Category: Random crap

Random thoughts and equally random web links. Unfortunately for you, I like to share.

On the move

Everyone must know about Air New Zealand’s Grab-A-Seat website by now but have you checked out How Far Can I Go? This nifty little site takes the dollars you have available and tells you where to go. In the nicest…

Real or no real?

With all the retouching and Photoshopping going on, it’s hard to tell just what is real these days. Dove highlighted that fact with its evolution of a model ad, which has been beautifully spoofed with a video called Slob Evolution.…

Online karaoke bar

If you fancy yourself as a chart-topper, test drive your singing abilities at Singshot. This site is effectively an online karaoke bar. Well, a bar without alcohol (and after some of the performances, you might just be in the mood…

Is she real or a Hollywood panel job?

Dear readers, I need your help.  Take a deep breath, brace yourself and point your browser to the Internetstats website.  Now, here’s the question: Is that woman real? Is she the result of a wayward plastic surgeon? Or is she…

Just wax it already!

For my hairy-backed readers out there, help is at hand.  If your back resembles a bearskin rug and your arms aren’t long enough or your hedgeclippers not accurate enough to deal with the problem, check out the Razorba.

U2 top of the (Trade Me) pops

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the No 1 search on online auction site Trade Me last month was U2, knocking Apple’s iPod into the No 2 spot. The other big news from Trade Me is that…

Weird, weird world of WWW

Sometimes I wonder just where the ideas come from for the rich array of websites that make up the weird wide web.  Did the genius behind Cats in Sinks simply look at his or her cat, think: “ah, I’ve got…

Enlightening…and a hoax

Last week I wrote about the Komarnitsky family and their interactive website featuring the 17,000 Christmas lights that adorn their house.   Online news stories and information on the family’s site stated net surfers could control the lights with the click…