Tag: YouTube
Fancovers – for mum's version of the Hucknall classics
Fancovers is a very special place. It is a place where ambition and blatant self-promotion combine, to let us ordinary people show off how good we think we are at strumming along with our favourite classic songs.
A simple YouTube-alike interface…
YouTube Video of the Day – Nuts Japanese TV
The Japanese are great. They invent cool gadgets and make bonkers telly. What more could you ask for from a nation? Well, in my latest attempt to turn my own section into an online version of Tarrant on TV, have a look at some truly nuts Japanese telly…
YouTube Video of the Day – Battle at Kruger
You are about to watch a clip that is possibly the greatest bit of amateur footage ever taken. The clip, known as ‘The Battle at Kruger’ has been viewed over 10million times, and after watching it, it is completely understandable. This video features breathtaking footage of lions hunting a Buffalo calf, then a crocodile attacks… then the herd of Buffalo return fire on the lions. Incredible stuff.
YouTube Video of the Day – Skateboarding bails
I like to see people fall over. Skateboarding video… or more importantly bail videos… give me the chance to watch people hurt themselves over and over again. It’s great! Watch the video below to see people busting heads and breaking bones. If you want bloodshed and people getting knocked out to the sound of the most hilarious metal tune you’ve ever heard, skip to around 7 mins in. God bless YouTube!
YouTube Video of the Day – The invisible water effect
This video is only a short one… but it’s still loads of fun. The scientists among you may already know that hydrogen is less dense then air surrounding it, which means you can create an ‘invisible water effect’. If only they’d done things like this at my school!
YouTube Video of the Day – Sony Bravia spoof ad
You’ve seen the Sony Bravia ad with the explosions of paint? Well… you haven’t seen the aftermath.
YouTube Video of the Day – Video Dating
A short animation about video dating with a weird bloke called Jake. An unsettling ease into your weekend.
YouTube Video of the Day – U2 play Second Life gig (sorta)
With 32million Linden dollars being pinched in Second Life, it’s worth looking at the culprits. First stop, the ‘promoter’ who had to pay U2…
YouTube Video of the Day – News presenter gets bum pinched
The latest video doing the (mass) rounds at the minute is the video starring the Channel 4 news presenter getting her bum pinched during a live broadcast. Believe it or not, the man in question is now wanted by the police. Click here for the full story.
Opinion: Panorama fight video expose proves the web needs policing
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
It takes a lot to shock me and I thought – having worked on and with the internet for the past seven years – that I knew the majority of its positives and negatives. But I’m truly appalled by BBC1’s Panorama investigation into real-life violent videos uploaded onto the web.
Shown on the channel last night, reporters looked at the people who film the sickening scenes, those who have fallen prey to the stupidly named “happy-slapping” attacks (do you see the victims smiling?) and it also focused on the firms allowing such videos to be shown to millions of cyberspace viewers…
