April 2008
93 posts
Watchlivejamie: This is very funny video from the 50s that illustrates the influence that a group behavior has on an individual.
GTA anyone?
As are probably many other people on here, I’ll be picking up GTA IV tomorrow. Since my friends list is pretty spartan, feel free to add my gamertag “Escher0” if you’re up for some GTA or any other game.
WikipediaVision (beta) →
Anonymous Wikipedia edits mapped (almost) in real-time.
“They thought, “Well, if it’s possible, we want to be able to do it too.” It was...”
– How three guys from Montana invented the ultimate strategy for dominating Ms. Pac-Man While an interesting story in its own right, it’s a great example that you can achieve quite a lot when you don’t know what’s impossible.
WatchThe flip side of “The Most Unwanted Song” I just posted is of course “The Most Wanted Song” which claims will be “unavoidably and uncontrollably ‘liked’ by 72 ± 12% of listeners.” While obviously easier on the ears (and much shorter), it’s still a product of the masses of 1997 so it comes out a bit weird. Gotta love the lyrics though....
WatchIn 1997, after polling hundreds of people and finding out what music they didn’t like, conceptual artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid put together “The Most Unwanted Song,” a 22 minute song with all the most hated elements, including the accordion and bagpipe, an operatic soprano rapping and singing atonal music, and the exhortation of a grating children’s chorus...
Tumblr Bug
Sorry, I’m reposting those two audio posts because of a Tumblr bug. Basically, if you open a post to edit it, then in another window delete it, then submit your edit, the post will exist on your front page and in your dashboard but the permalink page will be unavailable. Edit: And now there’s no way to delete the post.
Tumblr is going pro.
lonelysandwich: Read this tumblr news. It’s good tumblr news. Intelligent group tumbling with moderated reader submissions, plus mystery features. I’ve been waiting to give these guys my money for almost a year now. via Tumblr Themes
“Now now, my good man. This is no time to be making enemies.”
– Voltaire on his death bed after being asked by a priest to renounce Satan. (via livejamie)
“Do you think if Barack Obama had left his seriously ill wife after having had...”
– Question for the Class (via azspot and marco)
how observant are you? →
talby: hydeordie: some of these questions i am not sure are very relevant. i got 15. whatevs. it let’s you try again then proceeds to ask the same questions, i got 25 :) 22/25 on the first try. It’s pretty easy, but I definitely guessed on a few. I cant remember the last time I even SAW a camballs soup can. 21/25 on the first try but I contend that the fan question is bogus since it...
Stereotypical Tumblr User Checklist
Not the first time someone has made one of these but defenitely more extensive, let’s see. you… use a mac: no are twenty something: yes take polaroids: no live in nyc: no, but I lived on Long Island for most of my life wish you lived in nyc: no draw sometimes: no upload videos to vimeo to fit in: no have a muxtape: no work for collegehumor/vimeo/bustedtees: no are a...
WatchThis has to be the best game trailer I’ve seen in a long time.
“It wasn’t long before I suffered a direct hit from a woman who wanted to...”
– Reservations of an Airline Agent An amusing, yet depressing, collection of clueless people who one airline agent has talked to. I could quote pretty much any sentence out of this but this is my favorite.
The Art of the Title Sequence →
This is a pretty neat idea. It’s a blog dedicated to the art of the title sequence from movies and tv shows complete with lots of high-res videos.
Loooong term investments
I was just remind (by this article) of a discussion I had with a couple friends and wanted other opinions. Everyone knows if you ever get the chance to go back in time, buy some stock of pretty much any big company that you know will still be around and you’ll make a lot of money. What would you do in the opposite case though? Suppose you were going forward in time (by time travel,...
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way...”
– Jack Handey
Watchjasedit: Nintendo: Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Wine Bottles Pretty neat although it gets a little sloppy when it goes double-sided.
