Clicks of the Day: July 15,16,17 2011 Weekend Edition!

Welcome to the three-day roundup …

Weekend Edition (July 15, 16, 17) of Clicks of the Day!

(I only do one Clicks of the Day post for the weekends so that I can actually have a weekend, lol. And amount of content will fluctuate depending on how much of a weekend I actaully have!)

• Getting Ready for Disneyland Park to Debut – A Look Back at July 17, 1955

Happy birthday Disneyland!! Nice photos of the opening of the happiest place on Earth ;)

• [Video]: Last days on set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

:'( So sad.

• [Video]: Crazy Marriage Proposal (Guy Falls Off Building)

LOL when they show the split screen with her face!!! :O

• Mom Kept Kids in Diapers to Stop Them from Growing Up

Wow.

• Edmonton now mosquito capital of Canada

Hooray.. murder capital of Canada.. mosquito capital of Canada..

• Monkey Wedding Called Illegal By Indian Officials

This is such a crazy story! #MonkeyLove

• [Video]: DJ Kittens Rockin’ Beats on the Turntables

SO adorable. Cats rule.

• Bottoms Up! Get your perfect beer fast and fresh at the Calgary Stampede

This is very cool. I was very amazed when I saw the video of it!

• Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer or Not? The Latest Answer Is No

Back and forth with this issue. If it does, it’s too late for us all anyway so let’s just deal with it, lol.

• Spelling mistakes ‘cost millions’ in lost online sales

Lol. Makes me think of the GIGANTIC poster ad at NAIT two years ago for Finning. The biggest, boldest font was supposed to say “OPPORTUNITIES” but it said “OPPORUNITIES” lol. I took a photo and tweeted, what’s an opporunity. #CredibilityFail

• BlackBerry Cyclone rumored as an Apple TV competitor

Doesn’t RIM get it? They cannot compete with Apple.

• Afghanistan Snow Leopards: Threatened Animals Caught On Camera

Crazy… gotta love species survival.

• Neil Patrick Harris is just keeping busy

Neil Patrick Harris deserves all of the praise he gets! Wonderful actor… magician… man :)

Not a pretty sight but the fact that it still functions is extremely impressive. Also:

• iPhone 4 survives fall from skydiver’s pocket

Even more impressiveness.

• Picture the Past: Historypin Mashes Up Archived Photos with the Present

“With the smartphone app, you can wave your phone through the air to see layers of historical photos superimposed upon wherever you happen to be.” How cool!

• The 8 Truths About Weddings (That No One Ever Tells You)

A very interesting read. (Well, for people who getting married, are married and want to see if those “truths” were true for them, and for people like me, who is a romantic and would like to marry young so I always enjoy reading wedding-themed articles, lol).

• [Infographic]: Reaching 200 Million Accounts: Twitter’s Explosive Growth

Congrats on your 200 millionth account, Twitter! You rock.

• Final Harry Potter film breaks box office records in opening weekend

Magical Harry Potter <3

• HTC infringes 2 Apple patents, could see all Android devices banned

Yikeeeeeeeeeeeees.

• Harry Potter fans get fresh Pottermore details at LeakyCon 2011

Great details! I was planning on re-reading the entire series but then I remembered… Pottermore! So I’ll read it online once this website officially launches.

• Justin Timberlake accepts a Marine’s YouTube date request

Haha! Awesome. All you have to do is ask… and post things to YouTube, and you shall receive!

• Japan plans to ban Fukushima beef

Good lord. At what point are they going to realize probably everything there has been contaminated and probably children being born in the coming months… years… will also have radiation in them? #SAD.

• News of the World whistleblower found dead

UM. This is extremely suspicious. Even though police say it’s not. #SKETCHY

• French fries, fatty foods produce marijuana-like chemicals that trigger binge eating, study finds

Well that kind of explains the obesity numbers, lol.

• [Photo]: Chrono Trigger Meets Futurama In A Moment of Spacy Serendipity

Yay!! I love Chrono Trigger. So. Friggen. Much.

• The Bugs That Changed Human History

Pretty interesting read.

• Google Effect Affecting Your Memory

Oh Google.

• Amazon Targets Cash-Starved Students With Kindle Textbook Rentals

You go, Amazon! #LoveMyKindle

• Getting Away From It All Now Means Taking All Your Tech With You

“Getting away from it all” has morphed into “taking it all with you. (People are) glued to smartphone, tablets, and computers to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, and other social media and news sites.” True or false for you? True for me… lol.

• Murdoch’s Sun Newspaper Hacked by LulzSec

First of all, wow will this Murdoch/News of the World stuff continue to get this crazy/juicy?! And secondly, I thought LulzSec had stopped its hacks? I knew they had to have been joking when they said they were retiring.

• [Infographic]: Apple Product Design: 35 Years of Consumer Electronics

Cool “Apple Tree.”

• Women’s World Cup Breaks All-Time Tweet Record

Well done, Japan!

• [Video]: Mexican couple take the plunge with underwater wedding

Weird but I guess makes sense/is romantic for them, lol.

• [Video]: July 18, 2011 Storm Time Lapse

Awesome time lapse footage of the early morning storm in the Edmonton area today.

• How women who weigh less than their husbands have better marriages

Intriguing, lol.

• U.S. Debt Default Means ‘Lights Out’ And A New Depression

Crazy…

• Is Microsoft Working on a New Social Site?

If yes, I do not see it succeeding.

• Recent hacks on iTunes accounts raising concerns

Always be aware of all transactions going in and out of your debit/credit/accounts, everyone.

• Today’s Big Thing: Oven Planking Fail

LOL. Geez, people are dumb.

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