It's that time of year when all the 'Best of 2012' review posts litter your browsing experience like so many unwelcome snowflakes. So I'll review those reviews and you can review those review-reviews at your leisure. IS IT STILL 2012? SWEET MERCY WHY? … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The unikini edition
It's December and internet fluff is beginning to take on a distinctly tinselly tinge. So don your finest winter unikini (pictured below, with links to buy) and let's survey the land. Tell him that he's hurting himself and his family Adam Buxton has some more acceptable suggestions for what … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: the space babies edition
Not impressed with real life? Then dive with me into the Sea of Internet. The water's glittery and contains magical Narwhals. Infants of your galaxy Retro space babies. SPACE BABIES. If you don't click that, I don't know what to do with you. It was real and it was splendid. Muppet … [Read more...]
What it’s like to have laser eye surgery
When Dork Adore got offered the opportunity to review Optical Express' laser eye surgery, we sent internet marvel Helen Brown along to have a bit of her eyeball sliced off. Here's her diary of the experience. Anticipating eye lasers My whole approach to the laser eye surgery appointment was best … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The Gustavo Almadovar edition
This is a knitted Edward Cullen Off-Of-Twilight doll and everything you thought you once knew is now wrong. Don't worry. Just empty your mind and scroll and click and scoll and click and scroll and click and... 'His own ennui sealed in amber' The supermarkets are releasing their festive … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The ‘Go home, you are drunk’ edition
Look at this thing. It's an Echidna. Nobody would know what an Echidna was without the internet and this adorable pudding would be tossed over a cliff at birth, like so many Spartan babies lacking the mandatory six-pack. So let's take a coffee-break or two to frolic in all the bountiful goodness of … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The self-aware Roomba edition
You know how it is: sometimes you're the cat, sometimes you're the plastic miniature jockey. Whatever your incarnation over this past working week, rest your weary paws/rein-claws and slather yourself in some choice linkage. Happy accidents These uplifting comments from the wonderful Bob … [Read more...]
Panning for internet gold: The cannibal pumpkin edition
It's that magical time of year when horror films fill up the TV channels and we send our darling infants onto the streets to beg from strangers. Before you dive stealthily into their haul of ill-gotten Haribo, take a look at how the internet celebrates All Hallows' … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: the Wyclef birthday Speedo edition
It's been a week of breath-taking achievements. I mean, yeah space-jump-whatevs, but have you seen oiled-up Wyclef's 43rd birthday portrait? Apparently other things of lesser import also occurred. Highlights of internet news may be found below this fine, fine motorcycle. More cowbell Sam … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: the productive kitten edition
I have amazing news. SCIENCE says that kitten pictures make you more productive. I see no flaws with this evidence. Let's get BUSY. A 1980s company drew up an fascinating chart of how to colonize space. "Create new moons for Mars if required". How over is Gangnam Style? So over, that this … [Read more...]