Tag: VIRAL

When David DeVore first posted the now legendary video of his son's backseat existential crisis, he never expected it would be the viral and cultural sensation that it has since become. With over 54 million views, the clip was the second most watched video on YouTube in 2009, bested only (and inexplicably) by Susan Boyle. Unlike most YouTube celebrities, though, the DeVores have found a way to ...

Share For over two months, music bloggers and journalists have been plagued by an intricate, creepy and riveting mystery: the identity of the mysterious and macabre iamamiwhoami. In December, a 55-second clip of a hyper-saturated, eerie (Scandinavian?) forest appeared on YouTube, making its way through critics' circles because of its catchy, pretty sounding music. No information was given, ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/03/05/mission-impossible-style-best-buy-thieves-swipe-laptops-baffl/'; Share There's a very good reason that 'Mission Impossible' is a movie: it's impossible. The "Don't Try This At Home" disclaimer pretty much goes without saying for virtually anything involving Tom Cruise, and certainly for the kinds of Hollywood stunts featured in the 'M.I.' ...

We've seen LEGO creations pour beer and solve Rubik's Cubes, so the fact that an enthusiast tried to build a fully articulating robotic arm is not particularly surprising. What is shocking, though, is the level of success that Polish brick-builder Paul (who goes by the handle Sariel) attained, let alone that he threw it together in only two days. Sariel's LEGO arm is capable of rotating 360 ...

Share Degenerate crooks can make a dubious, yet highly profitable, living through the use of ATM card skimmers. Officials routinely dismantle thievery operations that generate millions of dollars in plunder. According to the Smoking Gun, New York authorities recently arrested several suspects in relation to such a skimmer ring, and -- under federal questioning -- one man pulled a boneheaded and ...

Share Leave it to Oprah to bring a tear to our eye. On her show yesterday, film critic Roger Ebert, who recently lost his voice to thyroid and jaw cancer, sampled his brand new and remarkably realistic voice synthesizer. With his wife by his side, Ebert speaks for the first time with his new voice module, and admits, "It still needs improvement, but at least it sounds like me." As you can see in ...

Share By now you're well aware of the fact that Internet swindlers have no souls. So, it should come as no shock that one group of crooks has targeted both the lovestruck and the marital industry (the latter of which, arguably, already exploits the former). Of late, the Web would have you believe that the Boston 411 Bridal and Home Show is the largest such convention in New England, but it ...

Just in case 'Jersey Girl' left you convinced that Kevin Smith had lost his comedic mojo, Silent Bob has proved once again that he's still one of the most caustically funny people on the planet. After being barred from a recent Southwest Airlines flight for being "too fat to fly," the director-actor began venting his angst on Saturday, via Twitter. Smith originally bought two seats on a flight ...

It looks like the bandwagon of questionable iPad peripherals is already taking passengers. Mere days after the device's debut, SeV/SCOTTEVEST has claimed the dubious distinction of "the first & only clothing line with a pocket for the iPad." The company's Travel Vest (for men or women!) features 22 pockets, and can easily carry your iPad, iPod and iPhone; although, sadly, it leaves no room ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. In anticipation of its 'digital_nation' broadcast (airing tonight at 9 p.m.), PBS released an interview with Starship captain Sir Patrick Stewart about his digital ...

As my girlfriend racked her brain trying to figure out the perfect gift to give me on our five-year anniversary, she decided on two sure-fire tactics: make it kitschy, and make it by hand. The result is the mind-blowing 'Space Invaders' blanket you see after the break. Lovingly crocheted during her morning commutes over the past month or so, the blanket has surprisingly accurate representations ...

Our two favorite time wasters -- television and the Internet -- have been making wondrous love babies for a while now (for example, Hulu). But none may be as hilarious and anticipated as the soon-to-be-released venture between HBO and the guys behind the sketch-comedy site "Funny or Die." Next month, according to Mashable, a new sketch-comedy show called 'Funny or Die Presents' will debut on ...

Who could forget the deluge of Chuck Norris jokes and facts that flooded the Web a few years back? It's an Internet meme we'd certainly like to forget, but much like that annoying relative who visits every Christmas, it just won't go away. With that being said, we do love a good practical joke though -- especially if it's at the expense of "the man." Case in point, self-proclaimed "nerd" Arran ...

Share Dang! It's barely been 48 hours since Steve Jobs unveiled "the most important thing" he's ever done, and now everyone has gotten on the iPad heehaw bandwagon. Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman, got together with the jokers at Funny or Die and somehow managed to film an iPad spoof, with original 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse' sets, in that short period of time. After some requisite feminine napkin ...

We told you about one guy who figured out how to make a killing by developing a dirty iPhone application. When you think about it, it's sort of logical that his app sold well. (Scantily clad 3-D girls always equal tons of downloads.) But sometimes, there's just no explaining why an app rises to the top of the download charts. For example, consider the recent success of the new 'iMussolini' ...