Our sites of the week:
My Parents Were Awesome
A photographic reminder that your parents were probably the hipsters of their day.
http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com
Be a Doll
Do you know someone who deserves an action figure made in their image? That would make an amazing present.
http://www.be-a-doll.com
Incredibox
Arrange a tune made from human beatbox samples on this hypnotic flash website.
http://www.incredibox.fr/
We Are Hunted
A music site which takes account of what music people talk about on blogs, Twitter, message boards etc, to produce the 99 top songs chart, with purchase links. Could it take over the regular music charts for relevancy?
http://wearehunted.com
Hipster Runoff
Continuing the hipster theme from last week, this hilarious blog looks at what it means to be ‘alt’ or ‘culturally relevant’ and how to grow a ‘personal brand’.
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com
This is Photobomb
Your happy moments captured on camera are always better with an incongruous member of the public in the background..
http://thisisphotobomb.com
1. RTE Player
RTE’s version of the BBC iPlayer debuted last week and offers an impressive limited catchup service of most RTE-aired programs and an intuitive interface.
http://www.rte.ie/player/
2. Look at This Fucking Hipster
A hipster can be defined as “one who is exceptionally interested in the latest trends and tastes” and here’s pictures of some really annoying ones.
http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/
3.This is What I Do
Darragh Doyle’s Irish blog is possibly the best in the country at the moment. Explore the Me section in the sidebar to find out why.
http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com
