You don’t have to stalk them on Social Media or wait outside the Newstalk studios any more - now there’s a website where you can arrange to get a video shout out from many celebrities… well, well-known people… for cash.
£10 will get you Ken Coombs, the Star Wars actor - $15 will get you Paris Themmen, the actor who played Mike TeeVee in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, £20 will get you one from the One and Only Chesney Hawkes, £25 will get you one from Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee and £60 will get you one from East 17 and $100 will get you one from the Hoff himself. Most expensive? DP & Jake the Snake Roberts for $150.
We’re told the celebrities may choose to give the proceeds they get to charity - the site itself takes a 10% cut of the fee - You enter any information that you want the celebrity to mention in the video message (e.g. Your name, hometown, hobby, birthday etc)
You pay for your video via Paypal or Debit/Credit card and wait for your video which could be a matter of days or weeks depending on the Celebrities' schedule.
Talking to someone online? More interested in what they look like than who they are? Then this is not the app for you. Talk Or Not allows users to reveal photos piece by piece when a conversation is mutually exchanged., so they person you messaged kind of has to like you for you before you reveal pictures of yourself.
TALK or NOT is a free anonymous social dating and messaging app that uses GPS and a simple search function to locate other users around you based on age, gender and location.
Simply browse and select a user to talk with. The goal is to engage the other user and create a conversation and go at your pace and direction.
All profile photos are hidden with only silhouettes, blue for males and pink for females, visible but after two initial messages are exchanged, every message after that will unlock a block slowly revealing who's on the other end.
Once someone decides to stop responding based on perhaps; foul language, or vagueness, no further blocks will be removed.
The more you talk the more you unlock!
According to TheJournal.ie there’s approximately 100 users from Ireland on the app already.
Save money with this website! From Food and Drink to Men and Women’s Fashions to Electrical to Automotive - 18 categories in all, there are money saving vouchers to suit all tastes.
It’s not just online offers either - there’s vouchers you can print off or vouchers you can show on your mobile phone to get the discounts.
Quest - turn your to-do lists into an adventure
Got a long to do list to conquer? Quest renders each task as a monster that is vanquished by a little cartoon hero when you complete it. The more tasks you complete, the better the rewards.
Ideal for
- Tasks and To-Do
- Check list
- Shopping list
- Wish List
- Bills and payment schedule
- Things you have to remember
It’s completely gamifying your productivity and that could be a good thing - You’ll earn a gem for each completed quest and collecting gems unlocks levels for new items.
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you dropped a nuclear weapon on Dublin - or Cork - or Ballinsloe, Ballinspittle or Ballyogan, here’s your chance to find out.
Choose a location, enter your yield in kilotons (including some of the famous nuclear bombs, like Davy Crockett the tiniest US bomb produced at 20t, or Fat Man, the Nagasaki bomb at 20 kt or Castle Bravo, the largest US bomb tested at 15 Mt) and detonate. You’ll get an an estimate of casualties and see the fallout zone. Perfect for the particularly ambitious dictators among you.
Would you believe there are people who don’t listen to the radio when they work? This website allows you to listen to ambient sounds to wash away distraction.
You can choose your mix of Rain, Thunder, Waves, Wind, Fire, Birds, Crickets, A Coffee Shop, A Singing Bowl and white noise to help you get your work done.
Especially good for those who like to work in public spaces like libraries and coffee shops, but find them be noisy and distracting.
And finally ...
Marvin Gaye singing "I Heard it through the Grapevine" with the instrumentals removed. Just something to amuse you on this fine Monday afternoon :)
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