December 2008
17 posts
WatchVideo - Scalpel and Forceps
Created using the bizarre software at xtranormal.com, and inspired by Donald Glover’s very funny Howard and Leslie.
Get it? An Interview with Cory Arcangel on Comedy →
(via peterberkman)
Cory Arcangel is a really interesting artist.
“Ghost-riding, frequently used in the context of “ghost-riding the...”
– Elements of modern culture that will seem ludicrous in twenty years, Vol. 1.
Obama caught using a Zune, not an iPod →
jessenovak:
Obama vs McCain was supposed to be like Justin Long vs. John Hodgman in those Mac/PC commercials. What happened?
Let’s just hope he at least shops at Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods — I sure as hell didn’t vote for someone that doesn’t eat organic.
Wait — so what does he listen to This American Life on?
I'm selling my last-gen MacBook Pro. E-mail me if... →
(How I love the old “Final Cut Suite and CS4 included” line.)
Talking Heads - Naive Melody (This Must Be The...
WatchFlying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
This music video, directed by Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric, is unbelievable. (It’s also definitely not safe for work.) Somehow Eric has managed to create something even more grotesque, fascinating, vulgar, and engrossing than his own show. I’ve always loved and envied Tim and Eric’s visual style, and this strikes me as the pinnacle of their...
911 call transcript: Solo birth →
Incredible transcript of a 911 (ok, 999, since it’s British) operator walking a woman through giving birth by herself. The audio is terribly intense and terribly moving:
SL OK. Oh God. Oh. [Groans] Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. I think the whole thing’s here.
Op OK, you’re doing really, really well, OK. [Sound of baby crying]
SL Oh, it’s out. It’s out.
This...
Audience Attention Span for online videos.
jonahray:
this makes me feel sad.
Audience Attention Span Video length % of Audience who watched the entire video 10 sec. 89.61% 20 sec. 80.41% 30 sec. 66.16% 60 sec. 46.44% 2 min. 23.71% 3 min. 16.62% 5 min. 9.42% Source: Tube Mogul
I’m guessing this...
The new OldeEnglish.org is up! →
oldeenglish:
And so is our new blog. We’ll be posting miscellaneous Olde English stuff, news, and crazy internet crap here. This is also a Tumblr blog, so you can follow us if you have a Tumblr account. Awesome!
I’ve been working on the site in my spare time for months now, so it’s extremely gratifying to finally see it up. Our goal has always been to have a site that looks like...