#FreeAJStaff in Egypt because journalism is not a crime

•February 22, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and correspondent Peter Greste, were detained December 29. The trio, who are accused of joining, or aiding and abetting a terrorist organisation, appeared in court in Cairo on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to all charges against them. Their trial is set to resume March 5. Another Al Jazeera journalist, Abdullah al-Shami of the network’s Arabic channel, has been held since August.

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To draw awareness about our detained journalists, we are using a social amplification platform called Thunderclap to flood Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr in anticipation of a global day of action on press freedom February 27.

Lorde took home “Best International Female Solo Artist” at the BRIT Awards 2014

•February 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Four time nominated Disclosure team up with New Zealand’s Lorde and AlunaGeorge to perform a special version of ‘Royals’ and ‘White Noise.’

The Roots, Jimmy Fallon & Will Smith Present “The Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing”

•February 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment

A brief history of hip-hop dance moves in three minutes:

Haha, they had me at “The I’m About To Break Dance”, “The Fish Eye” and “The Carlton.”

Sesame Street Fighter [mashup]

•February 19, 2014 • Leave a Comment

This game teaches typing skills in an interactive way with a nostalgic twist for those in the know, one muppet hadouken at a time — A game this silly could’ve changed my life:

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Four years ago, DeviantArt artist gavacho13 imagined the worlds of Sesame Street and Street Fighter merging as one. Now, you can play an actual HTML5 game based on that brilliant idea. While Sesame Street Fighter is light on actual gameplay — you just type a few words on screen — the mashup elements are nicely done with animated characters, a backdrop, and music that clearly incorporate both sources of inspiration. ~ Sean Hollister

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Like the concept but looking for something less sesame and a little more, blast-phemy, ahem, well this game might be right up your dark alley — The Typing of The Dead:

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Typing of the dead: Overkill fuses the horror and comedy of the legendary House of the Dead series with unique typing mechanics in order to deliver a truly original gaming experience!

I’m probbaly one of the most articulate people you would ever have the pleasure of talking with (if I do say so myself) but if yiu asked me to spell I would probably convinclingly trip over myself and conviently break my fingers so you would never know how horribly semi-illiterate I truly am. People have thought I was smart simply because I take time to respond, I’m just really shit at certain average things, spelling being the one ultimate, embarrassing weakness of mine (here’s to wanting to be a published writer someday, pfft). Thanks again video games and Sesame Street Muppets!

Movies in Parks — GRAVITY

•February 19, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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Sounded great, until I watched ScreenJunkies’ “Honest Trailers” mocking of GRAVITY — It’s packed with spoilers and made for people who have already seen the movie, or if you’re like me, had no real interest in the film itself until they saw it being advertised as a free screening 😛

Passing Time on the Train by October Jones

•February 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

“BEST THING about travelling by train: Sometimes you get to see famous people just chillaxing.”

Best Street Drummer Ever

•February 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

He doesn’t play in the nude nor does he throw-up anytime during his performance, but he sure can drum:

Phantogram “Fall In Love” [music video]

•February 17, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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VOICES is the second album by American electronic rock duo Phantogram, set to drop in stores tomorrow:

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John Key: “I’m not a reptile” Ushering Humanity Towards Enslavement

•February 16, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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You read correct! The New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, was implicated in a global conspiracy theory, calling him out as one of a group of shapeshifting alien reptiles set on taking over the world. He denied these allegations on camera to reporters, taking a full 20 working days period to do so of course. What a ridiculous notion, to think the Prime Minster is cool enough to be an intergalactic space lizard, harumph

Although I must say, his three-way handshake during the rugby world cup 2011 was pretty, errr, different:

Conan O’Brien Presents the “I Love You” News

•February 15, 2014 • Leave a Comment

…Yes, this really happened, America:

How was Everyone’s Day then?

•February 15, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Thought so.

Valentine’s for Trekkies

•February 14, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Or you could warp speed to the next level — look at this amazing engagement ring!

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“Boldly Going Somewhere” by PaulMichaelDesign on Etsy for $595 ($734.57 NZD)