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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority has created a free and funny stock photo library

20 Jan
A lumberjack checking out a hockey player is a Canadian take on the ‘distracted boyfriend’ meme. Photo courtesy of CIRA/.CA.

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the organization in charge of Canada’s ‘.ca’ top-level domain, has published a series of stock photos that poke fun at Canadien stereotypes. In a bid to get more people to add something ‘uniquely Canadian’ to their projects, they’re offering up their library of stock images for free.

Photo courtesy of CIRA/.CA

Anyone can use small, medium, large or extra-large sized images from the library, though they ask for an email address to access the extra-large 4K files. All CIRA asks, in return, is that a credit along the lines of ‘photo by CIRA/.CA,’ along with a link back to their website, is included.

Photo courtesy of CIRA/.CA. Also, no, this is not long-lost relative of Jordan—so far as we’re aware.

CIRA has their own version of the popular ‘distracted boyfriend’ meme, featuring a hockey player, and other distinct nods to Canadian culture including a moose interacting with backpackers and a lumberjack taking a swig of maple syrup. Anyone with the desire to add to this collection of images is encouraged to contact CIRA.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Funny

25 May

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Funny appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

This week’s photography challenge topic is FUNNY!

Ben White

Go out and photograph your pets doing something funny, kids laughing or doing something funny, laughter in general, or anything that is funny or quirky at all (as long as it isn’t distasteful). As usual, they can be color, black and white, moody or bright. You get the picture! Have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Jakob Owens

 

Dominik Vanyi

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for Shooting FUNNY IMAGES

5 Non-Posed Ideas For Photographing Kids

How to Capture Authentic Photos of Children with These Simple Tips

21 Fun Images of People Laughing

7 Fun Photography Tricks to Try on Your Smartphone

Unposed Posing: Tried and True Tips for Photographing Families in Natural and Fun Ways

6 Tips for Photographing Dogs in Action

How to Shoot a Composite Image

Weekly Photography Challenge – FUNNY

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSfunny to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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The Future That Never Was: 12 Funny Gadget Predictions

01 Apr

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

Retrofuturistic Technology Main

Yesterday’s visions of today were surprisingly accurate in some cases, but in others, they were humorously off-base. We’re not zooming around our moon colony homes in jet packs, confirming our choice in mates with scientific body odor tests, or enjoying our favorite TV shows via implants in our brains. These 12 predicted gadgets and inventions never came to be, and while we’ll never need robotic cargo horses for our milkmen, we’re still eagerly waiting for those hoverboards. See lots more fabulous retro-futurism at the Smithsonian Magazine blog, Paleofuture.

The iPad of 1935

Retrofuturistic Gadgets iPad 1937

In the April 1935 issue of the magazine Everyday Science and Mechanics, the ‘next logical step in the world of publishing’ was envisioned: a mechanical microfilm reader mounted on a large pole that would theoretically allow you to sit back in your armchair and scroll through the pages of a book with the push of a button. Of course, unlike the modern iPad, which offers the same function, it’s not exactly portable – much less so than the book sitting on the table right next to the illustrated man.

Newspaper Printed by Your Home Radio

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Radio Prints Newspaper

As envisioned in the 1930s and 1960s using radio and satellite technology, respectively, the future of newspapers would involve home printing machines that spit out the day’s news automatically each morning and evening. Philco-Ford’s Newspaper Printer, featured in an episode of the CBS show ‘The 21st Century’ entitled ‘At Home, 2001′, “provides a summary of news relayed by satellite from all over the world,” says narrator Walter Cronkite. “Now to get a newspaper copy for permanent reference I just turn this button, and out it comes. When I’ve finished catching up on the news I might check the latest weather. This same screen can give me the latest reports on the stocks I might own.”

Scientific Mate Tests

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Scientific Mate Test

How can you determine whether you will have a successful marriage? According to an April 1924 issue of Science and Invention magazine about scientific love matching, you simply hook yourself up to a mating machine that measures your physical attraction and sympathy for your chosen partner. Recording the pulses of couples and checking their breathing while they embrace, and making sure they feel ‘sympathetic enough’ while watching their partner undergo an unpleasant procedure like having their blood drawn may not sound all that outrageous, but two other tests were even stranger. In the Body Odor Test, one partner is placed inside a capsule while the other is asked to take a sniff; if they don’t find the smells too objectionable, they’re probably a good match. The Nervous Disorder test aims to find out whether couples are too nervous around each other by testing their reaction to a surprise gunshot in the air.

Automated Farms

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Farm Automaton

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Automated Farming

Throughout the 20th century, visions of the future often assumed that our 21st century lives would be full of leisure thanks to machines and automated processes. By the year 2000, they figured we’d only have to work for part of the week, and robots would do all the hardest labor. Radio-controlled farm robots, as envisioned in the syndicated comic strip Closer Than We Think!, would virtually eliminate the need for manual labor in fields. And in the March 1931 issue of Country Gentleman, the ‘farmer of the year 2031′ tends his farm virtually from a large flat-panel television.

Jet Packs for Soldiers and Personal Transport

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Jet Pack

Jet packs (as seen here on James Bond) were a frequent component of futuristic technology, first emerging in the sci-fi of the 1920s and soaring in popularity by the 1960s when they were actually invented (sort of.) While jet packs do exist, they’re definitely nowhere near practical usage as personal transport or military reconnaissance. Aside from a few public demonstrations, they’re most commonly used by astronauts in outer space, where the challenges of Earth’s atmosphere and gravity don’t exist.

Headphone Television

REtrofuturistic Gadgets Headphone TV

Television represented one of the biggest technological advances of the 20th century that was actually accessible to many average people, making its evolution a major source of speculation, from the first rumors of its existence to the days when it finally became a fixture in most homes. People began to envision long-distance visual communication as soon as the telephone was invented, and some predictions – like video chat, tiny TV sets, flat-panels and interactive programs – were right on the mark. Others, like TVs that emit smells – not so much. One concept from the comic strip Closer Than We Think! imagines television receivers that are implanted right into the brain, creating images directly in the mind, “like dreams.”

Automated Cooking with Plates Made on Demand

Retrofuturistic Gadgets Automated Cooking

Another advancement detailed in the ‘At Home, 2001′ episode of The 21st Century with Walter Cronkite was fully automatic meal preparation in which meals made from ‘frozen or irradiated foods’ are programmed into a menu and prepared by a robotic chef. An entire meal could be chosen and prepared within seconds. But the weirdest part of this speculation has to do with the tableware rather than the food. Instead of getting plates from the cupboard, the robot would instantly mold plastic into plates, cups and bowls for one-time use, and then melt them back down when you’re done. The point? Not having to wash dishes. Although 3D printed plates are nearly possible today, this whole process seems fairly ridiculous and energy-intensive when dishes could simply be loaded into a magical dishwashing machine.

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Doing it Wrong: Funny Photo-Edited Urban Improbabilities

21 Mar

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improbable crosswalk

It would be entirely right and wrong at the same time to call this body of work realistic. On the one hand, the results look like pictures (which form the basis of these manipulations) – on the other hand, while not impossible, the reality they present is dramatically improbable.

improbable urban landscape photos

This series by Robert Rickhoff is titled Out of Place and features all kinds of ordinary spaces and situations, from swing sets, crosswalks and roundabouts to railroad tracks, swimming pools and public bathrooms.

improbable swing sets pool

Yet in (almost) each case, there is something not quite right … or drastically wrong. It takes a little while to notice in each case, though, until you get the hang of it and start looking for the odd-man-out element right away.

improbable urban speed bumps

Still, it is fun to imagine what would happen to people taking a speed-bump ramp, or encountering a raised crosswalk – certainly a surreal experience in reality, and at least something to trigger the urban imagination in photographic form.

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Amazing funny best wedding toast speech

04 Jan

Me giving my best man speech at George & Nicole’s Wedding

 

Panga Gang – Funny comic scene – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge a la Shahrukh Khan – Panga Gang

06 Nov

Watch Funny comic scene – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge a la Shahrukh Khan – Panga Gang. Panga Gang is an animation film is not only going to entertain but also educate your little one at home. Directed by Pankaj Sharma the film Pangaa Gang deals with the major problem of Deforestation – which is one of the contributing factors to the global concern of environment. Pangaa Gang talks about the issues of Deforestation and thereby educates us on how to protect the environment. To watch more entertaining and educating videos on animation stories – nursery rhymes – learning series and school poems. SUBSCRIBE NOW at www.youtube.com To watch more kids animation videos in high quality log onto www.youtube.com
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Lu is a large (okay, fat) lovable panda who is the sixth generation owner of the Tae Kwon Do dojo. What Lu doesn’t know is that buried beneath the dojo is the ancient Amulet of Fury. The mythical amulet gives its owner ultimate power and protection. When the villainous tiger warrior, Kudo, terrorizes the small village in pursuit of the amulet, it’s up to Lu and his rag-tag team of martial artists to stop him!
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Funny Happy Birthday Animated Cards – Happy Birthday Wishes with Music

21 Aug

Happy Birthday – www.freeecardsgreetings.com Funny animated birthday greeting to wish your friends & loved one a very Happy Birthday online!! Send this card and let your friend be surprised after receiving this cute video in his/her email
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Funny Animation

27 Aug

LOL!
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www.blublu.org A short film by Blu: an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche) www.blublu.org www.blublu.org music by Andrea Martignoni assistant: Sibe more videos at: www.blublu.org
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Prime Time – Funny Animation

23 Jul

Watch cartoons and more at www.aniboom.com – TV brings some life and entertainment to the stone age! Created by Tom Dor http Contact me: facebook: www.tinyurl.com MySpace – www.myspace.com Twitter – www.twitter.com If you liked this animation, don’t forget to subscribe, you know you want to .

Check out more at www.aniboom.com Aliens Vs. Coffee machine – would you drink coffee from this machine? Amazing sci-fi Animation ! Animation by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen http Follow Aniboom: facebook: www.aniboom.com MySpace – www.myspace.com Twitter – www.twitter.com If you liked this animation, don’t forget to subscribe, you know you want to .
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Bananas – Funny Animation

22 Jul

Visit www.aniboom.com for more Animation and Cartoons. All monkeys get what they want. Created by Zach Parrish, check out his portfolio on Aniboom www.aniboom.com If you wanna chat with me: facebook: www.facebook.com MySpace – www.myspace.com Twitter – www.twitter.com If you liked this animation, don’t forget to subscribe, you know you want to .