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this wacky wii ad will break all of your youtubes

filed under: just plain fun | video games

In what can only be a brilliant viral marketing scheme, Wii and YouTube have teamed up to make an advertisement that appears to break YouTube. They employ clever on-screen Flash effects to make it seem like what’s happening in the game is destroying the YouTube website!

The screenshots don’t do it justice…

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October 4th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen

cmu girls heart technabob

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CMU Girls Technabob Vid Clip

The girls of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are undoubtedly some of the dopest chicks you’ll ever encounter. Not only do they do they possess mad algebraic skillz and could probably kick your ass in World of Warcraft, they have the only finest taste in tech blogs…

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June 18th, 2008 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

mac vs. pc? mst3k classic clip adds fuel to the fire

filed under: just plain fun | retro

Mac Vs PC MST3k

John over at Boing Boing Gadgets dug up this awesome video from the classic Sci-Fi comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot debate the pros and cons of PCs and Macs in a debate that still seems relevant nearly 17 years after this hilarious clip made its debut…

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June 4th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

super lego mario brothers

filed under: just plain fun | video games

LEGO Super Mario Animation

Mario meets LEGO in these fun stop-motion clips hand animated by Nintendo fan Michael Hickox.

Michael painstakingly shot thousands of individual frames to recreate the first two levels of the classic Super Mario Brothers game. The levels are surprisingly accurate reproductions of the game…

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February 8th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

automated voice response system gets an attitude

filed under: just plain fun | robotics

Daniel vs. Robophone

Ever feel like telling one of those stupid voice-recognition phone systems exactly where it can stick option number 2?

Carnegie Mellon alumnus, humorist and robotics author Daniel H. Wilson stars in this humorous video clip of what happened when he got a little too snarky with Diane, the voice behind an Automated Voice Response (AVR) system…

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February 1st, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

classic apple moment: newton handwriting recognition

filed under: mobile tech | retro

Simpsons Newton Parody

Here’s a fun little retro vid clip I came across earlier today. The 9-second clip from an old Simpsons episode is short, sweet, and really funny.

With all the recent iPhone buzz, it’s kind of fun to look back at Apple’s earlier, less than successful entry into the handheld market…

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July 20th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sony nsc-gc1 camera uploads direct to video sites

filed under: digital imaging

Sony NSC-GC1 Net Sharing Camera

Looking for a quick and easy way to create original clips for YouTube and other video sharing sites?
Sony’s low-priced NSC-GC1 digital camcorder is designed with that singular purpose in mind. The camera captures MPEG-4 encoded clips at up to 30fps (320×240 resolution) or 15fps (640×480 resolution), perfect for those online video services…

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July 18th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

viral video of the day… parappa dude

filed under: just plain fun

Dude Does Parappa

I was wandering through the cultural wasteland known as YouTube tonight when I came across this masterpiece…

Apparently, this guy was participating in a contest to win a trip in some sort of Parappa the Rapper contest to celebrate of the launch of the new game for the PSP…

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July 12th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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