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Making rainbows in the storm

February 13, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

When winter storm Nemo slammed into the US it brought with it howling wind and snow. Brian Maffitt had a good idea, taking shelter inside he pointed a video projector out of the window and ran a movie. He captured the whole thing on camera. The result? A snow storm of rainbow colours and chaos. […]

What’s in fracking fluid?

January 23, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Fracking is the process of forcing gas out from the ground. It’s an alternative for drilling for oil and although it has many merits there are plenty of people concerned about the impact it’ll have. The problem with fracking fluid is that it’s a secret much of the time. It’s the key to success, along […]

Ghost car evades parking fine

January 20, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This video has gone viral in China. It appears to show a ghost car approaching a ticket gate – at least; a car without no driver. When the car park guard comes out to investigate a figure appears on the roof the car. It looks very much like a scene from The Ring as the […]

Boots sell Santa lube and elf bite cream

November 8, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This isn’t something you see every day. High street chemist Boots has an interesting range of Christmas products. They’re very funny! Includes in the list are replacement dignity, brussel sprout gas masks, elf bite lotion, Santa Clause Chimney Grease and others. For the Santa Clause Chimney Grease the site says; Fancy pulling on Santa’s legs, […]

The singing pet shop

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Once and a while an advert it worth a watch. This ad for Trident Fresh chewing gum is one of those. It features the sort of pet shop that might well be magical. The animals in this mysterious shop are certainly special. Perhaps this is the sort of mystical portal you can find by exploring […]

The top 10 calorie burning scary movies

October 30, 2012 by Andrew 2 Comments

Research from the University of Westminster shows that watching horror films can cause the body to burn calories. The sudden fright / jump-scare scenes are the most effective and getting the body to respond as they increase the heart rate. Doctor Richard Macjenzie, who specialises in the study of cell metabolism at the university told […]

Forget photobombing; worry about #ghostbombing

October 29, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Photobombing is the art of popping up in the background of someone else’s photograph. It takes skill and style to do it well – but even some celebrities do it, or have it happen to them. Now, according to a spoof report from one of HTC’s ad agencies; ghosts do it too. Will the HTC […]

The aquarium bed

September 15, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

You’ll “sleep with the fish” is supposed to be a threat. However, this fantastic and 650 gallon fish tank bed, from Acrylic Aquariums, looks fantastic. It’s not cheap, though. In fact, this almost underwater bed, will set you back some $12,000. In Pure Spirit What do you think? Would you fancy this bed?

Death from the barrel

July 19, 2012 by Andrew 7 Comments

Scary? Clever? Odd? This photograph appears to show some deathly spirit escape from a barrel and sneak up behind the soldier.

Must watch: Bendito Machine

July 8, 2012 by Andrew 4 Comments

This is the fourth Bendito Machine episode. You might spot something that looks like the Shell logo in it. The world of Bendito Machine is one in which a clumsy species relies on their machines, can’t live without them, and are guided by greedy bastards who think they know everything – but don’t. Sound familiar? […]

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