Oct 22 2009 Impressive: Ghostbusters Theme Multi-Track
This is a video of a curly haired (and sometimes shirtless) Matt Mulholland performing the Ghostbusters theme song by combining 14 separate tracks of him making noises. Now I know we've already seen examples of multi-tracking before, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, know what I'm saying? I'm saying there was blood on the mattress and they wouldn't give me a discount. Pay me, Marriott.
Thanks to Edd, who sleeps in the car on long road trips to save money.
Jun 23 2009 Vacuum: Oh Yeah, You Clean Those Drapes
This is basically an updated version of the Proton Packs used by the Ghostbusters. Allegedly, it can suck a ghost through a garden hose. And speaking of which, hey lady -- I've got a little something that could use some...no? We're not going there? Okay.
Capable of cleaning virtually any surface from carpet to tile to stone or hardwood floors., the Ergonomic Backpack Vacuum comes with a powerful suction that is even able to tackle items like broken glass, confetti, nuts and bolts and pet hair among others. Each $170 purchase will come with padded backpack straps, a HEPA filter to remove 99.9% of all dust, telescoping wand, easy reach attachments, a 26 ft. power cord, reusable collection bag and six disposable bags.
Hell yeah broken glass, confetti, nuts and bolts and pet hair -- that sounds like a party! So why wasn't I invited. Is it because of last time? I already told you -- I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE BATHROOM!
Ergonomic Backpack Vacuum [ubergizmo]
Thanks to sarah, FDSY and Chris, who must really love vacuums. Or sucking. SWISH.
May 21 2009 Ghost Caught On Film In British Museum
Some BBC employee allegedly took a picture of a ghost at a museum in England. This is the picture, and, quite frankly, I just don't see it. Unless it's an Arab smoking a hookah with a hand down his pants. That I can see.
Mr Sandys, 30, was photographing at the reputedly haunted Edward Jenner Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and captured the image on his camera.
"It was a bizarre formation of light showing a mystery figure in a doorway," he said. "I am sure it was not caused by sunlight or dust in the air."I checked again and looked in the doorway but I could see nothing."
He went on: "As a BBC employee I wouldn't dare doctor an image or I would lose my job."
Same here, Mr. Sandys -- I would never doctor an image for fear of losing my job. BWAHAHAHAHA! No but seriously, how can you be sure it wasn't the sunlight and dust? What are you, some kind of dustologist? And, if so, is it true dust is mostly fly assholes and eyeballs?
Mystery figure shocks cameraman [bbcnews]
Thanks to Romeo, who would have kicked that ghost in the nuts and stolen its shoes.
Feb 2 2009 I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghostbuster T-Shirt
This is a $26 t-shirt from 80'stees that makes you look like Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbuster. Plus, the slime glows so even in a dark bar people will know you just got slimed. Or had sex with an alien. In which case, high five.
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Ghostbusters Uniform T-Shirt [uniquedaily]
Thanks to Victoria, who has the sweetest pair of ghosts you've never seen.
Sep 12 2008 Pac-Man The Movie: Pac-Man In Real Life
This is a short film called Pac-Man: The Movie. It's told from the ghosts perspective, by four people running around in colored trash bags. I thought it was pretty cute. Not baby bunny cute, mind you, but definitely cuter than unidentifiable roadkill.
Thanks to Nicole, who once punched a ghost so hard it came back to life. But then she killed it again with her superpower -- sexiness. True story.
Jul 2 2008 Best Light Bulb Commercial Ever
Hailing all the way from Thailand, this commercial was made for Sylvania by ad agency JEH United and has it all -- a picnicking family, ghosts, a guy who may or may not be a member of the Blue Man Group, and a transvestite. Advertising people, take note: this is how you sell freakin' products.
Thanks Mikal, now I have to install floodlights in the bedroom.
May 27 2008 My Hand Is Red!: Make Things Glow Different Colors With A Handheld Thermal Imager
The $7,500 Thermal Imaging Camera from Fluke combines "both a visible light digital image with an infrared one, producing a single view that lets you get an immediate visual temperature may of whatever you aim it at." It was designed primarily for an industrial work environment, and if it was priced $7,400 cheaper I'd consider getting one. But not because I work in a factory, because I don't. No, I've heard these things are great for ghost hunting. It's a fact that ghosts are colder than the air surrounding them and try to grope me in my sleep.
Another picture of some guy (which may or may not be Mike Rowe, the object of my nonsexual man-crush) using the thing, after the jump.
May 9 2008 Ghost Mirror Makes You Look Ghostly
The Ghost Mirror is not what I thought it was. At first I thought it was going to be like one of those mirrors in the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World where it looks like a holographic ghost is sitting next to you. This is not the case. Instead it makes you look ghostly.
In this mirror, the observer can see the reflection of his surroundings and yet he is never able to see himself.
Now I'm not totally sure how that works, but I've got the feeling that if that bookshelf shows up, you should too if you stand by it (so maybe you only disappear if you're really close). But there is, of course, the chance that an evil sorcerer lives inside the mirror and steals your image whenever you look at it. Yeah, that's probably it. You know, just from looking at her, you'd swear my girlfriend applies her makeup in a mirror like this. Seriously -- she looks like she got beat in the face with a paint can.
Ghost Mirror [pipeline]
Thanks David, now don't go and disappear on us
Mar 11 2008 Ecto-1 Subaru Outback Looks Really Good
Some guy pimped out his 2003 Subaru Outback to look like Ecto-1 from the Ghostbusters movies. As you can see it's got the Ghotsbusters emblem and some other decals on the side, along with flashing lights and high-tech gadgetry on top. He says the graphics set him back about $200, and the lightbars were $430 (damn!) apiece. I assume he stole the little satellite dish off a neighbor's roof. Just remember: IF THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Well probably not this guy. He just modded a car, he probably doesn't know shit about busting ghosts.
One more picture after the jump.
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Oct 18 2007 Cell Phone Widget Detects Ghosts
I'm a tough guy, and I'm afraid of very few things, but I am afraid of a cat sleeping on my face at night and suffocating me. And ghosts. Ghosts are scary as hell. Well now I can get a cell phone strap ($17) that alerts me when it detects magnetic field alterations or body temperature fluctuations. Unfortunately it alerts you with different colored light patterns and ghost noises, which will make me shit my pants. If it does go off though at least it's attached to my... WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Ghostbusters! Or, some a-hole with a laser cleaning backpack. Whichever is cheaper.
Ghost detector cell phone strap [tokyomango]
Aug 10 2007 Backpack Laser Cleaner
Clean Laser Systems of Germany has announced the release of the "first real fully mobile cleaning laser unit in the world. Available in electric versions or rechargeable battery powered, the laser unit consists of an air cooled "state of the art" diode pumped laser with an excellent laser beam quality and an ultra small focus."
In layman's terms what they have done here is "invented" the backpacks from Ghostbusters. I had one of these when I was ten, it just looked a lot more like my mom's canister vacuum, and if you want to get technical, there was no laser involved - there was, however, a stair cleaning attachment.
Backpack Laser Cleaner [Official Site]
