web pulp 2.0

Woman fight over chicken nuggets

Joe Hall — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:49:02 +0000

Sleepy Sleepy Kitten

Joe Hall — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:14:33 +0000

Compliation of Space Battle Scenes

Joe Hall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:16:36 +0000

Calif. woman says Chihuahua died saving her kids

Joe Hall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:34:23 +0000

RICHMOND, Calif. – A Northern California woman says her Chihuahua died protecting her children from two pit bulls that got into her apartment.

FULL STORY HERE

Dad, daughter killed when car stops for ducks

Joe Hall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:28:24 +0000

CANDIAC, Que. – A 16-year-old girl and her 59-year-old father were killed when their motorcycle collided with the car of a woman who had stopped to allow ducks to cross a highway.

FULL STORY HERE

Lightning Strikes Three Chicago Skyscrapers At the Same Time

Joe Hall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:23:12 +0000

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Ping Pong In The Matrix

Joe Hall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:19:05 +0000

Why IS Keanu Reeves Sad?

Joe Hall — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:15:39 +0000

So in case you haven’t seen it, the latest meme going around the interwebz is Sad Keanu Reeves – a paparazzi photo that has lead to a spontaneous snowball of everything from “We love Keanu” support, charity tie-ins, Photoshop mashups and the kind of downright silliness only an internet meme (especially a Reddit-powered one) can randomly spew.

So why is Keanu sad? Well firstly I don’t know that he is, I mean for god’s sake the man is looking at the sandwich he is eating. Maybe he looks a bit bummed out but that could be because his sandwich was disappointing or maybe he wishes that he could eat a sandwich without these bloody paparazzi spying on him. Who knows, it could be many things. I do wonder what he thinks of all this online attention he’s been getting lately because of this stupid snap shot. He is usually such a private guy and avoids most publicity.

His professional success aside he certainly has a lot of reasons to be sad. The guy had a very unstable childhood with a father imprisoned for selling heroin and a mother who travelled the world marrying different guys and divorcing them every 5 minutes. Despite all of this he has managed to maintain a strong sense of family and is devoted to his sisters. Being a dyslexic he didn’t enjoy his school time very much and did not excel in academics. He was very good at ice hockey but an injury crushed his dreams of playing hockey professionally. Tragedies in Keanu’s life include; a beloved sister diagnosed with leukaemia, a best friend dead from a drug overdose, a child still born and a fiancé dead in a car crash. That’s some heavy stuff!! Most of us would have a really hard time dealing with half the shit on this list.

I guess one good thing that’s come out of all this is that a lot of people have come out with personal stories telling what a nice, caring and down to earth guy Keanu Reeves is. Apparently he is really nice to work with and is incredibly generous both with his money and kindness. I think that’s commendable in a world where it’s all about status and how much money you make and how high up you are on the social scale.

People always talk about how dumb he is and what a crap actor he is. Well one of those things must not be true, how else can you explain not only his lengthy and successful career but the amount of really good films he has been in? Either he is a really good actor or he is really clever and knows how to choose the films he is part of and the people he works with. I personally think people are jealous of him and maybe a bit confused by his nonchalant approach to Hollywood and fame and aversion to all the publicity which other famous actors can’t exist without.

I’ll leave you with the brilliant “Hey There Keanu”

This is a guest post by Theodora, a blogger, actress and photographer who enjoys a good opinionated rant every now and again. She currently works for a site specialising in laptops and netbooks and takes great pleasure using them to cruise the web looking for the next meme or reading ridiculously long Reddit comment threads.

Top 10 Worst Karaoke Singers Of All Time!

Joe Hall — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:41:45 +0000

Sings So Bad She Falls Down

Country Western Drop Out?

Worst Half Time Show Ever?

Is She An Alien?

Really Drunk Moon River

Like A Virgin? Lets Hope So!

Tip: Don’t Jump Off The Stage

Black Santa Claus Inspires Rocky!

No One Is Standing By These Guys When They Sing!

Words Can’t Express This Guy!

Blogging 101: Blogging ABC For The Uninitiated

Joe Hall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:07:04 +0000

This is a guest post by Abhigyan Banerjee, who is a student, tech-junkie, and author of tech blog Technokracy.

Blogs have taken over the Internet like wildfire. Every second website you visit these days is/has a blog. While the original purpose of a blog (or Weblog for the traditionalist) was to act as an online diary of sorts, blogs today are major money-minting machines. If you are passionate about something, or feel that you are an authority in your niche, getting online is just as easy as ABC. And we are here to tell you exactly that!

Access:

On the Internet, access is everything. It can make or break your blog. Just having quality content is not enough. You need to present that content in a manner that is accessible to all and sundry. Keep in mind the following points while starting out with a new blog:
Register a domain name: This is one of the more important aspects of a blog. The name of your blog should, simply put, stand out in a horde of blogs. Decide on something catchy, yet unobnoxious, that captures the spirit of what you want to write. Also make sure that you choose the correct host. You don’t want to register with a webhost that can’t even guarantee the security/integrity of your blog during downtime.
Spread the word: You have a totally droolworthy domain. It means zilch if you can’t promote it correctly. Once you have the blog up and running, spend time to tell the world about it. The more you concentrate on spreading the word about your blog, the more people will actually visit it. Use online and offline networking to make the blog reach your target audience.

Blogging Platform:

You have a great idea, you have a great domain name. Now is the time to decide what platform you will use to blog. There are a myriad of choices available. Just based on sheer numbers, I’ll talk about the top three here:

Blogger: Also known as Blogspot, Blogger was THE one service that kicked it off. Owned by Google, Blogger provides a very clean and simple interface to get your blog going. Here’s some advantages of using Blogger:

It’s a Google product, so you can automatically expect the ease of use that Google applications provide.

Since all Blogger blogs are hosted on Google servers, you can expect very good uptimes.

Blogger provides for one of the easiest ways to monetize a blog. AdSense integration is just a few clicks away.

Posterous: Posterous burst onto the blogging scene around last year, and provided the easiest way to start a blog. Many, many established and upcoming bloggers moved to Posterous because of the easy and smooth user experience. All you need to do to get a blog on Posterous is send an email to post@posterous.com (try it out!) with your content.

WordPress: WordPress is by far the leading blogging platform on the web today. It offers two variants. While WordPress.com provides a free service to host your blog on WordPress servers, it is very limited in its functionality. WordPress.org on the other hand, is a solution that can be downloaded and installed on your blog, on your own domain and allows zillions of customization options (Themes, Plugins, etc.).

Make sure you make an informed choice about the platform you use to create your blog. Weigh the pros and cons of each one before you set your sights on one.

Comments:

Blogs and Web 2.0 Apps are all about interaction with your users/readers. Make sure you enable commenting on your blog. By encouraging comments, you are effectively persuading your readers to engage in conversations. This interactivity is what will make many readers want to come back to your time and again.

Also, make sure you encourage your readers to comment about your blog on other websites. This leads to the valuable backlinks that are oh-so-important in terms of search engine rankings.

As long as you have these basics covered, you can expect to have a good (i.e. relatively smooth) start to your blog. Do remember though, that this is only the start of a big effort towards making your blog the next big thing on the Internet.

I wish you all the best with your blogging endeavours.