IE8 learns a thing or two about advertising from the phishermen

In order to advertise the extra security that comes with IE8 Microsoft set up shop in New York city and performed their very own version of the 419 Nigerian scam – with excellent results. It’s an advert so of course they are only going to show the good results but still… I thought we were [...]

Something is very wrong in our gadget consumption culture

Foxconn, a major motherboard and electronics manufacturer, has had another employee commit suicide… Apparently they made the Wii, the 360, the PS3 and the iPhone. I feel guilty for having gadget lust, and helping to perpetuate the situation. The full story over on Kotaku. This post was submitted by Jon Jones.

Another Thursday flashback – The Ultimate Showdown

In 2006 epic flash video “The Ultimate Showdown”  was released into the Newgrounds flash portal where it became an instant hit and remains as true and awesomely relevant today as it ever was.  Sadly you can’t embed from Newgrounds so we’ve had to link to a YouTube rip but if you want to watch the [...]

Double Llama glory for a Thursday morning

I saw this excellent graphic by gotbob and thought it was awesome (president Obama Llama rocks my sox). Naturally afterwards I was immediately  transported back to 2004 and started singing the Llama song (a truly infectious viral that’s alive and kicking over 6 years later) so I thought I’d share the joy that is. Warning [...]

Woaaaaaah! Double rainbow graphic is intense!

via thanks to David Schwen‘s flickr genius

A nightmarish vision of the internet’s future

Courtesy of the Pirate Party UK we cane across this today, an image that succinctly demonstrates the dystopian future in store for all UK internet users should Mandleson get his way with the Digital Economy Bill. Click the image for a larger view, then let us know what you think in the comments.

It’s a bloody Nebulon-B Frigate… In Lego!!

OK we were absolutely blown away by this new post, not least because 2 of the things we happen to have in common with everyone else on earth are a love of all things Lego and a love of Star Wars (There were only 3 movies before you ask). Imagine then how happy we were [...]

Comparing the Meerkat is racist, according to the Guardian

We aren’t really sure how to react to this article in the Guardian from Saturday. Give it a read yourself and tell us what you make of it because the Meerkat series of adverts from comparethemarket.com has to be one of our favourite advertising campaigns of all time. I’m not sure that thinking Eastern European [...]

Guest Post – The Cerne Abbas Giant…

For the first time ever, we here in the golembunker are handing over content control to our very first guest author! Tom from over at iambevan.com was recently taking in some of Britain’s most historic and monolithic monuments and has taken the time to share his rather unique thoughts on the matter… Thanks Tom! FACT  [...]

30 Ways to Lose a Job on Twitter

This  funny blog post highlights the very real dangers many novice social network users can face when they post something to their network in haste without really thinking about the consequences. The 30 ways cover everything from sleeping with the Boss’s daughter as shown above to admitting that you’re pulling a sickie and that you’ve [...]