OnelargeprawnI spend a lot of time on the interwebs, and I can’t begin to tell you how often I see the misuse of an apostrophe. I got home last night and found this amazing website in one of my RSS feeds. I’ve posted it up on facebook, twitter, and now here too. I wish I could tattoo it on my body somewhere too.
It’s all written by a genius named Matthew Inman. His other sites are fantastic as well, and The Oatmeal seams to be the center of all of them. Have a look!
[Via Lifehacker]
I probably had you at “cars” right? In this stonking video by Pantural a Shelby Mustang, Chevloret Camaro, some sort of Jeep 4×4, and a VAZ-2107 unsuspectingly lining up for a race. Suddenly they become infected by a mysterious black ooze. And then a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter makes an appearance. And then I jizzed in my pants.
This video took him five days working time and 110 days rendering time! See more of Pantural’s outstanding 3D skills on YouTube.
[via The Awesomer]
My mind usually switches off during ad breaks on the TV, I don’t want to be reminded for the 20th time that I can save a rand on feminine pads at my local super market. Perhaps if you sent something into space and video-taped it, I may take an interest.
For their Space Chair ad campaign, electronics manufacturer, Toshiba, did just that to advertise their new REGZA SV LCD TV series. Using a helium balloon, they sent a biodegradable chair to the edge of space and filmed the journey with their own ultra-compact HD camera. Have a look at the ad below.
How awesome was that? The tag line was great – “Armchair viewing, redefined” – pretty cool, no? Hit the jump to see the making of video and some trivia about the project.
Austin Richards has a Ph.D. in particle physics and has been building Tesla coils since the early 80s. Calling himself Dr Megavolt, he wowed audiences Burning Man since hi debut show in 1998. Fast-forward several years to 2009, with his stainless steel knitted mesh suit and a Tesla coil capable of producing 200 000 volts, the good doctor gives another electrifying performance at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Check it out below.
[via Wired | image credit: Exploratorium]
Californian musicians Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn make up the indie band Pomplamoose and they’ve made this excellent cover of Michael Jackson’s hit single “Beat It”. The cover is called a VideoSong because at any point what you see is what you hear. Check it out below.
See more of their videos on YouTube.
[via Mashable]
Note: This competition has ended.
Competition time rolls around again here at Onelargeprawn. This time, it’s a little different. We’ve moved away from the lucky draw model to one that rewards the last man/woman standing. It’s relatively painless, in contrast, you’ll be one dishing out the pain.
We have teamed up with Sean Cooper Games, Crazy Monkey Games, and our local friends Megarom to bring you a competition where you could win a copy of Modern Warfare 2* on the console of your choice (PS3 or Xbox 360) and a MW2-branded wallet.
Sound good? Excellent. Find the full details after the jump.
I came across this vlog on YouTube over a month ago and really took a liking to these two. It’s the 365-day “reality show” vlog series on the lives of Charles Trippy and Alli Speed, a funny, sweet duo that you cannot help but like for some reason. I realise there are many vlogs like this one and probably looks like it’s scripted, with the banter and the chemistry, but they’re that in sync.
It’s just so refreshing to see something funny and sweet on the net nowadays, what with people trying so hard to be noticed that they resort to really awful attempts at it. My only hope is that they keep it real and not sell out to advertisers, as they have become quite popular.
This is my favourite out of the vids, the surprise proposal Charles did. Take a look.
[image credit: charlestrippy]
I love crunchy peanut butter with vanilla ice cream. Brian Morris loves skulls. Whilst my passion gets me nothing more than a fat belly, Brian Morris draws and paints fantastic skulls on ceramic busts, tees, and vinyl toys. Find some of his artwork after the jump.
I love infographics, especially the animated ones. Trillions is a short film but technology research lab MAYA that takes a look at the evolution computing from its humble beginnings to the future that possibly awaits us. Have a look at it below.
[via Crunch Gear]
Clearly I’ve been living under a rock on planet Naboo, but I wasn’t aware that Atom Films has been producing animated Star Wars gangsta raps since 2003. The latest in the series has just hit the Interwebs. MCs Vader, Skywalker, Solo, Leia, and public enemy Obi-Wan are back with the illest rhymes this side of the Kessel Sector. At this minute, the force seems to have failed Atom’s embedding system See it below.
ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles
And a totally different live-action, potty-mouthed Star Wars Gangsta Rap can be experienced after the jump.