Hello 2014!
The first soggy steps into a new year are always tentative. The Christmas over-indulgences weigh heavy as do the promises you made to yourself to do more, be better, and generally grab life by the metaphorical horns. A working week seems so much longer than ever before and your brain is like a Hadron Collider of anti-focus. All you see before you are 12 months stretching towards a distant horizon with endless opportunities and countless chances for resolutions to be unceremoniously broken. Well, we’re here to tell you that everything is going to be ok.
Don’t worry if your detox prematurely ended or if you stopped jogging because it was too wet and cold or quit the gym because it was just so gym-my or ate chocolate when you really shouldn’t have. We are also here to help you forget all that nonsense and focus on the important stuff like pictures of animals, viral videos and other Internet brilliance. Here is our first Digi Digs web round-up of 2014, a tonic to broken promises and flawed people everywhere.
via Lacey Whispers Tumblr
The Top 75 Photographs from 2013
www.artfido.com/blog/the-top-75-pictures-of-the-year-for-2013/
- Last year was a stellar year for photography. Here is a roundup of 2013′s most amazing and breathtaking views and images from around the world.
Winking Undertaker Scaring Pensioners
http://tyronetribulations.com/2014/01/13/coalisland-undertaker-told-to-stop-winking-and-smiling-at-old-people/
- What a news story this is! A cheerful undertaker has been terrifying the elderly residents of Coalisland in Northern Ireland by smiling and winking at them. Worth reading for this quote alone: “That man has me tortured. At the local nativity play…he kept looking over at me and sizing me up and down, like as if he was measuring me. Then he nodded at me and closed his eyes really slowly.” Thanks to SuperNoo for the heads up on this one.
Murray is Mint
http://weknowmemes.com/2014/01/10-stories-that-prove-bill-murray-really-is-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/
- Here at Digirank, we bloody love Bill Murray. What a guy! If you still need convincing then check out these ten tales of Murray magnificence.
The Beauty of the Commute
http://www.fastcocreate.com/3024875/these-hypnotic-videos-display-unexpected-beauty-in-the-daily-commute?utm_source=facebook
- It’s amazing how different the morning commute looks in slow motion….there is a hypnotic quality to these people suspended in animation.
News report from the 1981 about the Internet
http://www.wimp.com/theinternet/
- Ever wondered what we’d all be doing for jobs now if the Internet hadn’t been born…
Bedmo House Rap
- Looking for a new housemate is not an easy process – you have to find the perfect person. In Bristol, south of the river in Bedminster, these housemates decided to introduce themselves and their abode in a rap. Hip hop hooray.
Dick van Yikes
http://www.sickchirpse.com/worst-film-accents/ -
- It is a major pet hate of ours – awful accents in films! Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins,Tom Cruise in Far and Away, every non-English English baddy ever. This is a great round-up that winds us up no end.
3D Printer Builds a House in 24 hours
http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printer-builds-house-in-24-hours-2014-1
- That’s one colossal printer and a lot of cartridges!
You’ve Been Hodged
https://twitter.com/YouveBeenHodged
- This Twitter account features photoshopped images of footballers mangled with England manager Roy Hodgson’s unique facial features. It is grotesque, disturbing and frequently hilarious.
Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/20/jamaican-bobsled-team-raises-dogecoin-winter-olympics
- Another year, another crypto-currency but this time Dogecoin could see the Jamaican bobsleigh team compete in the Winter Olympics in a bizarre and heartwarming story reminiscent of our favourite 90s film Cool Runnings.
30 Views You’d See if you Were a Bird
www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/30-incredible-views-youd-see-if-you-were-a-bird/
- These amazing aerial shots are beautiful and mesmerisingly abstract in equal measure.
Face Plant
http://justsomething.co/the-50-funniest-faces-in-everyday-objects/
- Seen Jesus in a Pringle? A building looking sad? Faces in everything you see? You are not alone. This brings together the funniest faces found in everyday objects.
How to Open Wine Without a Corkscrew
- Well there goes the detox! We have all encountered the sheer horror of having a tasty bottle of wine and no corkscrew. Knifes and screwdrivers and all sorts of horrors rapidly accelerate a bad situation into an even worse one. Thank goodness then for the following:
Beware the Dummy
http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/01/17/photo-series-featuring-faces-hundreds-ventriloquist-dummies/
- Wonderful but terrifying photo series featuring portraits of ventriloquists dummies from photographer Matthew Rolston taken from his latest book.
Address is Approximate
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2011/12/15/address-is-approximate/
- Wonder what happens in your office when you go home and turn out the lights? This sweet short film gives you some idea…
Going Underground
http://fotozup.com/fake-signs-in-london-underground/
- There’s been a raft of these signs doing a dance across our socal media feeds and making glum-faced Londoners break into big ol’ smiles. Here are those amusing fakes signs in one place for your viewing pleasure.
Bristol underwater
http://www.bristol-culture.com/2014/01/03/todays-flooding-in-bristol/
- The River Avon burst its banks causing flooding in parts of Bristol this month. We survived you’ll be glad to hear!
The Signal
- A photograph that captures life in the digital age as African migrants crowd the night shore of Djibouti city in an attempt to capture inexpensive phone signal from neighbouring Somalia. The need to communicate with loved ones .
Credit: John Stanmeyer, National Geographic
How to Share A Hostel Room and Not Be an Idiot
http://somethingyousaid.com/2013/09/11/how-to-share-a-hostel-room-not-be-an-idiot/
- Great article from Jess Matthews on how to behave appropriately when sharing a dorm room in a hostel. If you have travelled on a budget you will appreciate these tips. If you never have, then count yourself lucky and read for a smug chuckle.
Fly in the Cockpit of a Eurofighter
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/flying-inside-the-cockpit-of-a-fighter-jet-is-the-best-1505428528?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
- Who needs a rollercoaster when you’ve got a GoPro attached to the front of a Eurofighter Typhoon? Mesmerising low flying in the Lake District from the RAF…
Japanese Fart Scrowls
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/japanese_fart_scrolls
- The mind quite literally boggles. It seems that school boy doodles were actually high art in Japan circa 1603 to 1868. These scrolls depict what is called he-gassen or in translation, “farting competition.” The images show people passing wind left, right and centre, at animals and even at each other. Ace.
Flight of Fancy
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/aviation-100-years
- An example of the kind of jaw-dropping big content that we will hopefully see become even more common in 2014. This one from the Guardian looks at the history of aviation with a look to the future growth of the industry.
So Sony
http://discover.store.sony.com/be-moved/
- More visually stunning, intelligent, seductive webby big content brilliance, this time from Sony as they convince you through a parallax website that they are great. Thanks to Gabby at Adlib for sharing this one.
The Power of Music
- Music is a magical force and nowhere is that more evident that in this short film about the power of song.
Reach Out and I’ll Be There, but much less often than before
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/the-problem-with-facebook_n_4597710.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
- Facebook has changed a lot recently. It means that you no longer see what you want to see and your friends see less of you and your oh so well-crafted, life-affirming, world-shaking updates. This video explains it all.
Dethroned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xZY43QSx3Fk
- Now Sherlock was good. The Bridge is pretty good too. But the one series that matters above all others here at Digirank is Game of Thrones season 4. This trailer offers a taster of the thrills of the return of everyone’s favourite geek-gore dragon romp. Roll on April.
Twitter in 2013
http://econsultancy.com/blog/64154-top-10-twitter-trends-of-2013
- An overview of the trends that took off on Twitter in 2013 featuring insights into the nonsense that saw the social media platform go into a frenzy over the last 12 months.
James Blunt wins at Twitter in 2013
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/12/31/26-reasons-why-james-blunt-won-at-twitter-in-2013/
- So those were the trends of 2013 but some hilarious Twitter responses from James Blunt proved that he was the real winner.
Cats Sleeping
http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-sleeping-cats/
- We try to use Digi Digs as a platform to show that there is more to the Internet than cute pictures of cats. But then we released that the Internet needs cats like humans need air. So here are some cute pics of cats asleep.
And there we go, the first digs of 2014 have been dug. Share your fave Internet nonsense with us via Twitter as we always love to hear from you. If you want to grow your business online this year then give us a call on 0117 923 9726 and we can talk content strategy, social media, SEO and PPC. Happy new year and until the next time…