Halloween is an exciting time for little kids. I mean, it’s the one day each year when taking candy from strangers is a good idea. It also allows these precious kiddos to dress up as their favorite monsters, superheroes, and cartoon characters. What’s not to love? But it’s not all fun and games for little trick-or-treaters. Sometimes, they encounter quite a few bumps in the road on their quest to get candy from every house in the neighborhood. Source: Trick or treat mishaps by vidibona on Rumble As bad as it is to watch kids suffer, you have to admit that they’re pretty funny when they’re scared. These situations — no matter how scary — are never enough to deter them from filling up their buckets with sweet treats, though. You have to admire them for that. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/halloween-scare/
When it comes to ghost hunting, the most interesting spirits to track down are the angry ones. Sure, they might be capable of injuring you, but they also tend to be the most active. Take, for example, this footage from the 3 Girls In The Dark paranormal team. The group explored the famous Villisca Murder House in Iowa late last year and captured some bizarre footage. In 1912, the house was the site of a brutal murder that left all six members of the Moore family and their two young guests dead. It was after midnight when one member of the team recited the phrase that evidently inspired Reverend Lyn George Kelly to commit the murders. After the women said the phrase aloud, one of their cameras started shaking violently. That ghost wanted nothing to do with being taunted by the living. (source: Ghostsofbritain) It’s worth noting that even though Kelly confessed to the murders in 1917, he was never actually convicted. His case went to court twice, and both times, he was acquitted. The murders remain officially unsolved to this day. You can read more about the Villisca axe murders here. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/angrier-ghost/
Imagine, for a moment, that you are Golf Digest magazine. You have been publishing golfing instruction month after month for 62 years. Some of that advice has, of course, been regurgitated now and again, while a wealth of original instruction has been divided among individual issues moldering in the basements of some long-running subscribers, likely never to be rediscovered. How, with the many new opportunities that digital technology now affords, do you repurpose that great archive to make it more useful and accessible for your readers? One smart solution is to combine the technology that powers the most popular mobile app for golf, Golf Logix, with your own content. Golf Digest Live, which is available through the GolfLogix app, helps users navigate courses, and tracks and analyzes their game performance — think of it as Nike+ for golf. The app then serves up a personalized magazine made up of tips and video drills from Golf Digest designed to address weaknesses players exhibited during their last game. That advice, which can be read on your tablet or computer as well as your smartphone, comes directly from the many acclaimed instructors and players Golf Digest has worked with over the years. The idea, as Lou Riccio, a statistics professor at Columbia University, says in the video above, is to “produce a magazine not on a monthly basis for the masses, but for you specifically after every round.” Beyond personalized, post-game instruction, the app also serves up some welcome content in-game. Some, like the audio library of golf jokes, is pure fun. But there’s also warm-up drills, tips and videos players can pull up to help address an issue they’re having mid-game, like how to hit from an uphill or downhill lie. Access to Golf Digest Live costs $19.99 per year with a free, 30-day trial. It’s available for more than 60 smartphone models, including iPhone 3G and up, as well as many Android and BlackBerry devices. With newsstand sales suffering from heavy declines, coupled with the growing popularity of content discovery and aggregation apps like Twitter, Flipboard and Instapaper, it may be time for magazine publishers to rethink the way they’re bundling content. This is a start. Golf Digest Live The main menu. Analyze your latest round, and access warm-ups, drills and video lessons designed to guide you through range practice. Access quick video tutorials during practice. The app also offers up content designed to be consumed mid-course. Some of it, like jokes and inspiration, is meant to be fun; other parts are more useful. The app also offers up content designed to be consumed mid-course. Having a panic moment? The app displays advice designed to refocus your game. The app uses GPS to help players navigate courses. Access your stats after every round. An example of post-round advice. An example of post-round advice. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/08/16/golf-digest-live-app/
Ross Ching continues his “Empty America” YouTube series by tackling the busy streets of Seattle. The video shows Seattle in all its overcast, rainy glory devoid of two things — cars and people. As haunting as these videos are serene, they’re worth a watch if you want to experience a more somber city life. The series was inspired by Matt Logue’s photo series Empty LA. Take a stroll through deserted San Francisco in the first clip of the series, or watch a behind-the-scenes video below. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/24/deserted-seattle-time-lapse-will-creep-you-out/
Since NBC still hasn’t fixed its online streaming problems, here are three things worth seeing again from the second weekend of the Olympics. On YouTube The Olympic coverage on BBC is a bit different from ours. There’s no Ryan Seacrest conducting social media segments, no Mary Carillo wandering around the United Kingdom discovering tea and no calming voice of Bob Costas to sooth you into a night’s slumber. Instead, British viewers are treated to what the BBC does best: measured and mature coverage, with very little goofing around. However, a clip of three BBC commentators freaking out over British runner Mo Farrah’s gold medal finish is worth watching. They’re jumping out of the chairs and pumping their fists as Britain brought in six gold medals Saturday — the most in a day since 1908. Now that’s a reason to celebrate. On Twitter Once deemed ineligible to compete for having two prosthetic legs, runner Oscar Pistorius made Olympic history this weekend for being the first amputee to compete. Unfortunately his carbon-fiber legs couldn’t propel him to medal contention as he failed to qualify for the men’s 400 meter final. But many users on Twitter are congratulating him for overcoming the odds against him. Oscar Pistorius you have inspired all….congrats — Riley Pechauer (@RileyPeach3) August 6, 2012 And since its original post, this picture has more than 1,000 retweets. For us Oscar Pistorius took gold for competing at #London2012. If this picture doesn’t inspire you not sure what will. twitter.com/SolihullPolice… — Solihull Police (@SolihullPolice) August 5, 2012 On Tumblr With nearly 4,000 notes, it would’ve been difficult to miss our own Fernando Alfonso III’s fantastic GIF of Serena Williams dancing to celebrate her gold medal win, but here it is again. Williams steamrolled over Russian Maria Sharapova in just 63 minutes to capture the gold medal on Saturday. Following the 6-0, 6-1 knockout, Williams celebrated by dropping like it’s hot and doing the crip walk. One writer called it a “nice homage” to her hometown of Compton, but a Fox Sports writer got his boxers and a bunch and freaked out over the mindless shuffle. For the love of GIF, can’t we all just get along? window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement(‘script’);js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}; _msla(“//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”,”twitter_jssdk”); Tempo Storm expand into Heroes of the Storm, pick up Symbiote Gaming D’Angelo gets politically righteous with ‘SNL’ performance The most embarrassing questions we’re Googling before the Super Bowl Justin Timberlake confirms baby news in the cutest way possible This article originally published at The Daily Dot here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/08/06/must-see-olympic-moments/
What started as a pool of 1,400 has now been whittled down to one. Thanks to The Friskies, the world finally has an answer to the burning question: What’s the greatest cat video of 2012? The Friskies, a contest and awards show celebrating the magic that is cats on YouTube, premiered last week, running a full hour and a half of furry, frisky glory. Held in Los Angeles, the celebration featured laughter, tears, and, of course, YouTube’s Michael Buckley. In the end — and despite our endorsements — no cat could win over the judges’ hearts like Oskar, the adopted blind cat who couldn’t stop playing with his green ball. That video received more than 117,000 views in a little more than weeks, netting Oskar and his overseers $15,000. Category winners — Cole’s “Black Cat Stick ’em Up,” Boo’s “Cat Alarm Clock,” Milo’s “Cardboard Dreams” and Nylah’s “Kitty Plays Fetch”—netted contestants a solid $2,500 in consolation prize money. The ceremony also included a number of gag gifts, musical performances, and imitation awards, like the Lifetime Achievement award Michael Buckley bestowed upon Will Braden, creator of Henri, Le Chat Noir. Held for the first time this year, The Friskies is, of course, an promotion from Purina’s Friskies brand cat food. Nice to see these cats are finally getting their time in the sun. YouTube experiments with its own Super Bowl halftime show The race to create our virtual realities A guide to Rob Gronkowski’s best Internet moments Black & Sexy TV wants to appeal to more than black audiences This article originally published at The Daily Dot here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/19/friskies-oskar-blind-cat/
Not since Denise Richards donned a lab coat in The World Is Not Enough have we seen such an unlikely scientist as Megan Fox. Yet Fox makes a somewhat convincing marine biologist in this ad for Acer, which shows a hidden side to the sex symbol — a passion for dolphins. Like a previous ad that presented Kiefer Sutherland as a baker, the aim is to underscore Acer’s brand mission to “explore beyond limits.” Fox, however, is no stranger to technology. Back in 2011, she was seen slinking around a bathtub and exposing her famously unattractive thumbs in a Motorola Super Bowl TV spot. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/30/megan-fox-acer/
Anyone who thinks dogs don’t have feelings must not know many dogs. Casey the Schnauzer was away from her momma who was living abroad for two years. When the young woman came home… Casey just couldn’t handle all of the happy. The little dog was so filled with joy, she actually fainted. This is the kind of welcome home you’d never, ever forget. (To be fair on Casey though, that is like 14 years in dog years, a long time to be away from a loved one.) (Source: Rebecca Ehalt) For those worried or wondering, Casey was taken to the vet soon after this was filmed. The vet watched the video and gave the Schnauzer a check-up. Everything is fine with her. Her fainting spell was not caused by any medical disorder… just pure joy. Share Casey’s epic reaction with others. You can’t watch this without smiling. Read more: http://viralnova.com/dog-passes-out/
