Personalised Swedish Furniture Name Generator – Blogadilla

(TrendHunter.com) Fans of Ikea will surely love this fun online name generator. The creators of the Blogadilla name generator say “This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.” Just…

Virtual Mixed Media Scrapbooks – Glogster (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure you blog, but do you Glog? It’s like collages 2.0, like an amalgamation of social network-like photo sharing and blogging with more traditional scrapbooking. Essentially, Glogster is a place you can…

Top 30 Viral Videos in 2008 (so far)

(TrendHunter.com) Based on TrendHunter.com’s visitors, this list showcases the top 30 viral videos in 2008.

This category spans everything from shocking ads to disco puppets, and each of this videos is guaranteed to…

Viral TV Spoofs – ‘Dwight Schrute’ as Lucy Lawless as Xena: Warrior Princess (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The absolutely hilarious Rainn Wilson who plays Dwight Schrute on The Office has done a fun photo shoot with Entertainment Weekly as some of TV’s most iconic characters.

Photographed by Art Streiber,…

Fashionable Pregnancies – Nicole Kidman’s “Days of Heaven” in Vogue (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Pregnancy is not stopping Hollywood’s top movie stars from promoting their upcoming films. Following Angelina Jolie’s recent Vanity Fair interview, Nicole Kidman is featured on the cover and in the pages…

Obamamania Unabated – Marcel Offermann’s Obama Doll (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Apparently, the Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is a rock star in Germany. So German expert toymaker Marcel Offermann decided to create a doll in the likeness of the junior senator from Illinois.…

Boomers in Movies – From SATC to Indiana Jones, Today’s Top Movies Star Geezers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sex and the City, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Nights in Rodanthe, Mamma Mia have a two common themes. All the characters are over forty, and most shocking of all: the men are all romancing women…

Using Google Maps for Evil – Spotting Empty Pools for Trespassing

(TrendHunter.com) Oh those clever kids! Daily Mail reports that 500 were part of a Facebook group geared at using Google Earth to plan trespassing pool parties.

Of course the owners of the home know nothing about the…

Control a Real Submarine Over the Internet – Fosters ‘Ride the Scuba’

(TrendHunter.com) To promote a new product called Foster’s Scuba, Foster’s has launched a new campaign where internet viewers can control an actual submarine over the internet. Visitors to the website can also watch all…

Petty Celebrity Theft (as Advertising) – David Beckham Pulls a Britney? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember when Britney used to take lighters from convenience stores without paying for them? Obviously, she has inspired the director of this new Sharpie marker commercial to show David Beckham stealing…

Robotic Bands – The TRONS Four Piece Band (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The TRONS is the world’s first robot band. The four-piece musical group is from New Zealand.

The stars of the show include: Ham (rhythm guitar), Wiggy (lead guitar), Swamp (drums) and Fifi (keyboards).…

Political Cruelty 2 – I’m Voting Republican Because I Love Cheap Plastic Crap From China (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Is YouTube about to make political rivalry dirty?  This video would suggest, “YES!”

Already going viral with 2 million views, seemingly ordinary citizens explain:

I am voting Republican because…

Derrick Barry: Is Britney Spears Back or is this a Cross Dresser? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Holy crap, this is hilarious. I’m breaking our normal title nomenclature because Derrick Barry should be a trend in itself.

Either this is really Britney Spears on an unexpected comeback, or a really…

Celebrations of Nerdiness – Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) When is the last time that you felt the loving bond of other people who like dancing in Star Wars costumes? If your answer is, “Never,” then you’re not alone. But if your answer is, “Always,” then you’re…

Political Cruelty 1 – When You Think John McCain, Think Cu_t (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Did you hear that John McCain called his wife a cu_t? In this well-funded YouTube viral, the comical gang at Election08 make that point clear.

The video parodies a newsroom censoring John McCain’s…

Viral Spoof Creating Change – Unilever Reacts to ‘Dove Onslaught(er)’ (by Greeenpeace) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Long ago, Trend Hunter brought you the Dove Evolution ad, which features a normal women transformed into a billboard model. The commercial is striking because you can observe how much change takes place.…

Marketing to Rockstars – PUMA Rockstar Hotel and the Much Music Video Awards (REVIEW) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This week, the Much Music Video awards swept Toronto, and Trend Hunter had a chance to rock it up at some of the star-studded festivities and promotional trends at the heavily sponsored pre/post party…

Childhood Toys Evolved – Tater of the Lost Ark is the New Mr. Potato Head

(TrendHunter.com) I want a Tater of the Lost Ark. I love this guy. I will be seeing the latest adventures of Indiana Jones tonight and I will be thinking of Tater of the Lost Ark.

He has shoes, and teeth, and ears and…

Creepy Voyeuristic Virals – LG Phone Ad Proves Touch Screens Make Women Obey (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) LG has a new phone called Secret and put out a sexy video highlighting the touch screen. It’s a little creepy to me, but some voyeurism won’t kill you, right? Well, I had to watch this 18 times before…

Humanized Video Game Characters – Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV

(TrendHunter.com) The Pixeloo blog and other websites have “untooned” and humanized cartoons and video game characters in the past. Those have included Jessica Rabbit, Homer Simpson, Mario and Bowser among others. This…