Afternoon Dubloons – Links In Brief(s)

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Big Red in Afternoon Dubloons and tagged boing boing, call of duty, ferguson, ferguson cop, games radar, gamma sqaud, google tax, holy moly, ice bucket challenge, jimmy fallon, nerdist, pierce brosnan, slashfilm, spanish news, sploid, steve-o, the independent.

Stuff which what we found interestin’.

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Police officer in Ferguson caught on film telling protestors ‘I will fucking kill you‘, whilst pointing his gun – (Boing Boing)

Girl transforms mouth into famous cartoon characters with makeup – (Sploid)

Jackass star Steve-O raises a point about those ice bucket challenges – (Holy Moly)

A mystery condition gives a boy in India enormous 40-pound hands – (Gamma Sqaud)

Rocket Racoon could have looked vastly different from how he ended up looking – (Slash Film)

Jimmy Fallon and Pierce Brosnan playing Goldeneye on the N64 – (Nerdist)

Spain’s ‘Google Tax’ will charge companies to link to articles – (The Independent)

How Call Of Duty is using casino psychology to keep you playing – (Games Radar)

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Afternoon Dubloons – Links In Brief(s)

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Big Red in Afternoon Dubloons and tagged afternoon dubloons, android apps, better call saul news, buzzfeed books, colin farrell, den of geek, gawker, holy moly, life hacker, saul star, stephen fry, the daily beast, true detective 2.

Stuff which what we found interestin’.

All the timeline details you need to know about the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul – (Saulstar)

Colin Farrell could be leading up the cast for True Detective 2 – (Empire)

Jeffrey Katsenberg’s legendary memo written in 1991 in which he predicted the future of cinema – (Den Of Geek)

Android have produced an amazing voice recording app – (Life Hacker)

Police hunted down the prostitute accused of watching a Google exec overdose—and found a trail of dead and damaged men in her past – (The Daily Beast)

Stephen Fry has provoked quite the stir after criticising Operation Yewtree – (Holy Moly)

How Many Of These Authors’ First Novels Have You Read? – (Buzzfeed Books)

Meth – It’s a helluva drug! – (Gawker)

Afternoon Dubloons – Links In Brief(s).

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Big Red in Afternoon Dubloons and tagged bbc news, botnet, den of geek, fred willard arrested, holy moly, hubble telescope, huffington post, io9.com, ny post, rabies scare, sports drinks, supermodel secrets, topless robot, virginia beaver attack.

Stuff which what we found interestin’.

The Hubble telescope has discovered an ancient galaxy which shouldn’t exsist – (iO9)

The BBC claim that there’s a ‘lack of evidence‘ when it comes to performance enhancing sports products, such as drinks and expensive trainers – (BBC NEWS)

The dirty secrets of the supermodels from the 80s – (NY Post)

Modern Family and Anchorman star Fred Willard caught by police doing a ‘pee Wee Herman’ in an adult movie theatre – (Holy Moly)

Two sisters attacked by a beaver in Virginia are now being tested for rabies – (Huffington Post)

A botnet responsible for 18% of all spam emails is now dead. Huzzah! – (Geek O System)

The 10 most irrationally evil fictional companies – (Topless Robot)

British TV shows slated to appear on your small screen over the next few months, which you might not want to miss – (Den Of Geek)