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Now *here’s* a biker gang we’d happily join
Footage from a classic Shaw Brothers movie, directed by Lau Kar Leung. Via UniqueDaily.
15Oct2008 | MINE admin | 1 comment | Continued
YouTube psychic? This “Prediction” might make you a believer
From the mighty-mighty cool Bits & Pieces blog: You’re going to play a little game with Richard Wiseman. At the end, you might think Wiseman is a YouTube psychic.
Wiseman is actually a professor and pop-psychologist from the United Kingdom. He’s well known for debunking unusual and paranormal phenomena. In several books, he points out the [...]
Internet Meme Timeline = Teh Awesome
The “Internet Meme Timeline” chronicles the history of online memes (way back to the late 1980s), but deserves to be a meme itself. Recent classics such as “All Your Base Are Belong To Us,” “Chocolate Rain,” “Snakes On A Plane” and “Star Wars Kid” are featured here, as well as old school phenomena, like “Domo-kun [...]
15Oct2008 | MINE admin | 1 comment | ContinuedIncredible James Cameron video interview
The typically-elusive film director James Cameron (Titanic, True Lies, Aliens, Terminator 1 and 2) recently appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s late-night TV talk show The Hour. There, he chatted with host George Stroumboulopoulos about some fascinating topics, including his early film career … and gave some cool deets about his upcoming 3D sci-fi action [...]
15Oct2008 | MINE admin | 0 comments | Continued
Judgmental Cat is judging you
According to the credits, this video (RSS readers can find it here) was created two years ago, but it just washed up on our beach here at MINE HQ, and we literally LOL’ed.
We’re on a roll today with the funny videos. Hope you guys don’t mind — it’s hump day, and we could all use [...]
Close Talking: Steve Martin is a hilarious space invader
This Saturday Night Live “digital short” film is awesome. Watch as Gary (played by Steve Martin) and his buddy (Will Forte) get … reacquainted … after not seeing each other for some time. Brilliant comic timing and editing — not to mention these performances! — make this a keeper.
The vid’s around two minutes long. RSS [...]
50 Impressions In 50 Seconds
Illinois comedian Doug “Darien” Walker — better known on the World Wide Everywhere as “ThatGuyWithTheGlasses” — is a maestro of the mini-movie. He’s got gobs of funny content at his website, including the absolutely hysterical 5 Second Movie series.
But this “50 Impressions In 50 Seconds” video is equal parts impressive and hilarious. We’ve never seen [...]
A pool table worthy of 007’s cue (…or is that Q?)
Having a pool table is great, but let’s face it: they’re space hogs. Dedicated for only one thing (shootin’ pool, natch), they can really get in the way. So how do you get around that when you want one of these bad boys in your home?
Our suggestion: go for the James Bond Villain option.
Highly impractical. [...]
New fighter jet busts radar, lands on a dime, and runs off Energon cubes
Check out this wicked cool video of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, the first fighter to combine stealth technology with short takeoff/vertical landing capabilities.
Translation: This plane is practically invisible to radar and could take off and land in your backyard. And that cool transformation? It happens with the push of a button.
Now all they [...]
14Oct2008 | MINE admin | 1 comment | Continued
Free video games! Woot!
This week, Toys R Us has an online deal that’s hard to pass up. All you have to do is order three video games at the compay’s site, and the lowest-priced game is automatically free! Some even qualify for free shipping. The kind folks at Cheap Ass Gamer have an extensive FAQ that outlines the [...]
14Oct2008 | MINE admin | 0 comments | Continued
“Nametones” section debuts at Myxer.com!
Make your mobile phone truly yours with this ultra-personalized ring bling!
With Myxer’s Nametones, your phone can announce your name when it rings (“Aaron, Your Phone Is Ringing…”), or when a specific friend or family member is buzzing (“Your Mom’s Calling…”). Set to Hip-Hop, R&B and Country tunes, there’s literally a ringtone with your name on [...]
Myxer.com kicks it Digital Underground style!
There ain’t no party like a Digital Underground party, ‘cuz the D.U. party don’t stop … and today, the Bay Area hip hop crew is having the hugest of parties at Myxer.com!
It’s a takeover of Humpty-Hump proportions: Digital Underground, best-known for their 1989 breakthrough first single, “The Humpty Dance,” has commandeered Myxer’s home page to [...]
A *real* Spider-Man trailer: “Web of Shadows”
So we were teasing earlier today, when we blogged about the new Spider-Man 4 movie trailer. But check out the trailer for the upcoming Web of Shadows Spidey video game, which debuts later this month. We watch this and wish that Spider-Man 3 was half as good as this trailer suggests WoS will be.
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13Oct2008 | MINE admin | 0 comments | ContinuedReal monkeys are terrified of Indian “monkey man” (and so are we)
From Monkeys In the News: Acchan Miyan, who’s also known as Gudde, is allowed to monkey around at work — in fact it’s an essential part of his job. The 42-year-old is employed by the railway authorities in northern India to be a Monkey man.
He’s paid $7 a day to scare away real monkeys. There’s [...]



