Here’s a big surprise: Serbian video of dead “alien” is a hoax.

By , on 26 April, 2011

Over the weekend one of my relatives asked me if I had seen that Russian dead alien video that’s been racking up hits on YouTube. I replied that I had not. Then they asked me if I thought it was a fake. Absolutely, I said.

But how can you be so sure when you haven’t . . . → Read More: Here’s a big surprise: Serbian video of dead “alien” is a hoax.

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Google Zeitgeist 2010

By , on 12 December, 2010

One of the upsides of being the world’s most popular search engine is that you get a good idea of what the world is paying attention to. Which brings us to the Google Zeitgeist 2010. An aggregation of the billions of searches done at Google over the past year which you can browse to see . . . → Read More: Google Zeitgeist 2010

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Christian YouTuber rants on atheists before committing murder-suicide.

By , on 14 April, 2009

This one happened close to home for me. Anthony Powell was a prolific YouTuber known for his misogyny and ant-atheist rants. He attended Henry Ford Community College and last Friday—ironically Good Friday no less—he posted his last YouTube rant before heading to school armed with a shotgun. There he tracked down Asia McGowan, a fellow . . . → Read More: Christian YouTuber rants on atheists before committing murder-suicide.

28 comments   Atheism, Don't Be That Guy, Rants, Religion   , , , , ,  

Best. “Doctor Who.” Episode. Ever.

By , on 12 September, 2008

A bunch of kids, with some help from Dad no doubt, film their own episode of Doctor Who versus the Daleks complete with music and appropriately low-budget special effects. It is a six minute and forty-three second tour de force:

The thing that makes this so cool to me is I can remember desperately wanting . . . → Read More: Best. “Doctor Who.” Episode. Ever.

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E.A. goes for the “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” argument.

By , on 21 August, 2008

Apparently there was a small bug in the Tiger Woods ‘08 golf simulation which allowed Tiger Woods to walk on water. Someone using the nick Levinator25 filmed the glitch and posted it to YouTube as the “Jesus Shot.” EA noticed the video and responded with one of their own:

Gotta admit, that’s pretty funny.

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Videos of “Spore” creatures are up on YouTube. Also Sporepedia is up.

By , on 13 June, 2008

While the game itself won’t be out until September, the creature creator will be released on June 17th. The folks at Maxis have already given it to some folks to try out including a bunch of celebrities that are competing to win money for a charity of their choice by designing a cool creature. Already . . . → Read More: Videos of “Spore” creatures are up on YouTube. Also Sporepedia is up.

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And now for a little musical interlude…

By , on 5 June, 2008

YouTube user kirkslashspock came up with this interesting mash up between the old Star Trek cartoon and Pulp’s song Common People featuring William Shatner:

I don’t know if I’m more disturbed by the fact that I’m watching old Star Trek cartoon clips or that I actually enjoyed that song…

Found via Boing Boing.

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