Author Archives: Niall Murphy

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On Sunday, POTUS and FLOTUS attended a reception at the Holy Name High School in Mumbai. Michelle got up to dance first, as for her husband…

He appeared to resist when students from Holy Name High School in Mumbai approached. Eventually, Obama gave in, got up and strutted his stuff, too. He jumped around a little and made awkward sawing movements with his arms.

Original footage (8.55). We prefer the Fiddy remix above, obviously.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: In India, dancing with Obama (AP)

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Ah, Rube Goldberg machines. Is there anything you can’t be hijacked for in order to sell us something?

Trumer Pils. Brewed in Berkeley California. Pint of Guinness, please.

Previously: OK GO: All Things Shall Pass

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Map Crunch is a Google StreetView ‘randomiser’ that cycles arbitrary views of a country for reasons best known to the cosmos. Perhaps it’s a way to undermine tourist boards.

We can’t quite figure it out, but it’s fairly moreish. They’ve just added Ireland to their list of destinations. Choose it. Select slideshow. See random hedgerows and lay-bys.

Drift into pleasant reverie. Wait to be fired.

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We’ve already reported one attempt to create a watch band for the iPod Nano 6G. Here’s another: the rubber Hex watch casing, above.

You can buy it here for about 25 bucks.

Snoop Dogg Likes It: New Nano Watch Band (TechNews Daily)

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Here’s Sir Ian McKellan at the Savannah Film Festival in Georgia last week, reprising his role as Gandalf, facing down the dread tennis-Balrog in the Mines of Moria.

As it actually happened, on the day.

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