Slightly Unscrewed

Real Housewives of Disney (SNL)

2012-03-06T01:08:00.002+00:00

Lindsay Lohan hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend and surprisingly it wasn't the train wreck most people were expecting (or hoping for...). By far the best skit of the show was The Real Housewives of Disney, starring Snow White, Jasmin and a slightly intoxicated Cinderella!

Check out the video below:

Jay-Z , Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter parody on SNL

2012-03-01T18:55:00.001+00:00

Last week Maya Rudolph hosted Saturday Night Live and one of the highlights was this skit where she does a great impersonation of Beyoncé. And lucky for us a few other celebrities want to meet baby Blue Ivy Carter so there are also super funny impersonations of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Nicki Minaj.

The Prince impersonation is also hilarious and as usual Kristen Wiig almost steals the show with her impersonation of Taylor Swift. And I say almost as Justin Timberlake makes a brilliant cameo as Bon Iver. Check out the video below:

Whitney Houston

2012-02-13T13:00:00.002+00:00

Maya Rudolph does the best Whitney Houston impersonation on Saturday Night Live. Just a couple of days ago I watched this skit on SNL, the Miley Cyrus Show, and Maya did a guest appearance as Whitney, warning about the dangers of drug use. And two days later Whitney sadly passed away... Ironic and sad...

Whitney Houston parody on SNL - Maya Rudolph

Those who know me know me as a Mariah Carey fan, and there was the supposed rivalry between the two divas until for the surprise of many they did the When You Believe duet and suddenly they were performing together and being friendly etc. So not only Whitney and her songs were part of my childhood, but "through" Mariah grew to be quite fond of her and so saddened by the new of her death. May she rest in peace.

Virgania Horsen - Winner!

2012-02-08T17:34:00.000+00:00

Kristen Wiig is funny in just about everything she does, but these skits with Virgania Horsen are some of my favourites from her and SNL. Enjoy the videos below:

SNL Digital Short: Virgania Horsen's Pony Express

SNL Digital Short: Virgania Horsen's Hot Air Balloon Rides

Download Chrome for you Android phone/tablet!

2012-02-07T22:33:00.001+00:00

Google has finally released its long-wanted Chrome browser for Android. However, before you get too excited you need to be part of the 1% very exclusive club of users with Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich.

According to Google the Android version has the following features:

Browse fast with accelerated page loading, scrolling, and zooming.
Open and switch between unlimited tabs in an easy-to-view stack.
Sign in to Chrome to sync your bookmarks and view tabs you have open on your computer.
Send pages from desktop Chrome to your smartphone or tablet with one click and read them on the go, even if you’re offline.
Browse privately in Incognito mode.

Check out this video from Google for more details:

Just follow this link or scan the QR code below to download Chrome for your Android phone or tablet (but remember only if you have Android 4.0).

New Avengers trailer

2012-02-07T12:01:00.001+00:00

The new Super Bowl trailer for the new Avengers movies is now available online and slowly we're getting a bit more information on the plot, as it now seems that Loki is the major vilain. Also we get the first glimpse of what The Hulk looks like. Looking pretty good so far!

And here is the Hulk, taken from the new Avengers trailer:

And here is the Hulk again, doing what he does best - smashing up stuff!

And this sequence looks pretty cool - maybe these spaceships are from Loki / Frost Giants?

And finally, a clearer shot of Hawkeye:

Lana Del Rey - Videogames Remix

2012-02-06T19:46:00.003+00:00

Since I mentioned Lana Del Rey on my last post, decided to share with you a really good remix to Videogames, one of my favourites songs from Born To Die.

It was actually thanks to this remix that I got into this album as I heard a few times in Portugal. One of Porto's radio station Radio Nova Era was playing this remix a lot even though I don't think it's an official remix - just some radio DJ with good taste I presume.

Anyway, here is Lana del Rey with Videogames (Club Clique For The Bad Girls Remix) :

Click here to download the mp3 - you're welcome!

Lana Del Rey Parody by Kristen Wiig

2012-02-06T02:14:00.003+00:00

This week on Saturday Night Live the always funny Kristen Wiig - pretty much the only reason why I still watch this show - made a funny impersonation of new songbird Lana Del Rey.

Not only it was really funny but also a great way to tackle all the criticism Lana (the real one) received after her perfomance a couple of weeks ago on SNL.

I personally don't think she is all that great live (from what I've seen) but am really enjoying the album so far so I say "Go Lana!". And for all of you who can't find it on Youtube or live outside the US here is the funny video:

Betty White turns 90!

2012-02-04T16:50:00.000+00:00

Eternal Golden Girl Betty White celebrated her 90th birthday last month and NBC celebrated it with a star-studded bash and her very own TV special Monday on NBC.

Several celebrities came out for the milestone birthday TV tribute, including Mary Tyler Moore, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres, Joel McHale, Hugh Jackman and Ray Romano. "Betty, you're going to hear a lot of jokes tonight about your age. But take comfort in the fact that come tomorrow, you won't remember any of them," Amy Poehler joked.

President Barack Obama provided a pre-taped greeting for White's birthday, which is actually on Jan. 17. "I can't believe you're 90 years old," he said. "Will you please produce a copy of your long-form birth certificate?"

Here are some of the funniest bits of the show:

A special Weekend Update with Seth Meyers entirely dedicated to Betty White

A funny brief skit of President Obama writing a Happy Birthday card to Betty White

And Tina Fey, talking about the wise advice she received from Betty White....

And since I'm writing about Betty White:

Previsões 2012 - Caranguejo, Escorpião, Peixes

2012-02-03T16:52:00.002+00:00

Previsões para 2012 do Tarot da Maya para os signos de Água: Caranguejo (Cancer), Escorpião e Peixes . Bom ano!

Previsão para 2012 Caranguejo : Carta XV - O Diabo

Previsão para 2012 Escorpião: Carta IV - O Imperador

Previsão para 2012 Peixes : Carta XXII - O Louco

Madonna's new video / song

2012-02-03T11:39:00.002+00:00

Just watched Madonna's new song and video for Give Me All Your Luvin' ft. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. So far not really feeling this song and although she looks kinda good, she looks airbrushed beyond recognition - I think Pixar might have helped a little on this video.

Remember this before / after photoshop Madonna photo? :)

Previsões 2012 - Touro, Virgem e Capricórnio

2012-02-03T11:05:00.000+00:00

Previsões para 2012 do Tarot da Maya para os signos de Terra: Touro, Virgem e Capricórnio. Bom ano!

Previsão para 2012 Touro : Carta V - O Papa

Previsão para 2012 Virgem : Carta XXI - O Mundo

Previsão para 2012 Capricórnio : Carta X- A Roda da Fortuna

Previsões para 2012 - Gémeos, Libra (Balança) e Aquário

2012-02-03T00:01:00.000+00:00

E agora as previsões do Tarot da Maya para 2012 para os signos de Ar: Gémeos, Libra (Balança) e Aquário. Bom ano!

Previsão para Gémeos 2012: Carta VIII - A Justiça

Previsão para Libra (Balança) 2012: Carta XIII - A Morte

Previsão para Aquário 2012: Carta I - O Mago

Previsões para 2012 - Carneiro, Leão e Sagitário

2012-02-02T17:12:00.000+00:00

Para quem acredita em horóscopos e estiver curioso acerca do seu futuro para 2012, ficam aqui as previsões para 2012 de Tarot da Maya para os signos de Fogo: Carneiro (Áries), Leão e Sagitário.

Previsão para Carneiro (Áries) 2012: Carta XVII - A Estrela

Previsão para Leão 2012: Carta VII - A Carro

Previsão para Sagitário 2012: Carta XIX - O Sol

3 more from Professor Layton

2012-02-02T13:29:00.001+00:00

It's been a while since I did some Professor Layton puzzles here, so why not post a few more? Below are the puzzles and the answers, but to make it a bit more fun, I've "hidden" the answers :) Don't worry, they are there, you just need to highlight the text if you want to know the answer. Good luck!

Puzzle 1: Two men are moving boxes from the first floor to the third. The larger man can carry two boxes at a time, and it takes him one minute to get to the third floor. The smaller man cancarry only one box at a time, but it takes himm just 30 seconds to make it to the third floor. For both men, the return trip to the first floor is the same as the trip up. If there were seven boxes total, how many minutes would it take the men to get all the boxes to the third floor?

Solution (highlight to see text): The question didn't mention the men returning to the first floor. All it mentioned is the amount of minutes it would take for them carry all of the boxes. For the larger man, it would take two minutes for a round with two boxes, but for the same amount of time, the smaller man would have two boxes on the third floor. So for two minutes, there will be four boxes. With the three boxes left, both men can carry them, adding a minute. Therefore, the answer is "3".

Puzzle 2: Even though we're constantly passing through time, sometimes it can be difficult to think about the way time flows. If yesterday's day after tomorrow is Sunday, what day is tomorrow's day before yesterday?

Solution (highlight to see text): The answer is Friday. If yesterday's day after tomorrow is on a Sunday, then that means today would have been Saturday. Therefore,Sunday's day before yesterday would have been Friday.

Puzzle 3: There are 15 cookies to share amongst a large group. The first person eats one cookie then passes two equal portions of the leftover cookies to two other people. They both eat a cookie then each pass two equal portions of their remaining cookies to two other people, and so on until all of the cookies are gone.

It takes one minute to eat a cookie. Ignoring the time it takes to pass them, what's the shortest amount of time it could take for all of the cookies to be eaten.

Solution (highlight to see text): It would take 4 minutes to eat all of the cookies. If you read the question, one person passes two equally portions to two people. They eat one of them, and EACH of them passes to two people. If you imaging a number multiply by 2, then multiply by 2, and so on, you get what I mean. In minute 1, 1 person eats a cookie. In minute 2, 2 people eats one. In minute 3, it's 4 eats one. And in minute 4, 8 people eats one. If you add them all, you will have 15 people eating one cookie

How to install Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S

2012-01-30T16:31:00.001+00:00

If like me you have a Nexus S phone on Android Gingerbread and are getting more and more impatient to when you will finally get the update notification from Google, some bad news first: Google halted the process in January as there were reports from users about battery life and few other minor issues. More than a month has gone by, and so far no updates...

Now the good news - I just installed the official ICS 4.0.3 on my Nexus S and it works and looks great! Like many of you I don't really like all this talk about rooting your phone, flashing it and other things - my fear of bricking my phone from making a mistake is just too big. However this method of installing ICS on the Nexus S could not be simpler and in 10 to 15 minutes you'll have your phone up and running!

This was the method I followed from ZDNET (which you can see in full following this link):

Download the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update from this link.
Connect your Nexus S to your computer via USB and copy update.zip to the root of your SD card (Do not drop it into a folder or this won’t work!).
Power down your Nexus S and power it back on while holding down the volume up button.
Use the volume buttons to navigate to RECOVERY mode and press the power button.
When you see the exclamation mark on the screen, DON’T PANIC! Press the power button followed by volume up.
Select the option to Update from SD card select the update zip package you downloaded earlier and press the power button to confirm.
The update will now install automatically. When it’s down your Nexus S will boot up into Android 4.0.3 … enjoy!!

If you are a bit more challenged in technical things and still are not sure about this, why not watch this video first?

New Wolverine trailer (another one)

2009-03-05T20:00:00.002+00:00

Since I've been following the new Wolverine movie with quite some interest and posting new stuff here, I think I should post the newly released (well newer than the old new one) trailer:

Still really excited about this one. I think this a lot better than before because it finally looks polished and the effects look really good. Secondly, both Gambit and Deadpool look badass and I can't wait to see them in action. Even though I've always liked Wolverine as a character, I still he gets too much protagonism, and frankly that's a bit unfait to other great(er) X-Men characters. He's awesome as part of a team, but alone? It slightly bores me... I have a feeling Gambit and Deadpool will be twice as cool as Wolverine and will get half the action in this movie - even the X-Men movies, as great as they were, were a bit Wolverine & Friends. Anyway, still one of my most anticipated films this year - May can't come soon enough!

And it appears Gambit will have red (well red-ish) eyes!

P.S. Is the "young mutant" they're looking for Cyclops?? Didn't see that one coming! Here's hoping for more surprising X-cameos!

Baby-Chipmunk Girl!

2009-02-17T22:12:00.001+00:00

Without wanting to turn this blog into an online version of "America's funniest home videos", there's another video I need to share with the world: the amazing Baby-Chipmunk Girl! Luckily for us she auditioned for American Idol. Unfortunately, only a few very short seconds of her greatness are available.... She's the second one to "sing" on the video below, right after the obviously deaf woman. Honourable mention goes to the Michael Jackson impersonator, a huge display of talent indeed! And hello Mr. Zebra, yikes!!

Wii're coming!!

2009-02-15T23:10:00.004+00:00

Wii-remote waggling and masturbation jokes have been around pretty much ever since the Wii was launched - been there, done that (the jokes that is!). On the other hand (pun intended), watching Alec Baldwin - who is hilarious in 30 Rock - being the butt of the joke in this SNL clip somehow brings it to a whole other level. "Oh trust me, you're mother's gonna be a natural!" HA!

Survivor: Valentine's edition

2009-02-13T00:03:00.002+00:00

Friday the 13th... Nah, doesn't really bother me. Saturday the 14th of February - now that's scary! Basically another Valentine's being single. This year I decided to check if the infinite wisdom of the internet had some good advice for me for facing yet another V-day alone. It didn't. I even to went to Wikihow (very good site, lots of funny guides there - How to look busy at work or even How to hide an erection!), but all it had was the usual crap: Go to a spa, organise a party, imagine about your dream date... bla bla bla!

So, over the last couple of days I have been giving this ~~some~~ a lot of thought and here's my humble attempt on giving some tips to survive Valentine's day being single:

Money, money, money! Think of Valentine's as just another excuse for companies to attempt to get you to buy large quantities of overpriced, badly made and tacky goods (which are also usually pink and heart-shaped). Single people everywhere can console themselves by knowing that they are saving money, time and hassle when all around the world, people are struggling to get overpriced tacky gifts.

Shut Your Eyes Tight... ... And ignore the whole thing. Try not to expose yourself to something that will make those negative emotions surface - sappy movies, people out on dinner dates. You can't forget that the day happens, but you can remove yourself from situations that might make you feel bad. Maybe the best to succeed is to involve yourself so completely in something that has nothing to do with Valentine's that you don't have time to realise that it's Valentine's day until it's already over. Maybe your house could do with some vaccuming? Finally go through all the pointless funny e-mails you receive everyday but never really open? Maybe create a blog?! ;) Hours of fun!!

Celebrate Being Single Sometimes it seems that if we don't have an opportunity to sit opposite someone in a nice restaurant looking all giddy with love (or generally lust, and possibly nerves and wind) then we feel bad, like something's missing in life or in us. Some people spend all of our single life wishing to be in a couple, and then, ironically, when they do find someone, they start thinking how cool it would be to have some of their single life back - they do right?

Self-indulgence Nothing wrong with a little bit of self-indulgence. Buy something you normally wouldn't buy - maybe something you've been wishing for, something luxurious, something completely unnecessary and pointless that will somehow fill the void.

One last thing: Why should love only be celebrated between couples? In some countries Valentine cards and gifts are not only exchanged by couples, but also between close friends. So send a card or a nice message to a close (and preferebly also single) friend!

Hmm, I think all of the above makes a lot a sense, don't you? Unfortunately, like what I found on the internet, is also a load of crap.... Oh well I tried! Here's to Valentines 2010!

Note: If you just read that and you are in a happy relationship, sorry about that! Go out, do something special and enjoy being with your loved one :) Maybe next year I'll join the club. To all the happy couples, here's a little something from me:

Answers for Layton

2009-02-12T11:10:00.001+00:00

Here are the solutions for the Prof. Layton puzzles I posted a few days ago. Internet fame goes to... Sara!! She got the 3 answers right, as you can see in the comments of the original post. Bornsleepy also deserves an nonourable mention, as he had 2 right answers (and 1 lazy answer...). So, the answers then:

Question: You have only one match left. You want to light the room with an oil lamp, start a fire to warm the room, and heat your bathwater. In order to complete all of the above actions, which of these should you light first?

Answer: Only one possible answer for this one, regardless of what you might think: You must light the match first!

Question: A boy and his big sister are sitting around the kitchen table chatting. "You know, Sis, if I took away two years from my age and gave them to you, you'd be twice my age, huh!" "Well, why don't you just give me one more on top of that? Then I'll be three times your age."
So just how old is each sibling?

Answer: Maybe you're really clever and just find the answer to this one, but I had to use maths! So, if x=age of brother and y=age of sister we have:
From statement 1: 2(x-2)=y+2
From statement 2: 3(x-3)=y+3 then solve: 2(x-2)=3(x-3)-1 => x=6, y=6! They are both 6!

Question: Alfred and Roland have been hired by a farm to sow flower seeds. They've been assigned a 10-acre plot of land and split it in half so they can work independently. Roland starts from the east and Alfred from the west. Alfred can plow the land at a rate of 20 minutes per acre. Roland takes 40 minutes to plow, but sows seeds at three times the speed Alfred does. If sowing seeds on the 10-acre plot pays $100, how much of that money should go to Roland?

Answer: All that talk is just to confuse you - since they split the land evenly, pay should also be split evenly regardless of how long it took. The answer is therefore $50.

New Wallpaper

2009-02-10T23:06:00.007+00:00

Just a quick post today, I've been really busy at work so really tired now. Anyway, after years of having a (very nice) photo of my cat Mao - and the obligatory Mariah Carey Xmas wallpaper during the festive season - I decided it was time for a change! Many were the options, but this was The Chosen One: It's a Sark wallpaper! I'm loving it :)

Anyway, while I was searching for my wallpaper found one (well, actually two...) which is perfect for my friend Sara: here it is, enjoy (but remember, it's only a desktop wallpaper, ok?)!

More puzzles from Prof. Layton

2009-02-08T16:10:00.001+00:00

Professor Layton: needs no introduction anymore. So, here are 3 new puzzles for you to solve. As usual, write your answer in the comments, although if you're correct I'll only post when I provide the solutions. Internet fame can be yours! Good luck :)

1) We start off easy, with a clasic puzzle: You have only one match left. You want to light the room with an oil lamp, start a fire to warm the room, and heat your bathwater.

In order to complete all of the above actions, which of these should you light first?

2) A boy and his big sister are sitting around the kitchen table chatting. "You know, Sis, if I took away two years from my age and gave them to you, you'd be twice my age, huh!" "Well, why don't you just give me one more on top of that? Then I'll be three times your age."

So just how old is each sibling?

3) Alfred and Roland have been hired by a farm to sow flower seeds. They've been assigned a 10-acre plot of land and split it in half so they can work independently. Roland starts from the east and Alfred from the west. Alfred can plow the land at a rate of 20 minutes per acre. Roland takes 40 minutes to plow, but sows seeds at three times the speed Alfred does.

If sowing seeds on the 10-acre plot pays $100, how much of that money should go to Roland?

Snowed In 2: The Fall

2009-02-06T23:37:00.003+00:00

It was inevitable... I did say so on this post. As you may not know, in certain areas of England chaos returned today due to the heavy snow. Here in Basingstoke it snowed all night and then rained during the morning. Around lunchtime it started snowing. A lot. It lasted for about 4 hours, to the point that we were told (I was in the office) to go home as things were really bad and roads either closed or very dangerous. As we were about to leave, the lady from our office building told us that it was almost impossible to get the cars out of the car park and even if we did, the it was complete chaos on the roads. We finally realized that walking home was the best option... So two work colleagues and I decided to just go for it and face the snow! Bear in mind I didn't even have gloves... and we had a 1 hour walk (at least) ahead of us. As we leave the office and come outside, this was the scenario....

Mine is the red one (in my dreams....)

We decide to take a shortcut through the woods. Of course as you can see I was always a bit behind them, just trying my best not to fall.

Then we reach the main road, and it was indeed chaos: cars everywhere, the roads were covered in ice, people outside their cars, etc... But we continued, happily along. It was all a bit exciting to be honest and we were laughing, and they were laughing, mostly at me and my lack of balance. Basingstoke is not the what I'd call a very nice city, especially for pedestrians. We then reach a place where there was no sidewalks, or footpaths, nothing.

For some reason, unknown to men, instead of focusing on not falling, I continue to take photos to document the "adventure". As I take another photo, while still walking, I slip, lose my balance and fell flat on the floor! The image photo below is from that priceless moment, a true Kodak moment, capture forever:

Going down.......

I fell flat of my back, and because was full of grocery shopping it did hurt (quite) a bit... and my leg was also complaining. Obviously my ego was even more hurt, as everyone in their cars or walking the people walking behind me were laughing.... I got up and I was a mess, with snow and slush and salt all over my clothes. I knew it, it's becoming a tradition: it snows and I have to fall at least once! I'll surely be sore tomorrow, so this weekend I've already decided, I'll be hibernating!