The oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say.
Human's Oldest Relative Found
The story of humankind is reaching back another million years with the discovery of 'Ardi,' a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.
Digital Cable TV, Still Stuck Inside the Box
Television as millions of Americans have known it for decades is undergoing a radical change as it shifts to a new digital system.
Videogeist: October 02 2009
THIS could all be happening right now, somewhere on this planet…
“Bacon is good for me!”
From the department of WTF comes the latest snippet from a US TV show to go viral. In the tradition of God Warrior, I bring you Bacon Boy:
You’ll… never see… this face… again!
The crying game
While we’re on the topic of US TV, Boing Boing found this weird ad for a phone service that makes you cry.
According to the person who uploaded it to YouTube, it was captured in the early 1990s during the screening of a KISS movie:
“What makes people all over America break down and cry like this?” the ad asks. Whatever it is can’t be too bad, as it says under-18s are fine to call as long as they have permission.
Toy town
Do you remember the video of Bondi Beach made with tilt-shift photography that made everything look miniature?
Well, Disney have used the same technique to capture a day at one of the theme parks at Disney World. It’s surreal:
Pity about the awful music though.
“It will blow your mind!”
Some readers have noticed I occasionally post trailers for movies and games, and come up with conspiracy theories about it.
Well, they’ve caught me out. It’s time to come clean. This week’s sponsored video is a trailer for Laserblast, a masterpiece of cinema that I highly recommend*:
Now all I have to do is travel back to 1978 to pick up my cheque.
* Clearly, this is not true. None of the videos on this blog are sponsored in any way.
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