Top 5 'SNL' Summer Olympics Sketches
The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are upon us, as is the requisite ridiculous internet censorship. The games promise to be an exciting display of athletic prowess and impending disaster, and we can think of no better way to train your absurdity receptors than a trip back through Saturday Night Live's significant collection of summer Olympics comedy. U-S-A (no really, U-S-A)! Weekend Update: All ...
Twitter and YouTube Make Governor Schwarzenegger as Boring as Possible
We still think that having the Terminator occupying the California governor's mansion is endlessly entertaining, but you wouldn't know it from Ahhnold's internet presence. Don't go looking for any "girlie men" jabs at opponents in Schwarzenegger's Twitter updates... you'll drown in a river of press releases. The Governator's YouTube channel of press conference after press conference is a ...
Sometimes, the Internet Frustrates People
It might be trolls getting you down (somehow) online, or it might be the more general cyber-irritation documented at the new blog Web Without Sense. Either way, their micro-bursts of NSFW rage should give you the relief of knowing you're not alone in your keyboard pounding. And for all of our internuttiness, we've experienced enough out there to know that these bloggers will never run out of ...
Because You Need a Reason to Start Your Week with the 'Thriller' Video
Mix a strong dose of Beasties with zombies and in three minutes you'll be prepped to wreck the next five days. beastie boys - root down (thriller remix) from bob jackson on Vimeo. Check out Bob Jackson's videos page for a few more pieces. He's an audio/video remixer with the kind of skills that give Monday caffeine some serious competition. via:// Vimeo Staff's Choice Picks ...
The European Organization for Nuclear Research Drops the Most Gangsta Neutrino-Beats We've Heard All Week
Sorry, Luda, you're not even close: CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo. See here for background on these baller hiphopoparticlecolliders. And don't even think of calling me out for excessive eggheadery here, or I might just have to up the ante with a critique of the George Orwell blog. Feel free to wonder how these people find the time and the security clearance to bust rhymes all around a ...
Chris Crocker Leaves YouTube Alone, But Not Politics
Ms. Chris Crocker (.com) is ditching YouTube for his own website, but that doesn't mean he's beyond defending the latest celebrity human to be questionably attacked.Cheers to the Slate V crew for somehow desensitizing themselves enough to endure editing that. And way to sign off in style, Chris (that airplane IS loud!) -- our generation awaits your next move. via:// jamiew tumblr ...
The Little Blog That Could ... Deconstruct, Theorize and Watch Children's TV
As the web transforms reading itself, it's inspiring to come across a site fighting back valiantly with an arsenal of thick prose, complex ideas and minimal color. Or maybe it's depressing? Either way, Still Not Old deserves your attention, internet, and we're talking at least twenty minutes' worth. This won't be as hard as it sounds. In true web fashion, the blog's smarts are mostly spent on ...
Hostile Aliens Reveal Plans, Bash Internet in Reader Comment
Lots of people are going nuts over a Kerrang Radio interview given by Edgar Mitchell yesterday, during which the sixth man to walk on the moon made detailed claims about the existence of aliens. The truth is out there, on YouTube!I remained calm until I read the below reader comment on this article:Me and my fellow Deuvorkians are monitoring your infantile communication device you call the ...
A Single Serving Site Pioneer Keeps Keeping it Real
Rafaël Rozendaal's website perfectly sums up his entrancing internet art:Most people know me for my websites. My subjects range from clouds to blood, from hands to farts, from hills to dollars, from doors to fire.Rozendaal is a forefather of the current single serving sites explosion, and it shows in his work's standout beauty and interactivity. His homepage documents years of acclaimed work, ...
The Music of Kansas Will Never Be the Same After the Dusty Zombies
Kansas is surely one of the most badass bands named after a place, if only because of the many, many, many crazy web videos inspired by 'Carry on My Wayward Son.' Unfortunately their more brooding hit 'Dust in the Wind' hasn't been honored as memorably. Scorpions and Sarah Brightman? That's all we've got, YouTube? No longer:This epic win is the latest work of the well-websited Matt Ficner and his ...
























