(TrendHunter.com) Brace yourself for another online addiction! Vivaty, a 3D virtual chat system, is a really fun way to enhance your social networking experience. Vivaty works with just about all popular social networking sites and lets you chat live, complete with a Second-Life style avatar! Imagine — your REAL Fac…
(TrendHunter.com) Dear God is one of the most touching sites I’ve come across. Even if you’re not particularly religious or even spiritual, the site will speak to your heart. People go to this site to pour out their inner most feelings, pains, hopes and prayers. I couldn’t imagine anyone would not feel moved when the…
(TrendHunter.com) Google wants to leverage the real estate publishers have allocated to display their ads by giving readers more ads at their option. Have you noticed the little < > arrows? They will let you scroll to get more contextually appropriate ads to click on. With click through rates falling rapidly, Google…
(TrendHunter.com) Alright, I’ve found out that this “trend” is nothing new but, I’ve never seen nor heard of it – Viagra Ice Cream. Is it Viagra-flavored or is it Viagra-infused or is it just blue? The ice cream in these pictures come from Japan and Hungary which are known for their unique flavors but, come on… a m…
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a bit of memorabilia for Barbie fans who are now all grown up, with bigger bank accounts, yet with a continued fascination with the epitome of girly pop culture icons.
This Barbie necklace costs a small fortune, with prices getting up to $15,000. I could see this doing well in the Asian mar…
(TrendHunter.com) A survey of 7,500 has found that people who buy more than three pairs of sneakers a year are 61 percent more likely to have the qualities of a modern leader. Additionally multi-sneaker buyers were 50 percent more likely to be very assertive and 47 percent more likely to be spontaneous. You heard it,…
(TrendHunter.com) I just got back from the bi-annual Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop at the University of Dayton, Erma’s alma mater, which was held from April 3 to 5, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio. The current trend is “clean humor,†a term that I heard many times by attendees and faculty throughout the entire three da…
(TrendHunter.com) I’m quite happy to have discovered the world of political beatbox and musical remix. In the last week, I’ve posted a couple videos in this category, but today I’m featuring them all.
My favorites include Bush singing ‘Imagine’, Tony Blair singing ‘Should I Say or Should I go’, and of course, Bus…
(TrendHunter.com) Newcastle University in England, has created a world first human-cow embryos. Could someone explain to me why this is necessary? I know, I know stem cell research.
It is being hailed by the scientific community, but labelled “monstrous” by those who oppose it. Injecting human DNA into eggs from cow…
(TrendHunter.com) President George Bush is famous for saying stupid things. In contrast, Barack Obama is a graduate of Harvard Law. These first two videos showcase President Bush’s bloopers. The latter two videos feature Barack Obama’s legendary ‘Audacity of Hope’ keynote from 2004. The juxtaposition is fantasti…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a TV commercial for the Apple iMac starring actor Jeff Goldblum and he is seems to be completely wasted. I’m sure there was a reason for that but the result is very amusing.
(TrendHunter.com) “Excuse me, sir. Would you happen to have the time?” “Certainly, my good fellow. It is… day.” This is about as close to time that the owner of Romain Jerome’s Day & Night watch can tell.
The timepiece runs off of Tourbillon movement and only reveals two times – night and day. It was recently f…
(TrendHunter.com) In this presidential beatbox video, George Bush sings ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’.
It’s actually a brilliant piece of work. I never knew that George Bush was so musically inclined.
In the world of beatbox and stop motion music videos, make sure to check out the following posts:
Killer Stop Mo…
(TrendHunter.com) At first glance, this appears to be animal cruelty at its worst. These ads, with their deceptively bright and cheerful colours feature snuggly bunnies and teddy bears ready to be eaten.
The “A friend you can eat,” campaign for Swedish Fish was created by ad agency, JWT, New York.
There’s a Kitty…
(TrendHunter.com) I’m even more convinced that Improv Everywhere is the world’s most creative guerrilla marketing company!
“GuerilLA had folks who seemed like strangers spontaneously come together for a game of Follow The Leader at the Getty Center,” Improv Everywhere explains.
Another project was Human Dominoes …
(TrendHunter.com) To fit the song that helped Madonna bypass Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top 10 hits, the music video “4 Minutes” is a visual extravaganza of advanced sci-fi effects and groundbreaking editing. 4 Minutes just reached number 3, becoming Madonna’s 37th song in the top 10.
The video, dire…
(TrendHunter.com) Kokoro Dreams’ life-sized android secretary’s name is Phorone. She stands 175 cm and she has already starred in an anime where she was the protagonist. The big hope is that someday, she, and robots like her, will be able to replace real human secretaries.
“She is apparently powered by pressurized a…
(TrendHunter.com) The giant in social networks is taking on the giant in online music. MySpace Music officially launched to compete with Apple iTunes.
MySpace has joined with three of the giant record labels to keep iTunes from getting to much control. Warner Music, Sony BMG and Universal Music will make music wit…
(TrendHunter.com) What an environmental concept! Why waste resources, use machines, pay salaries, pollute the environment and spend tax money to trim the lawns of the city’s parks when you can bring sheep to “trim” them for free? The sheep will be having a nice free meal as well.
For the second year running, sheep…
(TrendHunter.com) Milady whines, “But Muffy’s Rolls is exactly like mine. Daddy bear, you don’t want me to be just like everybody else, do you?” So Daddy bear has her Rolls decorated with the Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet sculpture. This alone depletes her cookie jar money; it’s $200,000.
It’s made of platinum and diamo…
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