Amusing and funny stuff we found online
Apple Watch goes on view today in the US UK and other countries – but not yet in Ireland. But here’s a fun project to design an build an anachronistic Apple II Watch – a device that never was! Amateur electronics designer Aleator777 spent about 3 weeks designing and building his tongue-in-cheek timepiece. He’s even written […]
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin reunite in the all-new trailer for the Netflix original series: Grace and Frankie. The series premieres on Friday, May 8 exclusively on Netflix. In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda (“Grace”) and Lily Tomlin (“Frankie”) star as two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are […]
The next time someone says “what has the Internet ever done for us“, show them this video. I rest my case 🙂 Beannachtaí na Cásca – Happy Easter! HT: Boing Boing
Young Adult fiction is a twenty-first century phenomenon. Of course books aimed at kids and young adults isn’t new, but the enthusiasm with which it is celebrated by the young and not so young is certainly a mark of our times. I’m a geek, not a literature critic (dammit, Jim!) so I’m not going to go into the relative […]
We’ve all seen ‘Hitler Reacts’. Now meet El Risitas – the Spanish comedian who can’t stop laughing at his own stories. He’s the new template for a string of parody videos where the subtitles all tell a different story as he laughs himself sick. In this latest video, Apple’s new MacBook is presented as the result of […]
You might not have heard of Zach King if you’re not a Vine user, but this compilation of his special effects videos will leave you in no doubt as to why Zach is the King of six second video. [youtube]http://youtu.be/E2lNz1LqYyQ[/youtube]
Somebody thought it was about time that the Mary Poppins’ song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” got a death metal version. The result is hilarious and well worth watching (and listening to):
Only a sick and fevered mind could have imagined this ‘Star Wars’ title sequence, in the style of techie action man MacGyver. Which goes to show that it’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good. I do hope the guy is feeling better now though. [youtube]http://youtu.be/C54yPPiQMfw[/youtube] HT: Emmet Ryan, who – thankfully – is […]
So Fifty Shades of Grey – the film – is on show this week, while the trailer has been teasing audiences for months. Now enjoy the LEGO version! [youtube]http://youtu.be/S7AvZPTT4kU[/youtube]
Airline safety briefings can be dull, especially for frequent flyers who have heard it all before. But Air New Zealand would like you to pay attention, and being “The Official Airline of Middle-Earth”, they’ve enlisted the help of director Peter Jackson and some of the stars of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films to […]
