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VIDEO OF THE DAY – GI Joe skate stunt
Catch the GI Joes off guard and off duty 30 July 2009 12:00 GMTSo, when the GI Joes aren’t saving the world from criminal masterminds and their dastardly plans, what do they get up to?
Mischief, by the looks of things.
And don’t worry – the effects in the movie are, much, much better than this.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Twitterati
Track the top tweeters and bloggers 30 July 2009 0:00 GMTSo, who’s the king tweeter?
Who’s the top dog of blogs?
Twitterati will tell you, charting the tweets from the many voices of authority out there in the ether.
It’s safe to say that David Cameron won’t be featuring.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Urban Screen
Remember this the next time you need your house painted 29 July 2009 12:00 GMTThis is simply awesome. Urban Screen is a German company that paints using light and 21st century 3D animation.
Oh, and they paint on the sides of buildings.
The results speak for themselves.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Vocabsushi
Give your vocabulary a once over 29 July 2009 0:00 GMTPowerful things, words.
They can be the difference between fame and obscurity, celebrity and notoriety, prosperity and destitution
Best to brush up on a few then.
www.vocabsushi.com
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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Rankin
Tips for top snaps from Rankin via Cocker 28 July 2009 13:00 GMTIf you've had your mugshot done by Rankin, you've made it.
His iconic portraits hang on gallery walls and adorn the pages of coffee table books across the globe and their simple yet striking style is unmistakable.
So it's quite nice that he's sharing... -
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Hunch blog
Feed your Hunch addiction with the blog 28 July 2009 0:00 GMTHunch is absolutely one of our favourite new sites, so this blog is now a firm favourite too.
Never heard of Hunch? You should have – it’s horribly addictive and it’s going places.
The blog will give you some of the background.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Rollercoaster skater
For when those funfairs just don't give you the rush anymore... 27 July 2009 13:00 GMTSo, does anybody know what the German is for "nutter"?
If you've seen a video online that you want to tell us about email us via the feed back form.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Awful Library Books
What's in a name anyway...? 27 July 2009 0:00 GMTA little light-hearted reading for a Monday morning.
It’s hard to believe that any of these were ever published. But published they were and for that we give wholehearted thanks.
Have a good week.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY – iQ font
Nice font, shame about the soundtrack 23 July 2009 12:00 GMTHelvetica may well be the world’s favourite typeface, but that might change once word of this cute little experiment gets round.
A couple of font designers wondered what it would be like to let a car design a font.
iQ is the result.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - sharemyplaylists
Still paying for music? That's so last century... 23 July 2009 0:00 GMTRegular readers will know how much we love Spotify. The music-streaming portal has pretty much consigned iTunes to the digital archive round these parts, so it’s nice to see this new site pop up.
There are thousands of music fans out there and those that have... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY – Google the Moon
One small step for wannabe astronauts 22 July 2009 12:00 GMTSo, Man may or may not go back to the Moon. Thanks to Google we can all take a look at what we’re missing though.
Here, Michael Weiss-Malik, Product Manager for Moon in Google Earth, gives a demo at the launch this week.
Cosmic.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – King of the Road
You too can be king of the road. With just a little less effort 22 July 2009 0:00 GMTFor the riders of the Tour de France, the end is nearly in sight. The epic contest reaches its conclusion this weekend in Paris.
Eurosport has been covering the whole event live, but for those who don’t just like to watch, but who haven’t quite got the energy... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY - A different ending
Life is full of choices. Make the right ones... 21 July 2009 12:00 GMTWhen you get to the other side of a life-changing experience, it's easy to reflect on the series of seemingly small decisions you made on the way.
"What if I'd done that differently?" is an all too common question we ask ourselves.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - speedtest
Speed is everything these day - don't get left behind 21 July 2009 0:00 GMTCall me old-fashioned, but I like to get what I pay for.
Broadband is one thing that’s always been open to what can only be described as ‘slight exaggeration’ on behalf of the ISPs. Saying you’ll get up to 20-meg speeds is one thing. Delivering that is another. -
VIDEO OF THE DAY - Tour de France
Alberto Contador shows Lance Armstrong who's the boss 20 July 2009 12:00 GMTIf you weren't gripped by the golfing drama and almost historic win for Tom Watson at Turnberry yesterday, you might have seen something quite extraordinary on the slopes of a Swiss Alp.
Stage 15 of the Tour de France headed to Verbier and all the questions... -
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Rolex
Rolex - no need to shell out for the real thing any more 20 July 2009 0:00 GMTThere is something gorgeous about the Rolex homepage.
Yes, it’s simple, stylish and classy, but it’s also clever.
The main image of the watch will tell you the right time and date wherever you are in the world, and the second hand sweeps – just... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY – Play off Helen
Run Helen run! Keyboard Cat has his eyes on you... 17 July 2009 12:00 GMTRight now, we can’t think of anything worse than being “played off” by Keyboard Cat – the indignity of it all.
Helen Hunt must have done something truly heinous to deserve this extra special remix play off.
Go kitty, go…
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Keep Your Data Safe
The web's a scary place sometimes - don't get caught out 17 July 2009 0:00 GMTHow’s your week been?
Done some good business?
Had a few laughs?
Bought some stuff online?
Had your identity stolen?
All perfectly plausible, so this site is a useful one to have a flick through.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Lego Arcade
Remember Tron, the game? Talk about a blast from the past... 15 July 2009 13:00 GMTThis clip combines two of our great loves - Lego and video games.
Got us all misty-eyed with nostalgia too...
If you've seen a video online that you want to tell us about email us via the feed back form.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - a quarter of
Sweets, glorious sweets. Life will never be the same again... 15 July 2009 0:00 GMTSomething truly wonderful happened yesterday.
Somebody came into the office with a bag.
Inside that bag were lots of smaller bags.
Inside those smaller bags were items of such glorious wondrousness, that life as we know it was knocked off its usual... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY - Tower Bridge jump
Maddison makes light work of Tower Bridge 14 July 2009 12:00 GMTAnybody who's been to London will know that crossing the River Thames can be a trying experience at the best of times.
Motorcycling god Robbie Maddison takes a slightly different approach and adds in a back flip for good measure.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - wechoosethemoon
The countdown is on to relive the Moon landings 14 July 2009 0:00 GMTIt was 40 years ago this week that one of two momentous things happened:
Either Man first set foot on the Moon, or the biggest hoax ever was perpetrated.
Whatever your feelings about the Moon landings, this website will at least give you a sense... -
VIDEO OF THE DAY – HP invent
Walking in a printer wonderland 13 July 2009 12:00 GMTWhat happens if you give a couple of design students a room full of HP hardware and a camera?
A little bit of magic, that’s what.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - tineye
Find out everything you need to know about your online images 13 July 2009 0:00 GMTFinding images on the Internet really isn’t all that hard.
But if you want to know where an image has been used, or where it’s come from, or if there’s a higher resolution version out there somewhere, that can be a bit more tricky.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY – Hula DJ
Throw some shapes with Hula Hoops 10 July 2009 12:00 GMTIf you’ve ever eaten a packet of Hula Hoops, it’s safe to say you’ll have shoved a couple on the end of your fingers and done something a little creative with them.
Perhaps not to this extent though.
A great ad.
If you've seen a video...
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