What is oozing out of our ground?
What fresh idiocy is this? ‘Eveywhere we look, the invisible spectrum is rainbows. This cannot be natural.’ What the hell is she talking about?
Frankly, nothing people do surprises me anymore
McClaren: dodgy accent
I know little about football, and less about Steve McClaren, but when I heard about this cringe-inducing interview I made an immediate dash for YouTube.
Background: Steve (ex-English football manager) is interviewed by a Dutch TV channel, within weeks of becoming the manager for a Dutch football team, and in an effort to fit in, decides putting on an appalling Dutch accent is a good idea.
I’m sure there’s a lot to be said about this clip, but what strikes me most is the xenophobia angle. How can anyone be so clueless and ill-at-ease with the very idea of foreignness?
‘He all but destroyed America’
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Well done to the Onion News Network for this spot-on send-up. Comparing George Bush to a hurricane. Genius.
PistolCam
That’s right, a video camera that attaches to a gun so you can post videos on YouTube of all the people you’ve blown away. There’s a sample video to get people interested.
Apparently they’ve been developed to aid police accountability in the US (a good thing), but surely it’s just a matter of time before they’re available commercially (an insane thing).
[Via BoingBoing and Wired]