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Auto-Tune the news #5: Let us regulate the lettuce

barb dybwad — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:25:38 +0000

These are so frakking brilliant.

Human reaction to technology

barb dybwad — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Douglas Adams’ “rules that describe our reactions to technologies”:

“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.”
“Anything that’s invented between when you’re 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.”
“Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of things.”

via Luddite by Degrees | Futility Closet.

World of Warquest

barb dybwad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:57 +0000

[Thanks, Brian!]

The story of Wassup 2008

barb dybwad — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:57:43 +0000

Wassup 2008
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Brilliant 8-years later political comedy and reenactment of a popular Budwieser commercial that ran in 2000. Here’s the story of how the show was produced in 9 days for about $6500 and became a viral hit.

Here’s the original:

Lolarts show video

barb dybwad — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:59:54 +0000

As the MC indicates, this clearly represents the decline of Western civilization as we know it. Which means it’s totally awesome on a stick.

[Via BoingBoing, thx Galen!]

UI humor

barb dybwad — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:34:21 +0000

progress totally pwns the spinning beachball of death.

[Via Dan-O]

CyLOLns: they have a plan.

barb dybwad — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:22:53 +0000

yes, you can has.

And lo unto them a meme was born: CyLOLns. All credit goes to Akela on this one.