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Everyone hates Monday mornings back in the office, but if you want to cheer everyone up with a hilarious jape, why not invest in the thigh-slappingly hilarious USB PC Prankster? Guaranteed …
Make your colleague’s Monday morning even more miserable Read MoreA digital interactive billboard installation has been hard at work tickling, teasing, prodding, shrinking and vanishing passing Scousers in the centre of Liverpool. The installation by artist Chris O’Shea, is …
Billboard prods and miniaturises passing Scousers Read MoreThere’s not much worse at a gig than hearing a set of great flapping tom toms or a horribly ringing snare drum, but what’s a poor drummer to do? Unlike …
Drummers – learn how to tune your drum kit! Read MoreGerman scientists have revealed plans to shunt failing and dead satellites into outer space, using robots that should be ready in four years The level of space junk circling the …
German space robots to shunt dodgy satellites into space Read MoreBarack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award has taken a lot of people by surprise – including El Presidento himself, apparently – and Twitter users (or should that be the Twitterosphere?) …
Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF? Read MoreWe’re sure you’ve all seen it a hundred times before, but what the heck: it’s Friday and we ruddy well love this clip:
Football! Mitchell & Webb Sky Sports parody Read MoreAmphibious cars always seem like a great idea on paper but never really cut it in the real world, invariably coming over as an uncomfortable neither fish nor fowl botch-job. …
Corvette Python: world’s fastest amphibious car Read MoreProblem: how do you get people to stop using the short escalator up from the subway and walk up the stairs instead? Here’s the brilliant solution:
Piano stairs get lazy commuters walking Read MoreUs Brits have been waiting an eternity to grab a slice of the Kindle eBook action, and Amazon have finally announced UK availability for the iconic electronic book reader. Well, …
Amazon Kindle gets half-arsed UK release Read MoreIf this doesn’t cheer up your day and get you thinking, nothing will. It’s a truly wonderful satire on our CCTV culture and the growth of private, corporate security forces. …
Everything is OK video. A must see. Read MoreDespite the law being clear on a citizen’s rights to freely take pictures in public places, UK photographers have often found themselves doing battle with clueless cops and power mad …
Stephen Colbert: man arrested for taking pictures of trains Read MoreThis is a great little challenge, especially if you want to take a know it all graphic designer down a peg or two. The excellent Ironic Sans team have put …
Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? Read MoreGrab yourself a slice of the best (and worst) of YouTube in a frantic four minute slab of video highlights. Please note that the soundtrack is mighty loud so turn …
100 greatest hits of YouTube in 4 mins! Read MoreNow we love gadgets and gizmos like Oliver Reed liked to quaff yards of ale, but sometimes the quickest answer to a question can be found by more low tech …
Walk or get the bus? The answer is here. Read MoreIf you’re finding workmates falling asleep as you flap through your flip charts or slumbering at your Powerpoint slides , it might be worth learning a few tricks from one …
Learn to give presentations like Steve Jobs! Read More