Yay for Yoono!

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

Fake Romance Novel Covers

Many of these are hilarious (thanks Amy).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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?

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.

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.

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.

Him Name Is Hopkins

This site is awesome. Very funny and original.

Hopkins Update: BoingBoing has background info on Hopkin's Journey.

When Your Co-Workers Are Away

Practical jokes to play on your co-workers (link from LYD).

Debate Wars

Michele, my sister, the one who visits my web page (in other words, the good sister) sent me this very funny link.

All Your Votes Are Belong To Us

These stump speeches for Bush and Kerry are both very funny.

Funny Debate Comments from Wonkette

I laughed several times. (link works for all Internets)

Reason #23 Why The British Rock

The producers of a British children's television show in the 70s made a hilarious, innuendo-filled video using the puppets and characters in the show. Background info and link to the clip at Boing Boing.

Funny New Blog

Two of my funniest friends, Amy and Lori, have started a new blog, Trash Talkin' Rodeo. I think it's their first step towards moving in together. You should check their blog out a few times during the next week. I wish more of my funny friends would start blogs (hello, Chad) or not start funny blogs and then abandon them like a baby in a dumpster.

Postal Project Update

The wonderful USPS label hack you saw weeks ago on Pancake City has been picked up by Boing Boing. Although it is technically a felony, and his new popularity may bring him some unwanted attention by the authorities, you should still watch the short video that my friend, Carlos Guinerra, made at the post office in Jugtown, PA, if you haven't seen it already.

The O'Stewart Factor

I'm stealing Wonkette's title. I can't think of a better one.

Jon Stewart appeared on The O'Reilly Factor recently. The interview is hilarious.

Creative Ways To Protest

A friend of mine did this yesterday. The second half of the video is shot with a hidden camera.

I Can't Help Myself

This one is too good to pass up (courtesy of Air America Radio).

We'll ignore the fact that John Kerry mixed up "terror" and "anti-terror" in his acceptance speech last week.

Will Ferrell Rocks

He did a very funny commercial for ACT.

Brother, Can You Spare a Job?

In their cartoon, "Brother, Can You Spare a Job?", Tom Neely and Greg Saunders have done a superb job of capturing the depression era of the '20s and '30s via old-fashioned cartoon antics and the use of period music.

Okay, that's from their press release. I'm too lazy to come up with my own description. But it's extremely well done and worth watching, even though the message isn't novel.

Funny Personal Story

From crazy liberal Adam Felber.

Today's Super Freaky Video Game Exploit

This guy totally kicks the shit out of Carpal Tunnel XTreme 3000. (link from LYD).

Queer Eye For The...

A funny Queer Guy parody: Right Wing Eye

The Political System At Its Finest

www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com

Homestar Runner

Brilliant as usual.

The Modestly-Titled "Newsmap"

Newsmap is a media watcher's dream. Using Google News, the program tallies the number of news outlets reporting on one story, like Condoleeza Rice's decision to testify to the 9-11 commission. It then displays the headlines of the most popular stories in boxes whose sizes are determined by each story's relative popularity to other stories.

My explanation doesn't justify its elegance. It's a wonderful mix of content and design.

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs

Whimsical signs, mean signs, taffy signs, and my favorite sign. Link from #!/usr/bin/grl.

Best. Game. Ever.

There is no other contender.

I Drew a Bottle of Whiskey

Draw Your Boss. The drawings on this site are uniformly excellent. Not necessarily in artistic quality or humor, but--well, you'll see. Just a few of the great ones: #41, 61, 69. (link from LYD)

Big Red Ball

GROW! (from BoingBoing)

The Ad Graveyard

Ads too flawed or funny to make it into print.

Rumsfeld Fighting Style

This is hilarious. Link fron InstaPundit.

It's Funny Because It's True

Ha!

(I'm already having to draw from the well. I had another post in mind, but I'm still looking for a photo it needs.)

Ana Casas Broda

I'm not sure what to say about this photo journal, except that it's worth taking fifteen minutes out of your day to explore.

The Link is Mine, Potter

I found this cool preview of the next Harry Potter book all by myself. Alan Rickman sure is hot as a puppet!

Dead Sexy

One blogger has a Cute Dead Guy of the Week section that shows portraits of men from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the men looks surprisingly modern. Perhaps it is a coincidence that he was an anarchist. Perhaps not.

It's So Crazy, It Just Might Work

I'm praying to Allah sitting on the shoulders of Vishnu (spotted by God) that this political event comes to pass.

Urg. [ahem] Erg. [one second] Arg. [there we go] Arg. Arg! ARG!

To celebrate Talk Like a Pirate day, here is What's Your Pirate Name?

-Fat Frank Skinner

Link-a-dinks

Send your $10,000 bills to these candidates.

Feeling Down?

If you are feeling a little depressed, click on this link. It will cheer you up.

Graphics Request

This chart of military hand signals is pretty funny. I'd like to try captioning a chart like this. Does anyone know where I can get a graphic of a similar instructional chart (e.g. airline safety)? I would offer to rename the site a moniker of your choosing for a few days, but you can already do that.

Which Presidential Candidate Is Right For You?

Answer a short series of questions and find out which Presidential candidate is right for you. According to the quiz, my two candidates are Dennis Kucinich (100%) and Howard Dean (99%). These picks are probably accurate, although I have a few disagreements with both candidates. George W. Bush, making a strong showing, edged out Howard Phillips (Constitution party) and Lyndon LaRouche ("Prepare for the RevoLaRouchian!").

Send me an email with your results so I can have another reason to like or hate you. (Just kidding. The lens I use to look at people is only made up of important things: size of tail fin on car, favorite breakfast cereal marshmallow, number of vowels in name...)

Origami

This man is moderately talented at origami. Also, I am moderately hairy.

The Missing Yucca

This is a great story.

Beta Kate

I found out that an old friend of mine who I lost contact with moved in the D.C. area recently. I also found out that she's still very funny. Her web site is called Beta Kate. Actually, it's called Cyanotic Copy, but I don't know what cyanotic means, so I'm calling it Beta Kate. Also, her name is Charlene.

Attention Pyros

There are hundreds of cool tricks you can do with a Zippo.

The Matrix Reloaded

The abridged script. This is quite funny.

Etis Ynnuf

I’m putting this link up for two reasons. One, putting the link up falls under my extended definition of nepotism: family members, friends, friends of family members, family members of friends, and monkeys with lipstick. Friends of friends, and monkeys who don’t take the time to look pretty, go screw yourself.

The site is Zruwkcab, the blog of my friend Dan’s younger brother. The second reason I’m putting it up is that Dan Jr. is a talented, funny writer who, although only 16, has yet to succumb to the temptation to make cheap monkey jokes. How many of us could say that when we were sixteen?

MALONE!

Thanks to Andrew for encouraging me to post today. His middle name is 'Lindemann'. Does anyone know what that means? I think he made it up. Andrew has a funny interview with Method Man and Red Man about their movie "How High" that you should check out.