Yoono was exactly what I was looking for in an Internet media sharing site. I love it so far. Almost every day I see an interesting article or blog post that I want to share, but the extra step of creating a blog post to do so was enough to deter me. Yoono makes it very easy to impulsively share media on the web. You right-click or select what you want to share, select "Buzz it", type in a descriptive note if you want to, and that's pretty much it.
Here is my Yoono blog. I will add it to my sidebar soon, and likely post most of my links on here from now on. I already added a few if you want to check it out.
This is the first time in a while that I thought, "I wish there a program that did X" and found out that Program X actually exists.
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February 02, 2008
November 06, 2007
These Things Exist?
And you can buy them online?
It's a cell phone jammer that you can get for $50. Who knew spy technology was so cheap?
(They are illegal to use in some countries, including the U.S.)
It's a cell phone jammer that you can get for $50. Who knew spy technology was so cheap?
(They are illegal to use in some countries, including the U.S.)
October 18, 2007
Back from the past: Strip Creator
I posted a link to this site a few years ago and forgot about it until now. It's Strip Creator, a web site that allows the creative and artistically untalented to create their own comics. This one is mine:
Wanting to stay single
This one isn't mine, but it's funny.
Wanting to stay single
This one isn't mine, but it's funny.
July 30, 2007
Four Stages of Pop Culture Savviness; Turtles
Four Levels of Pop Culture Savviness
An arbitrary list, although nowhere near as arbitrary as most of the lists, or anchors, on VH1 shows.
1. You find out about the latest trends directly.
2. You find out about the latest trends from your hipster friends. Not that anyone in this stage uses the word hipster.
3. You read about the latest trends from television shows or newspaper articles.
4. You see headlines about the latest trends from newspaper articles or your kids, and don't care enough to pay attention.
I have sunk to level 3. I was never cool enough to be at level 1. Level 2 used to be my home, but now my friends have adult lives and must not have time to keep up. For how else to explain the lack of notice about the "I Love Turtles" kid?
I heard of him from my new source of coolness, The Washington Post Style section (article link). The story is one of the WP's semi-annual "What hath the Internet wrought?"pieces.
I fear though that I am on the beginning of spiral to level 4, a abysmal pit sheltered and disconnected from anything cool. I don't get the I Love Turtles kid. The only thing humorous about it is that it vaguely echoes the "I Didn't Do It" episode of the Simpsons.
If that doesn't sound cranky enough (level 3 people have gobs of self-awareness, clinging to it as our way of staying the irreversable descent into uncoolness), here is why I don't think the clip is funny, at least on the first viewing: it's too fast.
There isn't enough time to let the mind process the absurdity of the situation and laugh. It's a 20-second joke compressed into 17-seconds. Watch it first, then imagine the clip with a pause after the reporter asks him the question, and another pause after the boy answers. Old Man Walther would find that funnier.
That's why I enjoyed the description in the article more than the video. The article teases and extends the funny details of the video that fly by upon the first viewings. The timing of the video may also be why it became a viral video. The details fly by so fast that one may have to watch it several times to find it funny, incorporating another detail into the jokework after each viewing until they gain a familiarly in the mind so we can process everything all in one moment and laugh.
If you watch the video once and didn't think much of it, watch it a dozen times and let me know if/when it becomes funny.
There are a few mashups of the video, which I find funnier than the original, partially because the timing is expanded. The Bill O'Reilly interview is one of the funny ones.
An arbitrary list, although nowhere near as arbitrary as most of the lists, or anchors, on VH1 shows.
1. You find out about the latest trends directly.
2. You find out about the latest trends from your hipster friends. Not that anyone in this stage uses the word hipster.
3. You read about the latest trends from television shows or newspaper articles.
4. You see headlines about the latest trends from newspaper articles or your kids, and don't care enough to pay attention.
I have sunk to level 3. I was never cool enough to be at level 1. Level 2 used to be my home, but now my friends have adult lives and must not have time to keep up. For how else to explain the lack of notice about the "I Love Turtles" kid?
I heard of him from my new source of coolness, The Washington Post Style section (article link). The story is one of the WP's semi-annual "What hath the Internet wrought?"pieces.
I fear though that I am on the beginning of spiral to level 4, a abysmal pit sheltered and disconnected from anything cool. I don't get the I Love Turtles kid. The only thing humorous about it is that it vaguely echoes the "I Didn't Do It" episode of the Simpsons.
If that doesn't sound cranky enough (level 3 people have gobs of self-awareness, clinging to it as our way of staying the irreversable descent into uncoolness), here is why I don't think the clip is funny, at least on the first viewing: it's too fast.
There isn't enough time to let the mind process the absurdity of the situation and laugh. It's a 20-second joke compressed into 17-seconds. Watch it first, then imagine the clip with a pause after the reporter asks him the question, and another pause after the boy answers. Old Man Walther would find that funnier.
That's why I enjoyed the description in the article more than the video. The article teases and extends the funny details of the video that fly by upon the first viewings. The timing of the video may also be why it became a viral video. The details fly by so fast that one may have to watch it several times to find it funny, incorporating another detail into the jokework after each viewing until they gain a familiarly in the mind so we can process everything all in one moment and laugh.
If you watch the video once and didn't think much of it, watch it a dozen times and let me know if/when it becomes funny.
There are a few mashups of the video, which I find funnier than the original, partially because the timing is expanded. The Bill O'Reilly interview is one of the funny ones.
June 22, 2007
Interesting Interrview: Graffiti Research Lab
PRI's "Fair Game with Faith Salie" interviewed the GRI's Evan Roth about its recent technological projects and the conflict between graffiti and advertising. It's a great interview, and I'm not just saying it because he's my sister's boyfriend.
Evan, I want to participate in The Summer of Blood.
Evan, I want to participate in The Summer of Blood.
March 24, 2005
March 18, 2005
Superman Is a Dick
Writing for "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" in the 60s must have been the best job in the world (link from LYD).
January 31, 2005
Warning: Do Not Wear Helmet
The helmet to protect people you don't really love (link from BoingBoing).
Yes, this blog has degenerated into a collection of links I find on other blogs.
Degenerated? More like evolved. Hooooo!
Shut up. I created you. I can destroy you.
Destroy me? You can't even find your car keys. Besides, I'm a manifestation of your psyche. An incorporeal being, unlike your ear hair. How are you going to destroy me, drive a spike through my brain?
I could watch four hours of VH1's "I Love The 80s" where a bunch of C-list comics make fun of D-list musicians and actors from the 80s who used to be considered B-list artists and are now remembered for a few A-list works, the relevancy to their own lives of which is lost on the C-list comics whose stand-up acts consist of popping a few pills of E before going to stage to tell F-laden jokes about the difficulties of finding a woman's G-spot that will go over crowds five years from now like an H-bomb, if the comics are lucky enough to be shown on "I Love The 00s".
Okay. I'll be good.
Yes, this blog has degenerated into a collection of links I find on other blogs.
Degenerated? More like evolved. Hooooo!
Shut up. I created you. I can destroy you.
Destroy me? You can't even find your car keys. Besides, I'm a manifestation of your psyche. An incorporeal being, unlike your ear hair. How are you going to destroy me, drive a spike through my brain?
I could watch four hours of VH1's "I Love The 80s" where a bunch of C-list comics make fun of D-list musicians and actors from the 80s who used to be considered B-list artists and are now remembered for a few A-list works, the relevancy to their own lives of which is lost on the C-list comics whose stand-up acts consist of popping a few pills of E before going to stage to tell F-laden jokes about the difficulties of finding a woman's G-spot that will go over crowds five years from now like an H-bomb, if the comics are lucky enough to be shown on "I Love The 00s".
Okay. I'll be good.
January 26, 2005
Super Unleaded Comedy Fuel
Say what you want about the Bush administration, but give them credit where credit is due: providing the best fodder for comics and cartoonists than any administration in decades.
And for D.C. residents: this.
And for D.C. residents: this.
January 12, 2005
Work, Brain, Work!
I'm not sure why, but I haven't been motivated to write for the past few days.
In the meantime, here's a pizza box.
In the meantime, here's a pizza box.
January 04, 2005
Cat and Girl
My modus operandi for posting links is to bookmark them, wait a few days until I forget where I found the original link, and then present it as my own discovery.
Like Cat and Girl! The quality from comic to comic is uneven, but she draws from a greater bank of material than most comic creators choose to, and the result is that even when the gags aren't as sharp as they could be, the strip retains an infectious weirdness about it that make it fresh and interesting to read.
Cat makes lunch.
Cat and Girl feign interest.
Like Cat and Girl! The quality from comic to comic is uneven, but she draws from a greater bank of material than most comic creators choose to, and the result is that even when the gags aren't as sharp as they could be, the strip retains an infectious weirdness about it that make it fresh and interesting to read.
Cat makes lunch.
Cat and Girl feign interest.
People did a lot of drugs in the 60s...
...and then they made Superman comics.
"Jimmy, this gift you got me for Father's Day makes me sorry I ever adopted you as a son."
"Jimmy, this gift you got me for Father's Day makes me sorry I ever adopted you as a son."
December 09, 2004
Adventures in Typography
Those of you in the design community may have heard of the multimedia artist and visual fusion DJ Evangelical Ro. He does interesting work, usually melding disparate areas such as music, graffiti, and computer animation to create presentations that gently expand our notion of what multimedia is, a notion that has shrunk severely in face of the marketplace definition of the word, such as interactive CD-ROMS and DVDs with computer-only content.
He recently posted a few of his new projects on his web page. How can you get a typographical tribute to Biggie Smalls?
He recently posted a few of his new projects on his web page. How can you get a typographical tribute to Biggie Smalls?
December 03, 2004
Remember the "Badgers Badgers Badgers" Guy?
I don't know how long Magical Trevor has been around, but it gives one of his previous creations, Badgers Badgers Badgers, a run for the crown of Insipidly Mesmerizing Flash Animation. And it's catchier too. Link from one of my favorite sites to steal links, LYD.
December 02, 2004
Planet Feedback, Part 1: The Movies
I just found a web site that will likely waste weeks of my time. It's Planet Feedback, a collection of complaints, compliments, and suggestions people have sent to almost any company you can think of.
It's a perfect mix of light voyuerism and comedy. Some of the letters are hilarious. Here's a collection of some of the best ones about movies: (links open in new windows; you can also hold shift while clicking to open a link in another browser window.)
"You have done our Country a great favor."
Fahrenheit 911--another opinion.
Make this man a movie mogul.
The funniest one of them all.
"Superman or Gooberman?" Comic Book Guy speaks.
It's a perfect mix of light voyuerism and comedy. Some of the letters are hilarious. Here's a collection of some of the best ones about movies: (links open in new windows; you can also hold shift while clicking to open a link in another browser window.)
"You have done our Country a great favor."
Fahrenheit 911--another opinion.
Make this man a movie mogul.
The funniest one of them all.
"Superman or Gooberman?" Comic Book Guy speaks.
December 01, 2004
Dubya: The Movie
We're out of power in the Presidency, both Houses for Congress, the right wing has their own major newspaper and television station, and roughly 15% more of Americans identify themselves as conservative compared to liberal*.
But at least we still own the comedy market. Dubya: The Movie (link from atrios).
* Not a new trend.
But at least we still own the comedy market. Dubya: The Movie (link from atrios).
* Not a new trend.
November 23, 2004
Him Name Is Hopkins
This site is awesome. Very funny and original.
Hopkins Update: BoingBoing has background info on Hopkin's Journey.
Hopkins Update: BoingBoing has background info on Hopkin's Journey.
November 18, 2004
October 14, 2004
Debate Wars
Michele, my sister, the one who visits my web page (in other words, the good sister) sent me this very funny link.
October 09, 2004
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