Five Live Links http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five_archive/ Informative, entertaining or downright odd? Hopefully all three. Five new links are added every day. en comments@hopstudios.com Copyright 2008 2008-07-06T21:08:01-08:00 The Story of the Girl Who Cried Every Time She Saw the Wall-E Pixar Trailer http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4380/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4380/ http://betteronme.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-watch-walle.html

Watch the video, then click the link.

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Blackjack Fireworks is awesome.

]]> 2008-07-05T10:16:00-08:00 If Bruce Wayne (Batman) worked in The Office, this is the trailer for that movie http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4378/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4378/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFSbMUqVwDk

Truly hilarious.

]]> 2008-07-03T22:45:00-08:00 BC Realtor Jay Banks ought to know better about copyright http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4375/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4375/ http://duanestorey.com/2008/07/no-more-mr-nice-guy/

Lord knows I'm not perfect, but if someone asks you to take down an image -- do it!

]]> 2008-07-03T01:35:00-08:00 The History of Canada. ORLY? http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4374/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4374/ http://jnarvey.com/2008/07/01/globepost-happy-canada-day/

Yeah, it's a funny video.

]]> 2008-07-02T20:01:00-08:00 U.S. Ambassador is Suddenly a Pop Star in Paraguay http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4373/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4373/ http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/us_ambassador_is_suddenly_a_pop_star_in_paraguay_20080702/

Respect for other cultures is easy. It just involves hard work and honesty.

]]> 2008-07-02T18:10:00-08:00 Insert text or images into other people’s photos without their noticing http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4372/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4372/ http://www.juliusvonbismarck.com/fulgurator/fertig.html

The image fulgerator. Truly a prankster's dream.

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Sounds like an Onion headline, but it's true. Good for her for standing up for herself (and for all of us).

]]> 2008-06-27T06:01:00-08:00 Cool Little Analog Graphics Equalizer Animation http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4366/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4366/ http://www.vimeo.com/1105462

30 seconds of glee. And skittles. And stackable chairs.

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Let me tell you -- it would not 'maximize' the value of my car to sell it. You get maximum value out of something by USING it.

]]> 2008-06-25T22:56:00-08:00 Puzzle Farter—A Video Game Where Your Only Skill is Farting http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4364/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4364/ http://puzzlefarter.com/

It's too much like real life for my taste.

]]> 2008-06-25T18:07:00-08:00 Rosecrans Baldwin writes about Paris in May http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4363/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4363/ http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/letters_from_paris/when_it_sizzles.php

Wonderful. Evocative. I hate him.

]]> 2008-06-25T17:39:00-08:00 World Traveler Matt has made another heart warming video http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4362/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4362/ http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/where-the-hell-is-matt-and-monique/

Monique and James are in it; seeing the places this guy has been makes me insane with yearning to travel.

]]> 2008-06-25T17:21:01-08:00 The Website Is Down http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4360/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4360/ http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html

My entire life as a tech support guy, in 8 minutes. Mildly NSFW (penis drawing made out of desktop icons)

]]> 2008-06-25T05:53:00-08:00 Popular one sentence stories http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4357/ http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/unvarnished/five/4357/ http://www.onesentence.org/stories/popular/

They make you think.

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