A 7-year-old kid came closer to realize every kid’s dream than any of us: He bought a real Harrier fighter jet for $113,000 on eBay. Yes, a Harrier Jump Jet T-Bird Aircraft XW269. The whole shebang, weaponry not included. Sadly, his dreams were broken the same day, after his dad […]
StumbleUpon Reports Record-Breaking Day With 320 Stumbles Per Second – Weird Wild Web #5
StumbleUpon, the former eBay-owned web discovery engine that returned to startup status in 2009, is making a strong comeback. On Monday, StumbleUpon users set a new record: 27.5 million stumbles in one day, which equates to 320 stumbles per second. The metric was shared via Twitter on Tuesday. The company […]
YikeBike – Weird Wild Web #4
Want to meet a bunch of random strangers everywhere you go? Start riding around on a neon green electric bicycle that looks like nothing this world has seen before, something tossed out of a passing UFO that some New Zealand shepherd found glowing slightly as it rested in the middle […]
Google Talks Smack About Celebrities – Weird Wild Web #3
Google knows everything. In fact, Google is so smart, it can actually answer your question before you’ve asked it by examining previous questions asked by millions of other people. The future is now! It’s a future ruled by machines, but a future none the less! We decided to utilize this […]
A Justin Bieber URL Shortener? Why Not – Weird Wild Web #1
Now, thanks to a Justin Bieber-inspired URL shortener, rabid fans can see Biebs’s face wherever they look online — even more than usual. Every URL shortened by bieber.ly yields a website emblazoned with Bieber’s grinning face. But Then …..