A daily dose of diverting doo-dahs from the Web User team.
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Breathing Earthis a visual, real-time simulation of carbon dioxide emission rates, birth rates and death rates of every country in the world. It's pretty fascinating stuff.
David Hasselhoff fans can watch a video of his new single
'Jump In My Car' on YouTube, right now!
US-based photographer Jill Greenberg, who recently caused controversy for portraits of crying children (crying because she had taken away their sweets!), has a fantastic website showcasing her amazing pictures. Of course, knowing our love for monkeys, the best section has to be her
portraits of the loveable creatures!.
Fans of Ali G and Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen can watch clips from his upcoming movie on MySpace.com. The social-networking website will make selected clips from the film available to its members via its new service called Black Carpet,
from today!Need to know the time? Why not consult the
Human Clock!PhotoMann decided to 'collect' images of vending machines found in Japan. Apparently there are 5.6 million vending machines which in Japan, so you can imagine there are some interesting photos at
this website.
This
new sitebusts through all the dross posted on YouTube, Google Video and the rest and give us a handy chart of the best online videos. Ah, there goes the weekend. Its bound to rain anyway.
If you are sick of traffic wardens you may want to take a lead from these
Aussie comicswho decide to get their own back.
Most of you probably know how to make mashed potatoes, but if you want a lesson from a real-life Sir,
click here. Yes it really is ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney showing you how to peel, boil and mash a potato.
David Hasselhoff, aka The Hoff, holds the Guinness World Record as The Most Watched TV Star in the World and was recently named The Male Star Most Likely To Feature In Emails - with 30 per cent of young people emailing things about the actor/singer to friends, family and colleagues. Now, his army of fans are plotting to get The Hoff to the top of the UK's single charts. The
Get Hoff to Number One campaign is aiming for 75,000 people to buy The Hoff's "latest musical gift to the world"
Jump In My Car.
Men that have problems understanding women can seek help from the female species itself
at this website. It is hosted by a group of women who offer help on topics ranging from dating and romance to sports and computers.
When listening to music, do you find yourself tapping the table in time to the music? Maybe you should have a go on these
iPod Digital Drumsticks,which let you drum along with songs from a connected iPod or similar music device with an audio output. Both sticks have buttons that allow you to play combinations of different drum or cymbal effects, including a snare drum, bass drum, tom, floor tom, hi-hat, and crash cymbal.
Are you a Star Trek fan? You can join in with a tribute song for
Mr Spockat YouTube. Live long and prosper.
On this
video clip, a poor lad is perilously close to falling out of a rollercoaster. Does his mum worry? Of course not, she laughs hysterically.
Golf fanatics can make sure they don't lose valuable putting time when paying a visit to the toilet, thanks to the
Potty Putterfrom gadget emporium BoysStuff. The Potty Putter includes a putting green, two golf balls, a putter and a flag stick, plus a "Do Not Disturb Sign" for practice sessions.
Why is it that when you get your photos developed you realise how ghastly and fat you looked in that particular outfit but at the time you thought you looked like David Beckham or Kate Moss? Well apparently, HP digital cameras can help reverse that effect - a
slimming feature, available on certain HP digital camera models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the subjects in your photo. It claims.
The
10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomedwebsite was apparently started by six friends who came to the conclusion that civilization was doomed because of the idiocy of our times. They thought that it would make things feel better if they listed them for all the world to see.
Yeah, yeah, every time Tea Games creates a new game we seem to post it here. But thats because most of them are great, highly-addictive little numbers.
This new Motocrossgame lets you race along bumpy tracks and catch loads of air. Radical dude.
Hummers and other stupidly big Yank cars may be ruining the planet, but we still liked this Hummer ad based on
The Great Escape.
See if you can spot the star at the end.
When you first see the url for this website, you may mistakenly think it is about a scruffy misspelled root vegetable. But no, it is actually
Dirty Car Artand is the home of artist Scott Wade who enjoys creating drawings in the dust. That's right, Scott uses his finger to draw illustrations on the windows of filthy cars. Check out the gallery for his grubby masterpieces.
A couple of days ago we bought you a cute sleepy monkey, now here's another sweet, tired creature - a
slumbersome cat.
Guy Goma, the man who accidentally appeared on BBC news as an IT expert, has struck a six-figure deal with a Hollywood producer to make a film about his life,
The Sun reports.Computer technician Guy, a graduate from the Congo, was at the BBC for a job interview but was mistakenly questioned on
BBC News 24about the Apple vs Apple court case.
This
video clip posted on YouTube is one of the cutest yet, it's a little Capuchin monkey baby named Mercutio, who suddenly feels the urge to have a nap. ZZZZ.
Pete Bennet was crowned the winner of Big Brother 7 on Friday and eBayers are already trying to get a slice of the action. The owner of www.pete-bennett.net is offering the domain name up for sale on eBay.
Click hereif you want to buy a website in his name. Also on eBay are novelty Pete 50 notes, fridge magnets, keyrings, T-shirts, pillowcases and mugs.
The Teletubbies live in a playful world, over the hills and far away. And there they dance to
hip hop music.
A 79-year-old man has become one of the most popular contributors to the YouTube video site after posting videos of his
life story online. The pensioner, who goes only by the mantle Geriatric 1927, has gained a cult following.
We think
this sharkis a bit hungry!
Think you're good at geography? Know that Ougadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso? Prove you're skills with this
quiz gameand you could win a week's car hire.
Stick Sports, the team that created the marvellous Stick Cricket, have created an online football game called, you've guessed it, Stick Soccer.
Get playing here.This siteboasts over 800 video games from the Nintendo NES console to play online, including Boulder Dash, LoLo and Aladdin.
There's a staff member at Web User that has one of the messiest desks we thought we'd ever seen. Until we saw
this one.Why not print off one of these masks and you could become England's favourite finger spinner -
Monty Panesar!Andrew Davidhazy, a professor in imaging and photographic technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, has snapped some stunning photos involving water and glass.
Check them out, here.Have you ever wondered what you would look like with the hairstyles of Lost stars Evangeline Lilly or Matthew Fox? Of course, you have! Well, now you can try them on at the
Lookfantastic.com Virtual Salon.
An eight-year-old
Doctor Who fan woke up to find his full-scale replica of the tardis in his back garden. The blue police box, complete with a flashing blue light on top and a speaker system playing the show's theme tune, was a birthday present from his dad! Find out more at the BBC.
A new bridge spanning the river Danube in Hungary could be named after Hollywood action movie actor
Chuck Norris. Hungary's Economy Ministry launched an internet voting campaign to let people choose a famous person as the namesake for the new bridge. According to Reuters, Chuck is leading the poll.
Find out what process of elimination this US journalist went through before plumping for an English Premiership football team to support - rather amusing!
CLICK HERE.
Do ya think ya sexy? Lycos has launched a new section on its site called
Sexy Like Us, which invites people to upload pictures of themselves for other users rate the pictures from 1-10, depending on how attractive they are.
Now Tom and Jerry have never been the best of mates and they are still up to their usual carrying-on online. Jerry's in the garden and very hungry. Help him make his way through the house to the fridge full of cheese with this new
game.Friday fun today comes from the great games makers at Tea Games. This time they have a pop at
snowboarding. Its ace.
Whether you are a tennis fan or old-school game fan, youll probably get a kick out of this spot
spot which features Roddick taking on Pong.
If a bear tells you to stop eating his salmon, then that's what you must do. But if you must try and take his dinner, it could be wise to learn some of the moves demonstrated in this
viral advert.
What do you mean you havn't been stuck in a room trying to escape from it recently? How did you manage that? Well, old habits never die, and playing this game at the offical website for
The Grudge 2,you'll find yourself in familiar territory - but what's with the cat?!
Is this golf's
best hole-in-oneever? Just how did the golf ball leave the fringe of the green and creep slowly into the hole? Was the Invisible Man Fuzzy Zoeller's secret partner?
Ok, you know we love monkeys - they are after all best of all the animals. But sometimes other animals can be funny too, like cats. Here's a montage of video clips showing
feline funnies.
This
hilarious video clipon YouTube sees Kevin Spacey plays Christopher Walken as Han Solo and the late Walter Mattau as Obi Wan Kenobi in spoof Star Wars audtions.
Regular point-and-click gamers know that it's usual to get a feeling of dja vu when playing a new game - how careless must you be to keep getting locked in strange rooms, with no memory of how you got there?
One-Offis a bit like that - you're in a room with a motorbike that doesn't work... mmm, just like
White Chamber. Still, it's another way to waste an hour of your life, so who's complaining?!
We've got a treat for you - once again we've teamed up with games guru Mousebreaker to bring you a special Web User version of
Blast Billiards - The Combo! This downloadable game features six of the best levels from Original, Trick, Ultimate and Deluxe Blast Billiards! It's the trickiest game in town!
One million people are needed to help create their own piece of art, which together will form one huge, unique picture.
The One Million Masterpiece will be printed onto one giant canvas and unveiled in London on 11 July 2007, World Population Day, as a symbol of global unity.
Woggeris a delightful little game for point-and-click puzzle fans that shouldnt prove too much of a challenge but is enjoyable nonetheless.
Monkeys are brilliant, of that there is no doubt. But even us simian supporters were astounded by this
chap's amazing skills - he can play PacMan!
On 12 July 2005 Kyle MacDonald decided he wanted to trade his red paperclip for a house. What a lark, you may be thinking, but this week the 26-year-old will pick up the keys to a two-storey house in the town Kipling in Canada, after a series of 14 web-based trades. Find out more about his adventure at
his blog.
I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band, I saw a needle that winked its eye. But I think I will have seen everything when I see... a
robot skateboarding,oh my!
The first TV advert in Britain was broadcast back in 1955 and was for Gibbs SR toothpaste. At
this website,you can watch tons of TV ads, cinema adverts and press ads.
If you played for Brazil, what would your name be? Find out at this website, called
BrazilName!
BBC pundit and former England striker Alan Shearer was apparently not too happy when he found out his daughter Chloe had posted a
video clip of him singing along to U2 while driving on the internet. The clip was posted on Bebo, a networking site with an online community of 22million users. But the former Newcastle United striker is said to have seen the funny side now.
The 91st installment of the
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contestis scheduled to take place today. According to this website, the current world record is held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, who last year ate 53.5 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.
2 Many Bugs is a tricky little
gamewhere you have to draw lines around bugs to capture them. Its harder than you would think.
YouTube is stocking more Japanese TV craziness than we thought possible. Check out this
young manspen-spinning abilities. Its really something else.
And more cat carry-ons. This time it is the turn of a Japanese TV
showwhere they see which cat can carry the most fish.
Following on from yesterday's feline fun, here's another video clip featuring a cat.
This moggyproves to be the top dog at dinner time.
Cats. Aren't they funny creatures? Here's a round-up of video clips featuring felines being rather silly.
Click here.
If you are watching Big Brother, you made find these
reality show lookalikes mildly amusing.
It's Friday afternoon, so perfect time for a time wasting game -
Orangutwang!. To play, you need to swing the stretchy orangutan from ring to ring and collect the bananas before the time runs out.
It sounds so simple, but you need to watch out for the spiders and wasps and move as fast as you can!
If you've ever watched Japanese television, you'll know there's an abundance of absurd game shows over there. Here's a selection of crazy home videos, showing inventive ways of waking people up.
More YouTube madness.
Thought your ISP had bad customer service?
Watch what happened when one customer tried to cancel his AOL account in the US?
Did you know that the title sequence to this year's Big Brother show contains hidden words, which are clearer when watched in slow motion? You can find other "interesting" facts on the reality show, every day at the
Lycos website.
The
Avocadolite Farm gameis Tetris with small animals. Shepherd the animals, which inlcude octopus, bears and kittens, into lines of three or more.
Some plastic surgery looks ok, other attempts look like someone has put a wax head in the microwave. Now its time to tell the celebs what we think of their surgeons work at this Canadian
Plastic Surgery Rating site.One of the greatest stories of the year: A small cat chases a black bear up a tree. Check out the pictures
here.For even older Seen This... check out More Archived Stuff, click here.
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