ten hour long video clip […]
Gangnam Style Sans Music
Psy’s Gangnam Style has been a huge sensation. Imagine the music video without the actual music – well you don’t have to, as one YouTube user has done all the work for you. NB: the sound effects can be pretty loud [youtube]http://youtu.be/f6ZSZbNfSpk[/youtube]
The Ultimate Geeky Lightbulb?
Over on Kickstarter at the moment there’s a very cool project which is for a new type of light bulb. To be honest it’s more than just a “bulb”, it’s more like an entire lighting system that comes in the shape / form of a light bulb. It’s got wifi, IPv6, it’s eco-friendly .. it’s […]
46th Anniversary of Star Trek Google Doodle
Google’s doodles seem to be getting more complex over time. The most recent one is to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Star Trek TV show Since it’s interactive here’s a screen capture of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/9gM1_6rVL1o[/youtube] Related articles Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before (mashable.com) Google celebrates Star Trek’s 46th […]
Video: Sh*t Apple Fans Say
Yes, I am an Apple fanboy. I’ll admit. Enjoy this video of “Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say” [youtube]http://youtu.be/FFhjDX-DUew[/youtube] Related articles This Apple Blogger Makes $500,000 A Year (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Does it really matter that people don’t know what “the cloud” is?
The recently published U.S. survey (commissioned by Citrix) about the public’s knowledge of Cloud Computing makes for interesting reading. “Most respondents believe the cloud is related to weather, while some referred to pillows, drugs and toilet paper.” This makes for great headlines of course, but it’s the “first to mind” answer people gave when asked […]
Video: Existential Star Wars
Read the subtitles – if you listen to the French dialogue you will get very confused .. ok, the subtitles are confusing too 🙂 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uQWNd540I[/youtube]
An Internet Minute
Intel released this infographic a while back about everything that happens every minute on the internet with some projections of what things will look like in a couple of years time. The statistics are staggering, especially if you’ve been around long enough to remember how primitive the entire thing was 20 years ago (or longer […]
Video: New iPhone Facebook App
Here’s a short video from Facebook showing off the new Facebook for iPhone