You Adventube
This YouTube user has made a sort of first ‘interactive’ YouTube experience. It’s a game (a tiny bit like those adventure book choice games that were a ‘craze’ in the early 80’s), the goal of which is to find a lost cat. It’s home made (as you’d probably expect), so the quality is a bit crappy - but I guess that’s not the point.
The embedded video doesn’t work (as you need the related videos bit), so you’ll have to click through to play. It’s an interesting use of ‘responses’ as a way to create an adventure, add interactivity and enable the viewer to decide what happens next.
I like things that are a ‘craze’, maybe this might be one.
Or not.
The Onion Movie
Like The Day Today, only American, probably not as smart and some time later.
Speccyhead
‘Nude’ by Radiohead performed using a ZX Spectrum, an HP Scanjet 3c, an Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer and some hard drives. The song starts at about 60 seconds in.
UPDATE: Vimeo has an bit more info here.
Ultra Lazy
If you find the act of squeezing the trigger on a spray bottle to be too arduous a task, then get a motorized spray bottle.
exactcenteroftheinternet
Wii Fit Diaries
“Having grown fat and lazy myself since the release of Grand Theft Auto (couch time so far: 73 hours, 14 minutes) I’ve decided to join the three million Americans who Nintendo will whip into shape. I unpack Wii Fit, which consists of a Wii game and a scale that will probably be used to measure how fat I am.”
The daily musings of Tom Chick (editor of Fidgit), as he battles the urge to play more GTA, in an attempt to prove the validity of the ‘Fit’ element of Wii Fit.
Good luck Tom.
Friv
Etch-A-Sketch Porn
Well, it’s Friday.
Google Earth In Browser
The Google Earth plug-in integrates Google Earth with your web browser, embedding the full 3-D glory of Earth directly into your Firefox or Explorer. The results, as seen in the video below, are impressive. There isn’t a ton of Google Earth plug-in integration on the web yet, but check out the samples to understand the possibilities, like switching between Google Maps and Earth on-the-fly.
Sadly, the plug-in is currently only Windows based.
Orgoo
Orgoo is billed as a personal communications cockpit, where every tool you need to communicate and express yourself is organized and integrated together in one place online. All your email accounts, all your IM accounts, video chat, video mail, SMS and more, all working together to give you one seamless experience.
Allegedly.
Inner City Snail
From the guy that does the brilliant Little People.
Human Movement In Light
A video about body movement with glow lighting off the blossoms and water.
Music :
M83: You appearing
M83: Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun
Sigur Ros: Staralfur
Besnard Lakes: Devastation
M83: You appearing
Frailster
Jive is a range of ‘devices’ that you can buy for your grandparents. Apparently acting much like a ’social network’, these products are seemingly responsible for keeping old people up to date, and enabling them to stay in touch with you.
Lucky them. How thoughtful of you to buy them some irrelevant technology, rather than actually popping round or phoning them up.
You selfish bastard.
Sneakerpedia
The Sneaker [Trainer] Set Sneakerpedia [Trainerpedia] is (it claims) the definitive encyclopedia of all things sneaker [Plimsole].
Beer Suggest
Beer Suggest is a niche wiki/social community for beer lovers.
