tweeting too hard
Fresh new site popped in earlier today, created by a friend of mine (as well as three others), TTH gives self serving tweetaholics their just deserts (or comeupins) as users submit and vote on their favorite narcissitic tweets from all around the net. Just enter a twitter username and search for a specific tweet or go one step further and submit a permalink. Either way, get ready for a flame war. Twitterverse, you’ve been warned, someone’s watching ;4)
nitwit[ter]
this is simply amazing: tone matrix is a simple flash app that requires the user to press a square which generates a sound, pressing multiple squares creates a unique melody, try it with designs and shapes, you’ll be presently surprised. tattoo artist scott campell makes old, crusty looking us dollars look hip and exotic. did you see this incredibly stupid anti-gay marriage psa around the internets funded by the nation for marriage? stephen colbert did, and his response is golden. twitter visualization is starting to be all the rage these days, but i do like this 3D visualization of tweets from around the world. best parody of star trek using star trek: the next generation EVAR [and there’s more]. great, israel wants to bomb iran now..let’s hope mccain’s adlibbing to the beach boys doesn’t come true, maybe a cute hamster with a carrot will calm my nerves. high res photos of child labor in bangledesh is both tearfully beautiful and gut wrenchingly sad. sweet, a faceless watch that tells time at the push of a button? i wants it. wired has a sweet video up of of a three dimensional tumor growing, science…
so, i didn’t know if you realized this but youtube silently rolled out full length film and television shows to be seen, for free. hit up youtube.com/movies and youtube.com/shows for your mod squad and alf fix, don’t say i didn’t warn you. surprise surprise, daytime talk queen and media tycoon oprah winfrey joins twitter, wonder if her boyfriend steadman has one? at least shaq keeps her in check. torrent downloaders sighed collectively as the pirate bay founders were found guilty of providing means of distribution of copyrighted material, sad face, peter sunde won’t pay either. next time, i wrap gifts with lcd pattern wrapping paper, it’s tre geek and highly customizable. “Economics and psychology researchers at the University of Warwick in England found that [work related] promotion produces 10% more mental strain and leaves up to 20% less time to visit the doctor in the event of illness.” if there’s two things men love, it’s certainly the history of pizza and going out on a limb…international sex festivals [def sfw] there’s a lot of talk about violence across the border with the mexican drug cartels and corrupt american officials, columbia has the right idea: bullet proof clothes. new scientist claims that star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel, but dont’t expect neutron crust grade cookware just yet, dig?
big american japanese guerrilla dance party suzuki!
sprint touts palm pre, 4g network in cool commercial
I’ve been rather interested in palm’s last stand against bankruptcy, the palm pre, too bad I wasn’t really able to have a look at the phone until the end of this advertisement, and I must say, this sweet live action infographic commercial really has my interest peaked, so much so that I play it routinely (if I don’t catch it on tele first)
choco whiffing
My favorite Brit news source, The Telegraph, reports on a new invention created by the ivory tower elites of Harvard. LeWhif is an apparatus that utilizes aerosolized chocolate powder that when converted to vapor is just, just euphoric. The future is here according to LeWhif cronie (jk) Tom Hadfield:
“But chocolate is only the beginning - we’re going to be unveiling more different types of food in the future.
“Two Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx is even working with us to develop meals, such as a mint-flavoured inhaler to go alongside his lamb dishes.
“Eventually we could be having three course meals this way.”
Order now @ Lewhif.com (Britain only, US in May)
zipper dress
Seen on boingboing this rather interesting dress (read: collection of 120 metal zippers) is tre chic, unless all 120 zippers are stuck. Practical? maybe…at least it doesn’t make me yearn for something edible like that sexy crocheted hamburger dress.
tweenbot
This is simply precious, I was struck by Kacie Kinzer’s (of the Tisch School of the Arts @ NYU) social experiment involving a bot that relies heavily if not solely on human interaction.
“Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.”
Video and more information on the project here
honda let’s it shine
i thought Honda’s PR was rather lacking but this imaginative commercial uses hundreds of honda branded autos (the headlights) to create an awesome visual demonstration, each headlight acts as a single pixel.
contusion [1]
back with a spring in my step and a story to tell, in six words or less, my favorite: “Great News! …Wait, wrong chart. Christ!” so a Man pumps $26 worth of gas only to be billed $81 billion, thanks paypal! my friend Trey linked me to a lovely article on NY Times a few weeks ago on what women want, maybe now I can stop relying on a certain shag bag that was given to me. who doesn’t love DIY tech? Especially for cranky relatives who can’t seem to work a remote. and now, a completely unscientific look at social networking sites, twitter’s starting to annoy me, mind you. I thought streaming video was only for the sprint, verizon elite, not true, iPhone gets streaming episodes of some (not all) of your favorite series, star trek anyone? here’s hoping Hulu’s next on the godphone. total blackberry owner right here, this rejected ad for the device takes a stab at everyone’s favorite piece of fruit. you know that “sup dawg” meme? apparently former pimp my ride host and rapper XZIBIT is not amused, who knew that he was on twitter? surprise! wired tells me that tech nerds from japan hate the iphone, is it the lack of video? expensive data plan? come on people, softbank in japan is giving them away for free*
conservatives hate immoral debauchery, but are the biggest consumers of porn, interesting… speaking of conservative hate, they’ll really hate this: a topless coffee shop, don’t worry, it’s cnn and def SFW. sweet, next time in space, I’ll be sure to pack a zero g coffee mug, mmm decaf. “Every time I had a plan for what I wanted my life to be like, nothing would come of it. It was very disappointing. I figured if other people came up with things for me to do, I might stumble upon something new and better.” haha, john lennon of the beatles thought the band was bigger than jesus, talk about backlash via vintage news clip courtesy bbc newsnight, watch. what a pscydelic far out fish, man, mmkay, I’m a yuppie, apologies. jon stewart doesn’t get amazon’s founder/ceo, jeff bezos. what’s so great about the second e-book reader, kindle ? slumdog millionaire makes everyone love indians and south asians again, according to yahoo news, so much so that adoptions from the country are surging. love love love trigger happy tv, particularly the useless policeman sketch.
get it? multi-touch subway map? like an iPhone on steroids or a g1 hacked?
oscar picks 09 (updated)
Rather busy with skewling and such (needless to say, the LSAT robbed me of my intellect, what little I have to begin with), but I thought it fitting to try my hand at predictions, so, without further ado, here are my oscar picks for 2009 (slightly abridged ;4)
*updated with actual winners, missed two, not thaaaat baaad.
Best Film: “Slumdog Millionaire” (If you hadn’t seen the film, please do, I’ll be rewatching it before the oscars, surely)
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke for “The Wrestler” (I use the term “come back kid” rather loosely) Sean Penn for Milk
Best Actress: Kate Winslet for “The Reader”
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger for “The Dark Knight”
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Doubt“ Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Director: Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon B. for “Slumdog Millionaire”
Animated Feature Film: “Wall-E“
Old Jews Telling Jokes
haha, found here
sxsw
who wants
to go but is
consistently
sidetracked yearly?
- this cat right here.
oh [dear] 1.24
Ever see a word that strikes you as odd that you begin to question if it’s legitimate? This phenomenon has a name: Semantic Satiation. Seed Mag has a lovely article {thanks gabe!} on a study that links morality with surroundings. Living in a shanty town= shanty people or wonderful hill folk? Barack and Michelle Obama do a lot of what?! Who says print media is dying? You wouldn’t know it from these 400 newspaper covers right on the heels of Obama’s inaguration. Speaking of Obama, does he get a sweet $3,350 sectera edge as a blackberry substitute or tag along? More importantly, does the White House have wifi? South Carolina wants to ban swear words, s%# and penalize those who use them with a $5k fine and or 5 years of prison time. Read the bill here and watch here. Speaking of the establishment, authorities in the UK want to control your rides via text messages. OMGWTFBBQ. All this talk about the Holocaust during WWII gave little solace to the other survivors, the Romas BBC reports.
Facebook now twice as big as myspace? Someone fire up Alexa…eww, a doll shaped out of living human cells? strangely fascinating. This quadcamera iPhone app seems rather interesting, I’d love to see it on the app store soon, no doubt for a price. I should ask my friend in ny, does she have to pay for a cab ride with an iPod if her credit’s declined and nypd breathing down her neck? Five delightfully bizarre eBay auctions over the years, I love the mental_floss. I’ve always loved worth 1000’s photoshop contests, particularly the “where are my pants?” thread. Israel used white phosphorous during their Gaza ground offensive and may soon be charged with warcrimes, but have a look at this. ‘“He was walking to the mosque when the attack started,” his uncle, Nahad Mattar, said. “Two of his friends who were walking with him were killed instantly,” Times Online reports.
I really like nobody beats the drum, here’s why:
sigh
I’d give anything for Meghan Asha to follow me on twitter
oba[ma] 1.17
Circuit City goes belly up as opposed to closing a few stores and filing for chapter 11. Consumerist has an FAQ on what to do during liquidation should you have a gift card or repair. FREE YOUR PHONE, at least that’s what the electronic frontier foundation want from congress, unlocked iPhones on eBay will surely drop in price.Craigslist apartment ads are lovely, particularly this one. reddit is made of win, simple as that, dig(g)?ISPs in UK are set to police torrents in the country, that doesn’t bode well for my gigs upon gigs of golden girls seeding across the tubes. Zimbabwe has hyper inflation, sure, but a $100 trillion note and it’s only worth $30 American? Wow. No wonder they’re in a state of financial collapse.
So, one of the perks of being commander-in-chief is wireless priority,neat. Speaking of Obama, first him and now the congress/senate, everyone’s going digital. Inaugurations make me giddy, so does Legoland’s version. Now if only we could write like an Obama appointed speech writer and “seduce” republicans, lol (I’m sorry, the headline is gold).Bet on what words Obama uses on Tuesday.
Microsoft Research released songsmith, which (taken from the site) “…generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice.” The video’s just a tad annoying, and yes, it’s a real ad:
word[ing]
Blackberry 8900 receives an update on pricing and a pushed release date for business end users, I kill myself over the wait. By the way, Wired has a lovely article on Tim Cook, the newly annointed CEO of Apple right on the heels of Steve Jobs medical departure. Methinks investor confidence as at an all time low? I recall a time when white house e-mails were logged and easily obtainable, not so in the Bush admin, but 60,000 tapes later, that’s a nice going away present.
MS Paint, quite frankly, is the titular photoshop alternative, here’s why: it’s robust. NY’s Hudson river receives unto it, a plane, and flickr receives unto it, exclusive snaps, thanks web media. Speaking of which, someone buy this man a commemorative plaque. Still Gushing at the CES coverage, Engadget has a nice write up on how the Palm Pre could skewl the iPhone, I smell a flame war. Burger King’s FB App to sacrfice 10 friends for a whopper was all well and good, but something had to give, right? Did I mention I loves me some Simian Mobile Disco? Mi-Obama, my-obama, a mobile phone branded with Obama? Yes we Can…consider litagation!
Haha, Macbook Wheel, The Onion, I love you.