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I’m having another “YouTube” day today with yet more vids filling my blog. Here’s a couple of funnies. Firstly, this caring video message from a father to his son. If you’d like to watch this on your phone just go to TinyTube.net and type “user:Mike130891” in the search box. Here’s another one. A Danish guy is being interviewed on the… Read more →

Earlier I mentioned classic Amiga demos. Here’s some more that have surfaced back onto our screens courtesy of Google Video and YouTube. This time it’s the classic “Mega Demo” and “Mega Demo 2” from Budbrain. Trust me, these may not look “amazing” now but, back in 1990 these were huge – absolutely huge. Read more →

A couple of quick YouTube videos for you now – the first is a rather unfortunate accident in a rally. Both drivers escaped .. Check out this University lecturer too. This is a real NTU lecturer (this Uni I think) reading out some feedback that he’s had over the year. Very funny. And here’s what happens if you mix video… Read more →

Oh my good grief. The internet is a wonderful place. Way back when I was first starting with computers (I’m going to show my age now) I started playing about with a Spectrum, then I moved onto the Amiga A500. If you ever had an Amiga you will no doubt remember the “PD” or “Public Domain” disks that were sold… Read more →

I’ve just realised that we’ve gone through Halloween and Bonfire night without me mentioning much about it. As I was growing up we never really made much of Halloween. A few people may have cut up a pumpkin but that was about it. When I was young I remember Halloween just passing right by without much fuss. A few kids… Read more →

There’s more evidence today that web users are an impatient lot. According to a survey by Akamai.com people will ignore websites which take longer than 4 seconds to load. 75% of respondents said that they would not return if a site took longer than 4 seconds. Even worse, if a website – such as a shop – takes too long… Read more →

Isn’t the internet great ? Coupled with the prying eyes of the gossip media we can nose into the private lives of big stars. Here’s the moment – apparently – where Kevin Federline got dumped by Britney. She did it the proper way – via text message. Cameras were following Kevin around for some mind-numbling boring fly-on-the-wall US TV show… Read more →

So Britney Spears is filing for divorce … Totally couldn’t see that one coming. She wants custody of the children but none of his money. Hmm Read more →

I live in a little town called Burntwood. Our local council is Lichfield, so every week the local refuse lorries appear to collect the rubbish. There’s usually two – one for all the recycling stuff and one for the garden or household stuff depending which week it is. Either way, there’s usually one lorry that’s been driven as hard and… Read more →

So last night I went to the pub. The boozer in question is fairly close to my parents house so me and Emily went to visit them and then I walked off down to the pub to enjoy a few beers with my dad, brother and a few relatives. “I’ve booked a taxi”, said I as I walked out of… Read more →

So.. YouTube have got rid of all the copyrighted material now have they? Well no, they haven’t. In fact, although each video is limited to 10 minutes in length, you can still watch entire movies on YouTube courtesy of multiple-uploads and link pages like this telling you where each video is. There’s other culprits too, including all the “YouTube wannabe’s”… Read more →

I’ve just been reading this msmobiles story about an “exclusive first test” of the Lobster 700TV in “Total Mobile” magazine. Is it? Strange, we’ve already reviewed it here. Links – msmobiles.com – Lobster 700TV Review Read more →

The internet is a weird and wonderful place. Many websites have embraced the new “Web 2.0” thing and made a fortune from it. YouTube.com and MySpace.com are just two. The latter I don’t really visit much as it gives people far too much control over webpage design and the resulting “personal page” is a hideous combination of huge pictures, music… Read more →

Driving into work this morning up the madness that is the M6 I was witness to a rather irate person in a Citroen Picasso. The M6 was busy. It’s always busy. In fact, last week I was late home from work (we’re talking 11.30pm) and yet somehow I still managed to get stuck on the M6 in a traffic jam.… Read more →

My mate sent this to me on email. It comes from the Manchester Evening News. There’s a massive debate raging about new rising bollards right now as cars get speared by them. They have been installed to try and reduce the street’s high casualty rate. The local council have no plans to change them before the trial ends next year… Read more →

Right, that’s it. I’m on strike :) I’ve not got a fun-time Friday for you today because I’ve been mega-busy with work and website stuff. It’s been one helluva busy week but hopefully you guys should notice a marked speed improvement here on Coolsmartphone.com. I’ve had to put Fun Time Friday back for a day, so I need you guys… Read more →

Blimey, things are getting busy here at CoolSmartPhone. Over the weekend the server was getting really busy. It’s not so much the loading, but more to do with my “screw it, that’ll do for now”-attitude to PHP scripting. Luckily, after a few beers, I had a flash of inspiration and I’ve recoded pretty much all of the front page. The… Read more →

Hmm.. Stephen Colbert (who I presume is some US TV person) makes a fairly valid point with this video. Surely, if Google have bought YouTube, we’re all owed a cut of the cash ? Think of it this way. If YouTube didn’t have any videos, what would it be? It’d be useless.. 99.99999% of YouTube is OUR videos, so (and… Read more →

A few months back we bought a new flashy Samsung LCD TV. It’s a Samsung LE32R74BDX and has a brilliant picture…well, I lie… it has a brilliant picture now, after almost 3 months of twiddling with it and Googling. The best picture, for those of you who have one, is done in one of two ways. Firstly, either use the… Read more →

This was on TV last night so I’ve YouTube’d it. Some nutter, who got pulled over by a policeman on a motorbike, decided that he didn’t want a conversation and instead attacked the officer with a Samurai sword. Attacking police officers is possibly the worst single thing you could do with your day. All available officers are called in to… Read more →

No blog for several days and then two posts in one day? Woah, I’m a crazy mother.. or something. I’ve found possibly the best commercial ever. Listen up advertising people, because this is a perfect example of how to sell your product. The product in question here is chocolate and it involves a young lady in her underwear. It’s sheer… Read more →

I’ve been meaning to write a blog for some time. Our recent review of the Lobster 700TV has meant that blogging went out the window for a short time (yes, yes, it is a big review). So what have I been up to this week? Well I almost offended the entire staff of the local Chinese by doing my “joke”… Read more →