With childrens diets increasingly on the political agenda one American website has taken a positive approach by producing an urban masterpiece designed to promote the benefits of milk

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What have you done today ? Got up, got dressed, gone to work, so far so boring..

And you know with a little bit of extra effort you could be doing something important…..like making the world a better place…

Remember the movie Pay it Forward where instead of paying back a favour you paid it forward to 3 other people. Well, it’s inspired a website where you can play the Giving Game. Register for a free giving card and then send a message of kindness to a friend and ask them to send another act of random kindness to someone else and so on.

Here’s a few giving suggestions - rescue a cat from a tree, help an old lady cross a road or donate money to a local library. As well as making other people happy and making the world a better place you’ll be that little bit closer to Heaven…

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Ok do not adjust your sets.

Yep – it’s the internet radio station that’s got tails wagging across the globe – music programmed by humans to be enjoyed by animals.

The makers claim to have carried out research on over 200 dogs to ascertain what music they like – and the result – tunes like You’re A Good Dog, Scratch My Back and Squeaky Deaky.

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40 years before MTV decided to start pimping rides, one man was single handedly blazing the trails for modified motors

“It was during the 1950’s that antique and classic car impresario George Barris hit the road to fame as the king of the customizers. Starting in the 1960’s his work with Hollywood movie and television studios made him a true hot rod legend”.

You can say that again….no I didn’t mean actually say it again. Anyway, no wonder he’s a legend. George is the man behind some iconic road rampagers - the hotrod from Grease, the Starsky and Hutch Ford Gran Torino, the original Batmobile, the Monkeemobile, the Back to the Future De Lorean and even the clapped out jalopy from …
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Who needs enemies when you have got friends like Kieran. You see Kieran wants to get married but only when he has got some Dutch courage on board.

So, cue Kieran’s supposed best mate who has decided to use the strength of the net to fan the romantic flames. He’s set up a website to ask for some world wide backing. Once 5000 people have pledged their support, Kieran has promised to propose - this time unaided by alcohol.

So far, Kieran is only 4000 votes away from a bended knee - thanks in part to the fact that voters are entered into a draw for a free ski weekend. And, isn’t it fitting that one person will win a week on the piste because that’s exactly how Kieran got himself in this situation in the first place

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For some people getting up in the morning involves the simple process of getting the alarm clock throwing it across the room smashing it against a wall and staying horizontal well into the pm. Todays internet invention was created just for them.

It’s the Flying Alarm Clock, a clock with a flying propeller that jets off across your room at an ungodly hour, causing you to dive for cover and then forcing you to dig it out from wherever it lands. The enemy of sleep, this device and it’s full metal racket is a match for even the soundest of sleepers.

But if the flying alarm clock doesn’t get below your snooze radar why not accessorize with some additional sounds. You’re guaranteed to get to work on time, just don’t forget to change out of the flak jacket

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With the time of year that is in it party season is fast approaching. Great fun for everybody but not so much when the host finds something congealed and crusty under a sofa cushion.

Where there's thrills there's always going to be spills but thanks to one website you do not need to worry - they've got the lowdown on how to clean absolutley anything.

That includes...

Chocolate from leather, crayon from sofas, banana from carpet, cat vomit from fabric, with expert help on hairspray overspray, airplane glue, bird droppings, candle wax, modelling clay, red wine, strawberry diaquiri and countless other stubborn stains

Make no mistake this site will help you clean anything from anything but there is one other solution - you could laminate the living room floor !

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Hollywood producers are a fickle breed. One minute they build stars to be the epitome of perfection - all whitened smiles and bling bling styles.

Borat has re-cast the Hollywood superstar mould Kazik-style. But, is he an original creation ? Dating from 2002, todays site has some hard evidence to the contrary. At the homepage of Mahir you’re immediately accosted with the message I Kiss You and the image of a man who looks like a head to toe Borat stunt double.

“I like to be friendship from different country”, he says. I like “swimming, tennis, volleyball and walk”. Quite the eligible bachelor, Mahir boasts of a home and car - they could be separate or it could be a camper van.

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Say goodbye to locking wall mounts, cable tethers and guard dogs prowling the perimeter of your surround sounding 84 inch hd ready telly

.....monstrosity because the world’s most unstealable television has been revealed online. The world’s most unstealable TV is rendered unstealable by the fact that it’s made of concrete.

That’s right, we can’t even begin to understand the technology which makes it possible to broadcast pictures on a precast concrete block but the video evidence is online for all to see. The idea of having a slab of rock mounted in the lounge isn’t everybodys dream and delivery could be a problem but remember, there’s absolutely no way your new concrete tv can possibly be stolen unless 10 burglars arrive armed with a jcb.

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Welcome to one of the most unusual media tie ins ever - which see Monty Python cross promoting lego.

If you think Monty Python were funny in the flesh wait til you see them rendered as miniature feisty plastic figurines singing to their hearts content…..

In a feature that must have taken a small animation army weeks to compile which is a pity because it all seems to have been a bit of a waste of time…oh dear.

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Monopoly that most chameleonic of board games now comes in a new version that comes with a blessing from the almighty himself.

It’s Mormonopoly, the game that encourages you to build as many churches as possible and probably collect a dozen wives along the way.

The makers obviously believe that they’ve got to be fair to everybody and even advertise a Catholi-opoly, and presumably have a Muslim-opoly, a Buddist-opoly and a we believe we’re all going to be taken away by a big shiny spaceship when we die-opoly waiting in the wings.

And for those of you who think that this could only be a Borat inspired spoof there’s even two endorsements from a very special satisfied customer with the initials J.C.

Do you think? Nah. Could it?

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The Irish national emblem is the green shamrock but it could just as easily be a Kerrs Pink.

In fact, Irish history would be an entirely different read if it weren’t for the influence of a simple vegetable.

Those who appreciate our grounded heritage should visit the Global Potato News - an essential online resource for spud loving enthusiasts with forensic potato reports covering everything from integrated pest management to fungicide timing.

There’s even a Belgian organisation called INTERPOM, conjuring up images of espionage in potato fields the world over, with spud gun wielding spies fighting for ‘tato freedom. Mashed, boiled, chipped or fried, obviously there’s more to the spud than meets the eye.

Maybe we should consider a new national anthem to celebrate this truly versatile veg

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This week is National Science Week and todays site does it’s best to promote the exploration of all things boffinish.

The Ignobel Awards, reward research that makes people laugh…then think…

Their annual ceremony celebrates the unusual and honours the imaginative. So, stand up Nic Svenson and Piers Barnes from Australia - winners in the Mathematics category for their ground-breaking work calculating the number of photographs you must take to ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed

Then there’s the scientists in the acoustics category who conducted experiments to discover why people dislike the sound of fingernails on blackboards, thanks for that…. and the winners of 2006’s dubious Ignobility crown hope to further the human cause by explaining why woodpeckers don’t get headaches….is it because they drink in moderation ?

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Christmas is just around the corner but amidst all the excitement and preperation there is one thing we Irish will never be ready for snow

For those of us anticipating a white Christmas, help is at hand thanks to an item being touted by one website as the hottest product on the snow today. Say hello to a revolutionary snow shovel in fact it’s a snow shovel on a wheel or as the makers website calls it - a wovel.

The bizarrely titled wovel uses advanced leveraging technology to scoop up snowdrifts. With talk of white downpours it could be a worthwhile investment - or consider making your own version by attaching a frying pan to the front of your bike.

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Welcome to Monkey Mail you have got something to say and I have a nap to take. So lets get going.

Indeed, if you’ve got something to say to a friend or colleague but you’re not sure quite how to broach it then what about Monkey Mail.

Monkey mail is an online interface allowing you to convey messages to friends or colleagues through the medium of monkey.

Customise your ape, type in your message and then hit send. Within moments the recipient will receive their ape tape from an endearingly hairy creation with a somewhat saucy mouth.

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TV Title Heaven is a nostalgic blog archiving cheesy TV opening credits

featuring more cars crashing into cardboard boxes, mouldy moustaches and clichéd cops than you can shake a flared leg at.

Leer at a young Heather Locklear, or cringe at the sight of Bobby Ewing striding around in canary yellow swimming trunks in the Man from Atlantis. Be warned that your meander down memory lane could be obstructed by a guy in police uniform, gravity defying wig and corset

It is of course William Shatner in T.J. Hooker the seminal 80s cop series, with a heartening message for fat ex Starship captains everywhere, that your career can thrive, even if you insist on wearing a dead squirrel on your head.

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It has been a musical week here at Mini Bytes HQ. Earlier in the week, we brought you the unique vocal talents of the musical maverick that is Shooby today, it’s the turn of some musical wannabees.

To celebrate a recent run of musical form, one newspaper has been searching for the best Dylan soundalike. For the Zimmerfan, the results of their trawl are rather amusing, ranging from the comical to the quizzical

But well done to the eventual winner Eric Nelson who dare I say it, probably sounds even better than the real thing

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Shooby Taylor for those of you who do not know, shame on you, was a singer who garnered huge cult appeal for his bizarre style of singing

actually singing is the wrong word, more like making the sound of a person who’s mouth is on fire

Most of Shooby’s tracks are archived on his website for your delectation and bemusement including a harmonious rendering of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blue.

Genius.

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Long before fashionistas declared that brown was the new black, the goth bands of the 80s were claiming black as their own.

Bands like The Cure, Sisters Of Mercy and Siouxsie and the Banshees wouldn’t tip toe outside their respective front doors without being daubed head to toe in the darkest of dark materials as if they’d spent the last 5 weeks rehearsing in a coal mine.

Today, a new breed of goths are hoping to change things. Their online goth help us campaign would have you believe that todays gothic is not a maudlin, monchrome moaner but a caring, sharing, multi-coloured personality.

It’s about time peoples perceptions of Goths were changed but bands will find it difficult to wave the white flag. Although, I am looking forward to seeing Robert Smith performing in a lime green tracksuit.

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Either global warming has kept our cold weather at bay or Jack Frost is pulling a sickey.

Not for long, though. Winter is on it’s way and today we present the ultimate indoor cold weather accoutrement.

It’s called the slanket and it is a work of cuddly genius. The slanket is a blanket with a twist, well actually it’s a rip, no it’s two rips attached to two oversized sleeves for your arms making a blanket with sleeves.

The slanket allows you to read a book, channel surf or generally use your arms without exposing your upper body to the elements and is a quirky gift idea to warm up a loved ones life.

But, be warned setting you back in the region of 50 quid this lounging blanket might leave you feeling like you’ve being fleeced

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Thousands of individuals are abducted by extraterrestrials beings each year.

So says this site and just in case you’re not one of them – guess what - they offer to simulate the experience for you.

The site goes on to say - why wonder if they're ever going to come for you? Why invest the time, trouble, and expense involved in an actual abduction when our highly trained and professional staff can provide you with memories of the alien abduction that you have been waiting for your entire life?

The site even has an abductalizer giving your personal abduction analysis factor or in plain English – the chances that little green men will come and take you away. It took me 10 minutes to key in my details and when I pressed submit – what did I get……Page not found…..now that’s spooky……

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