Year: 2009

How to Treat a Hangover

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 16, 2009

Having a hangover sucks.

A hangover is your body’s way of getting back at you for you torturing it the night before. Not everybody can pass out at three, wake up at ten, go out to eat and do it again as easily as others can.

Studies have shown that more than 75% of those who’ve drunk alcohol have had a hangover, 15% have one at least every other month, and 25% of college students suffer a hangover weekly.

But all is not lost, and if you follow some of these tips you should find yourself in better shape than you thought you would be after a hard night partying.

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Funny Websites

Awkward Family Photos

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 15, 2009

Sometimes a family portrait is just a picture.

And sometimes, a family portrait can be something much, much more entertaining for others, especially when commenting is turned on so you can mock anonymously.

Continuing in the line of websites that will probably be turned into yet another major web-to-book deal (where you will be kicking yourself for not coming up with the concept first), check out AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS for a look at some family photos that are, well, awkward.

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Disney shopping

New Disney D23 Exclusive Offers

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 15, 2009

When Disney announced D23 (the Disney Fan Community, costing $75 per year to join), there were some concerns about what “exclusive” activities would be offered to D23 members that would make the extra cost seem worthwhile.

The exclusive free screening for Pixar’s UP at the El Capitan was a nice start, but Web Watch did say at the time it was announced:

Let’s hope they do the next ones the right way and invite all D23 members, not just those who can afford the airfare to sunny California.

All it took was a little bit of time to set certain wheels in motion. Let’s take a quick look at the latest D23 exclusive offerings:

Tags D23, Disney, Las Vegas, Walt Disney World

Disney Movie Review

Movie Review: Disney-Pixar’s UP

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 15, 2009

Rating: A+

Pixar’s 10th film, UP, is three different films all rolled into one.

At its core, UP is a beautiful, poignant love story about a man (Carl Fredricksen) who just wants to keep a decades-old promise to his wife Ellie that they will live a life of adventure in South America. Anyone who has dreams and aspirations with a loved one, only to have to set those aside at times, will really appreciate this aspect of the film.

Tags Disney, Movie Review

Funny Music TV Video

An Ode to Chest Hair

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 14, 2009

And now, an ODE TO CHEST HAIR, featuring tributes to the following unwaxed and hairy:

Tom Hanks
Hugh Jackman
Pierce Brosnan
Tom Selleck
David Hasselhoff
Jake Gyllenhaal
Paul Rudd
Warren Beatty
Sean Connery
Steve Martin

Jack Nicholson
Kevin Costner
Charlton Heston
Chuck Norris
Elliott Gould
Robin Williams
Burt Reynolds
Mike Meyers (as Austin Powers)
Neil Diamond
Prince

Tags Music, TV, Video

Disney shopping

Improving Disney Shopping, part 2: Now Buy Park Merchandise Online

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 14, 2009

A few months ago, Web Watch posted a piece on IMPROVING DISNEY SHOPPING where we posted the following:

All Disney has to do is return to making merchandise special. “Plus” the shopping experience again. Cater merchandise to all customers, not just the kids. And remember to market all the characters like they used to do. Not all women want Tinkerbell or Princess merch. Not all men want Grumpy, Goofy, or Big Bad Wolf items. Not everyone wants a T-shirt, baseball cap, boxer shorts, or coffee mug. Give us variety. Give us quality. Give us something other than what you currently are doing.

We then asked an open-ended question to Disney, as to whether they would be smart enough to sell [us] the right stuff…. aside from more duck butt hats, of course.

It looks like someone may have been listening.

Tags Disney, Disney Catalog, Disney Store, shopping, theme parks, Walt Disney World

How To Internet Video Websites

How To Make a Photomosaic from a YouTube Video

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 13, 2009
2 Comments on How To Make a Photomosaic from a YouTube Video

You’ve seen Photomosaics before, right? That’s where you take hundreds or thousands of pictures and then combine them into one giant picture of something else?