A Belgian internet user downloaded 2.6TB of data in the space of a month according to his (or her) internet service provider. And amazingly the ISP is happy about it. Telenet recently launched a service known as “Vrij Downloaden”. It translates as “free download”, but rather than referring to the price, it appears to be […]
If you’ve been making videos for YouTube, you’re likely to have noticed that the background music is a thorny issue. Popular music from the RIAA labels and bigger indie labels is usually quickly identified and marked by YouTube. The best case scenario, then, is that YouTube simply “lets you get away with it” and runs […]
Youtube user Disasteradio loved the original double rainbow video so much that he decided to make it even more intense by creating this awesome 2001: A Space Odyssey / Double Rainbow mashup. Enjoy! [Via Neatogeek]
Jensen Kimmitt recently won the World YoYo Championship, and in this clip you’ll see why. Enjoy!
There are plenty of celebrities, public figures, intellectual giants and business gurus using Twitter these days. But there are also some posters who entertain in a slightly different manner: the fictional, fictionalized or anonymous accounts. Here’s our guide to some of the most notable: @fakeapstylebook If you’ve any interest in language or journalism, this is […]
The people behind a new challenge/response test say their video-based system is both more legible to humans and trickier for computers to defeat. NuCaptcha is the latest incarnation of the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, a particularly convoluted way of producing an acronym that sounds like “capture”. The idea […]
Just a quick post to let you guys know that Internet Explorer 9 Beta will be available for download starting September 15th. If you’re interested in testing the browser out, you can sign up for the beta right here (Windows 7 or Vista only.)
Destorm is an artist who has created us several episodes of Soul Toons, giving us awesome acapella versions of Tailspin, Ducktails, Gummy Bears, and other Cartoon theme songs!
Adam Sidwell is a graphic artist who turned to the internet for inspiration. Instead of looking for subjects in the heroes we see so often, he has been doing illustrations of “bad dudes“. From Max Max, to Tyler Durden, Sidwell uses an awesome modernist style. So far though my favorite piece is this set of […]
I’m usually not really into rap music, but darn, that was excellent! It’s probably also the best way I’ve seen to get your online portfolio noticed. Great job Dave! [Via Buzzfeed]