Out of Control Forklift Driver Destroys Vodka Warehouse [VIDEO]
Some incidents, like the video of the baby in a stroller who survives being hit by a train, are just plain unbelievable unless you actually see them for yourself. Case in point, this astonishing video of a Russian forklift driver who smashes until shelves of Cognac and Vodka, and subsequently destroys a huge portion of the Moscow warehouse.
The driver of the forklift lost control, slammed into stock shelves, and seconds later was covered in bottles of alcohol. The driver is said to be okay with a minor leg injury, but the warehouse is looking at over $100,000 in damages.
Given the shocking nature of the video, we expect (and are already seeing) this to become a viral video sensation, and get spread across the web. Watch for yourself below and let us know what you think in the comments.
10 Most Useful Google Plugins for WordPress
October 19, 2009 by Kevin
Filed under Information, Tips & Tricks, Websites, Wordpress
WordPress is a great and most popular blogging platform for it possibility to extend functions with plugins. WordPress Plugins make blogging easier for all of us who have chosen WordPress as our content management system. Google is best known as a search engine and Internet giant, bul check what Google can offer for WordPress users. This post lists the most useful Wordpress plugins related to Google starting from XML Sitemaps and ending with FeedBurner subscribers counter.
1. Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Everytime you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.
2. Google Analyticator
Google Analyticator easily adds Google Analytics tracking support to a WordPress-powered blog. Google Analyticator also comes with an easily customizable widget that can be used to display specific information that is gathered by Google Analytics using the Google Analytics API.
3. Google Analytics for WordPress
This plugin adds the possibility to tag and segment all outgoing links, so you can see whether a click came from a comment or an article. It also adds the possibility to track just the domain, instead of the complete link, so you get a better view of how much traffic you’re sending where.
4. Google Website Optimizer for WordPress
This simple plugin lets you optimize your landing pages (as posts or pages) using the Google Website Optimizer without needing to edit the HTML code of the theme.
5. Google Doc Embedder
Google Doc Embedder will allow you to embed a PDF, PowerPoint (PPT), or TIFF file directly into your page or post, not requiring the user to have Adobe Reader, PowerPoint, or other software installed to view the contents.
6. Easy AdSense
Easy AdSense provides a very easy way to generate revenue from your blog using Google AdSense. With its full set of features, Easy AdSense is perhaps the first plugin to give you a complete solution for everything AdSense-related.
7. XML Google Maps
This plugin allows you to easily insert Google Map or Google Earth Plugin Maps into your blog.
8. Google AJAX Translation
The Google AJAX Translation WordPress plugin provides a quick, simple, and light way to add translation to your blog. A “Translate” button can be added to the bottom or top of posts, pages, and/or comments.
9. Google Custom Search Plugin
The default search engine that ships with WordPress is not the best search engine and bloggers every where should make the switch to WordPress Google Custom Search plugin. This plugin is a drop in replacement and works with minimum hassle.
10. FeedBurnerCount
A well-optimized and reliable plugin that connects to the FeedBurner Awareness API to retrieve your readers count, that you can print out in plain text.
What do you think about these plugins? Do you use anyone from this list? Might we haven’t listed your favorite Google related plugin? Share your thoughts in comments
Animoto Now Lets You Remix Video Clips; It’s Simply Awesome
August 27, 2009 by Kevin
Filed under Animoto, Information, Tips & Tricks, Websites
We are huge fans of Animoto, the very straightforward mash-up tool that lets you take images, put them to music, and turn them into incredible video slideshows that simply draw the eye.
Now the image remixing platform is opening its doors to a new kind of media that takes Animoto videos to the next level: video clips.
That’s right: your Animoto videos can now include short video clips that expand the Animoto experience in a completely new direction. The result is something to behold.
Here’s How Animoto Video Clips Works
The new Animoto feature utilizes what the company calls “Cinematic Artificial Intelligence” technology to analyze video clips and weave them together with images you upload to create Animoto videos that are eye-popping while synced to musical clips that have been central to the Animoto experience.
It works like this: you can upload videos, up to 200 MB in size, from your computer, Flip, iPhone 3G S, and other media. You can then pick out short clips from these videos – up 5 seconds for standard, 10 seconds for premium videos – and place them into your animation, just like before. You can even control the sound. You can choose either to keep the music playing and mute the audio (default) or to activate the clip’s audio and take the music volume down by half.
There’s always been a lot of appeal to Animoto videos, and they just became a lot more versatile and useful. Animoto’s even partnered with iStockphotoiStockphoto
to provide about 200 stock videos for users to use in their animations.
Animoto videos have always spoken for themselves, and the video clip feature always seemed like a natural evolution for the platform. That doesn’t take away from the coolness factor, though. And to demonstrate that have a look at these examples: ANIMOTO
Gmail Tip – How To Send E-Mail From Another Address Without “On Behalf Of”
August 7, 2009 by Kevin
Filed under Google, Tips & Tricks, Websites
Quite a few of you use Gmail’s custom “From:” to send messages with one of your other email addresses listed in place of your Gmail address. Since these messages are sent by Gmail’s servers but “from” a non-Gmail address, we have to include your original Gmail username in the “Sender” field of the message header to comply with mail delivery protocols and help prevent your mail from being marked as spam. Most email programs just display the “From” address and not the “Sender” field, but some (including versions of Microsoft Outlook) show these messages as coming “From username@gmail.com On Behalf Of customaddress@mydomain.com” which really annoyed people.
We heard your request for another option that wouldn’t show the “on behalf of” text loud and clear, and now there’s a new option that does just that. Instead of using Gmail’s servers to send the message, we’ll use the servers where your other email address lives. Since Gmail isn’t the originating domain, we don’t have to include “Sender” info in the header. No more “on behalf of.”
Here’s the difference. All custom “From:” addresses used to work like this:
Now, if your other email provider supports POP and/or IMAP access, you can choose to send your message like this instead:
To switch to this new method, go to the Accounts page under Settings, and click “edit info” from the “Send mail as” section. Then choose the option to “Use your other email provider’s SMTP servers.”
We recognize that your other address might not have a server that you can use to send outbound messages — for example, if you use a forwarding alias rather than an actual mailbox, or if your other email provider doesn’t support authenticated SMTP, or restricts access to specific IP ranges. For this reason, we’ve kept the original method as well. Check out our Help Center for further details on these two “send mail as” configuration options.
If you use Google Apps Premier or Education edition and would like to send mail as another address within your domain or within an aliased domain, no sweat. We do all the work behind the scenes so your original username won’t be listed in the “Sender” header, and your recipients won’t see “on behalf of.”
FreeAppAlert Notifies You When For-Pay iPhone Apps Become Free
August 2, 2009 by Kevin
Filed under Free Stuff, Information, Kevin, iTunes
There are thousands and thousands of iPhone applications, but you hardly have time to keep up with their pricing changes, let alone new releases. The FreeAppAlert web service will keep you updated.
You can set up FreeAppAlert’s site to notify you via email, twitter, or RSS about the newest free iPhone apps, including those making the jump from behind a pay wall. If you don’t want to be bothered with notifications, you can browse the site by date when you’re in the mood to stock up on new apps.
If you find a gem in the archives, make sure to throw a link in the comments to share the wealth.
Visit - FreeAppAlert
15 of the silliest Facebook Username URL’s
The initial stage of the Facebook username land grab has finished, and we’ve already seen some very, very weird and funny Facebook vanity URLs, with new ones appearing by the minute. These are a bit like funny tattoos: it’s cool when you do one, but you end up feeling a bit sorry afterwards. Some of them are real gems, though, so we’ve compiled the list of the silliest ones.
1. Mirror, mirror: http://www.facebook.com/moc.koobecaf.www
2. Coder: http://www.facebook.com/default.aspx
3. It would have been cooler with .html: http://www.facebook.com/index
4. Cat ran over my keyboard:
http://www.facebook.com/alksjfalskjfoiwefalsdlasfaslleseouaiwejndlsknjkdfs5. The entire QWERTY keyboard:
http://www.facebook.com/qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm6. Try harder: http://www.facebook.com/aaaaaa
7. …that’s more like it: http://www.facebook.com/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
8. …but still not as crazy as this one:
http://www.facebook.com/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9. 4chan: http://www.facebook.com/marblecake
10. Keep dreaming: http://www.facebook.com/JackBauercouldwhoopChuckNorris
11. Nice try: http://www.facebook.com/usrname
12. Facebooksquatting, anyone? http://www.facebook.com/FIFA10
(compare to http://www.facebook.com/fifa09)13. Can you fix my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/techsupport
14. I’m no stranger to love: http://www.facebook.com/rickroll
15. Someone had to do it: http://www.facebook.com/thecakeisalie
Late Night with Conan O’Brien – The Walker Texas Ranger Lever
When NBC bought the (highly coveted?) rights to Walker, Texas Ranger, Conan devised a way to incorporate the western police drama into Late Night. How did he do it? With a giant lever, of course!
The Walker, Texas Ranger lever is a magical thing. You can pull it any time — day or night — and view a 15-second clip of Chuck Norris’s goateed brilliance as he deals with bear traps, fist fights, headbutts, unopened parachutes…well, just watch.
The Living End – Raise The Alarm
Here is the latest single taken from The Living End’s album “White Noise” The track is called “Raise the Alarm” You can listen to it using the player below, and if you really like it you can Download the track here.
New Feature – Facebook Integration
The Kevin Marlain Rachele Travis Marcus website is now integrated with Facebook meaning that site visitors no longer need to register to leave comments on the site. Simply click on the Facebook Connect logo on the bottom of each blog post to use your Facebook id to post comments on this website.
Are these the Worst TV Commercials Ever, or the Funniest.
So your looking for a place to store your Fine China or Antique Furniture, well Toby Jones from Jones Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage is just the guy you need, and he is really cheap.