Picasa Web Albums: Introducing name tags

If nothing else, this face recognition for name tagging is a lot of fun, and also very useful for organising tags on your photos. Try it out!

Air traffic

A group of budding scientists have traced every flight in the world over a 24-hour period and plotted them onto an impressive video map. See full story on sky news article at http://url.ie/107u for more info.

Not There Yet

This is one of the funniest videos I've seen on youtube, maybe because it's so close to the truth, you have to laugh!

Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Voice Search

This is a killer app for the iphone, and it works well...

Tanker plane losing its wings

What happens when both of your wings fall off mid flight...!

Ryanair Long-haul flights

Watch the translator squirm when it's up to her to translate Michael O'Leary's statements about transatlantic perks he would offer.

Plane Struck by Lightning

Lightning striking a boeing 747 just after take-off... fantastic sight!

Wassup 2008

How the wassup commercial would be today, 8 years later......

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross Abuse Andrew Sachs via Phone 1

I found it difficult to listen to this, not that I was offended or anything, more I just thought the two guys were just being utter idiots to make these prank calls on Jonathan's radio show.

Dire Straits • Money for nothing (1984)

Look at them yoyos, that's the way you do it, you play the guitar on the MTV! This video still has it after 24 years! It's hard to believe I know so many people born after this was made.

Thomas Clarke tower being taken down brick by brick

Watch out for the night activity at this tower as it gets deconstructed room by room over a two week period. Watch out for foggy nights and a market in the foreground on one of the days!

A writer's life

This is the reality of what a writer's environment looks like!! In Ireland replace coffee pot with teapot, but otherwise, everything else is the same.

Funny Bud Light beer commercial - Good Dog

Riding a Segway up the World's Steepest Street, Baldwin St

It can even go up a very steep hill. I've been to Baldwin St., it's pretty tough!

Segway Commercial

This is something that will take off big time over the coming years. Electric powered, uses gyros to keep balanced. Range is from 20km+ depending on which model you buy. 450mpg equivalent. Rumours are that it's priced at around 6,000 euro in Ireland.

Tony Blair being bovvered by Lauren (Catherine Tate)

This is fantastic, done by Blair for charity only a few months before he left number 10.

Big Brother 9 - Irish Dancing Task

What happens when you take 15 people who don't particularly like each other too much and ask them to learn a bit of the Riverdance routine in just 2 days? Absolute farce, but hillarious farce is what you get. Even the drummers could have made a more credible attempt at the two short drumming sequences! Watch for the dancers starting the dance before the music itself, and watch how some of the dancers are just jumping up and down!!

german skull soldiers 1x01

Some classic world war 2 humour.

Cowen's Downfall

Flight of the Conchords Ep 5 Business Time

Des Bishop Dies in Cross Community Show in Armagh

This is fantastic... Des Bishop did an excellent gig in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and at the end he said he normally finishes with the Irish language version of his "Jump around" rap, called "Leimigi thart". The audience demanded it, but he added a twist. He asked a member of the audience with a camera to record it and upload it with the title "Des Bishop Dies in Cross Community Show", and asked the audience not to react to his performance in any way to make it look like the gig was a flop. He pulled it off very well... in fact he did it twice just to make sure the camera got it okay. 10 seconds after this the audience was cheering and applauding. Fantastic!

MD 11 KLM Extreme landing Crosswinds

Stunning example of a crosswind landing!

Tales Of Mere Existence

A day in my life!!!

Funny VOTE 'NO' Lisbon Treaty video!

Futurama - πKEA (piKEA)

Watch the first 30 seconds for a "too close to the bone" homage to IKEA in the 31st century.

Hypnotoad

A large toad-like creature has large oscillating multicoloured eyes and emits a droning hum.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

This has got to be the Chilis at their best when it comes to music video. Look closely for all the homages! I just can't get bored with this one!

Honda advert

Isn't it nice when things just work? Watch out for the fan blowing itself across the room until it unplugs itself!

Muppet Show - Chocolate Moose

You're on a night out... you've possibly had a bit too much to drink. It's now dessert time and you see a chocolate mouse lolly on the menu, and you find yourself uncontrolably drawn to it. Now is not a good time to ask the waitress a. if there is a chef and b. if he's Swedish. And even if you do that, it's definitely a bad idea to start singing this song!!!

Internet Party: When Google's parents leave town...

If Smirnhof made dog food!!!!!

She had beautiful, long, golden hair... all over her body. She was a great kisser too, except she did have a tendency to slobber.... then one day, I catch her in another guy's basket. I wasn't going to argue, he was a boxer. All she said was, what'd you expect? I'm a bitch!! -- Classic tv advert

Once - Falling Slowly (Oscar Winner)

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova with their wonderful oscar winning performance of "Falling Slowly".

Lunar Eclipse 2008

Can't be bothered staying up late tonight to see the total lunar eclipse? Then check this out, as it gives you an idea of what it would look like in the sky, accelerated of course, as the total phase lasts 51 minutes. The outlook is bleak in Ireland, we've have several clear nights in a row, and now overcast conditions have returned, so we may see nothing at all!

Mock The Week - Lines you'd never hear in a James Bond movie

Classic "Mock the Week" game round where 6 comedians give one liners on a particular subject! It's a pity Dara as host doesn't get to contribute some gags in these rounds!

Stick Man Attacking Windows

Some people just have way too much time on their hands, but it is very entertaining!

Classic Dime Bar Advert

Ah, they don't quite make them like they used to. Harry Enfield as the moronic customer who doesn't understand what the interviewer is talking about and later refers to him as a nutter... "Oi, nutter!".

24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot

Why 24 would never have worked as a TV show in the mid '90s.....

Am I bovvered ? Tate and the Queen

Skip ahead to 04:00 in this clip. Am I bothered? Is one bothered? Queen at 2 o'clock. Catherine Tate's Lauren is very funny the first couple of times you see her, but then it gets a bit predictable as it's more or less the same act each show. Except for now, in this one, she interacts with the Queen of England at a live performance! Classic.

Frozen Grand Central

Over 200 improv performers got together and for a 5 minute period, they all froze in position in the main concourse of Grand Central station in New York. Excellent performance, bewildered crowds, and a round of applause when they started moving again!!!

Google Maps

Imagine if you could use google maps to do more than show you photos at street level of major cities... imagine if you could navigate your way into and out of buildings, even your own apartment. Watch and smile, google maps meets "Blink" from Doctor Who!

The Downfall of HD-DVD

After Warner Brothers abandoned HD-DVD for Blueray, someone subtitled this clip of "Downfall" as a skit. The script of the subtitles is extremely well done, a must watch!!!

How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan

Tongue in cheek look at how not to confuse and bore your audience when making a presentation.

Diana Ross - Upside Down (Michael Jackson)

This song made it very easy for me to wake in the wee hours of the morning recently, the cloudiness of an early rise without caffeine made it fade away in a few moments, but I found myself humming it later that night. Michael Jackson adds his own unique flair to this clip.

manamana

The defining video clip from the Muppet Show, and worthy of first place on my youtube blog!