March 17, 2008
Tim: "I just got Rick Roll'd"
"I just got Rick Roll'd", originally uploaded by yatta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkjv9WbrxHQ
How to Pull Off a RickRoll In Real Life.
Final Boss Form
You know that list of clever domains you're sitting on b/c you're not sure what to do with them? I started redirecting my Tumblr blog to one of mine -- finalbossform.com.
Because what's funnier than a Final Boss? Now I just need some css that better fits the name. Some darker colors and 16-bit icons should do the trick.
Now if I had only thought of a use for bluetoothbrush.org before I let that one expire.
March 14, 2008
the epic ping pong battle of ellie and irene.
the epic ping pong battle of ellie and irene. from yatta on Vimeo.
March 13, 2008
steve & steve.
steve & steve., originally uploaded by yatta.
Why doesn't anyone else find this as funny as I do?
March 8, 2008
blogging over at kenyatta.tumblr.com
Because we've been doing so much stuff for Rocketboom using the Tumblr platform, I've been posting there as of late. Come visit.
http://kenyatta.tumblr.com/
blog.rocketboom.com
March 1, 2008
BrowseTV Episode 2.4
After unearthing a bunch of BrowseTV tapes, I've started capturing them to disk, editing them down (from 30:00 to 20:00 or so) and transcoding them for the web. So much has changed with the intersection of the internet culture and video that watching this kind of stuff now seems almost trivial. But at a time when most video was still 320x240 and Real was still a dominant player, this kind of *real* tv-web interaction was kind of extraordinary. It was also a load of fun.
February 15, 2008
browsetv slate, episode 1.04
browsetv slate, episode 1.04, originally uploaded by yatta.
The opening slate for BrowseTV episode 1.04 (labeled "episode 4.0" in the screenshot, before I thought there'd be a second or third season.) BrowseTV was the live program I did on cable access from 2002-2004. I'd find interesting links on the internet, turn on a webcam, fire up an AOL chat room, and send video out of my laptop live to television. I'd spend half an hour showing the links that I found. Folks would come in the chat room and share their own. At the end of the episode, I'd make a list of all of the links from the show (along with a RealVideo stream of the show) available on the BrowseTV website. It was a grand ol' time.
Mind you, this was 2002, before videoblogging, before anyone was doing (mimicking?) my exact format on CNN or MTV or MadTV.
I just recently unearthed a bunch of old episodes of BrowseTV and expect to have them encoded and uploaded somewhere in the coming weeks.
I'm also working with the illustrious ElspethJane to bring the BrowseTV format back to the world. Expect deets soon. ;-)
February 6, 2008
24/7 a DIY Video Summit
I'll be in Los Angeles this weekend at the 24/7 DIY Video Summit. I'll be sitting in on a workshop on Open Source Tools for Online Video with Jay, Ryanne, and Tiffiniy Cheng.
Come and say hi if you're in LA.
February 4, 2008
That's Hegemony! (Super Bowl XLII Edition)
So I watched the entire game but missed almost all of the commercials as I was trying to get my Rocketboom work done during most of the breaks. The ones I did catch -- when grouped together -- painted a very particular picture.
Fucking Chinks.
Even when they aren't animated, foreigners are cartoons.
This is funny because I think she's ugly and I think that I'm not.
Good thing you're not ugly. In fact, you're beautiful. And beautiful people rule! UNDERWEAR UBER ALLES!
Speaking of ugly, go think about Adriana Lima while you're fucking your wife.
Again, I didn't watch all of the commercials during yesterday's game but the gestalt of this set left a bitter taste in my mouth.
January 20, 2008
Snow Patrol's Infinite Intro
I was searching YouTube for concert videos when I came across about two dozen clips of the band Snow Patrol taking the stage at the start of their set. Each video seemed to be from a different show. Each show starts with the same fanfare. Each fanfare leads into the same song. Put together, it looks like this:
I limited this video to the first nine clips. Check the high res file to get the full effect: Snow Patrol's Infinite Intro @ 960x540.
January 8, 2008
ridonkulous.
ridonkulous 3, originally uploaded by yatta.
Yes, I've already posted one of these but I still look at them and they still crack up.
January 3, 2008
Why The Writers Strike Needs To End: Geek Edition
An illustration of why Hollywood needs good writers:
Please don't let more movies like this get made. Ever. Please?
January 1, 2008
No tumblr for me. Yet.
Despite the fact that Andrew, Jamie, Ellie, and Tim have all made the switch to Tumblr, I'm still sitting here running braintag on MT 3.35. Don't get me wrong -- I love Tumblr. The Rocketboom Rocketblog is now on Tumblr. And I've actually had a tumblr feed running since forever. But it's a lazy feed. I don't actively post anything to it except for the occasional retumbl.
Why I won't switch has something to do with an unfounded fear of downtime and nostalgia for the good ol reBlog (even though I haven't posted to unmediated in forever and a day.) Maybe I should look at Gelato or Bazooka instead. Or perhaps I'll just switch to Tumblr anyway just for the hell of it. In the meantime, in lieu of a clever title about "tumbling towards tumblr" or some shit like that, here's a painfully obvious video embed of Culture Club:
No Reproductive Health For You!
As Andrea found back in 2003, CVS keeps condoms, lubricants, and home pregnancy tests behind locked glass. The company claims it's because of theft. The side effect of making sex a taboo leading to unwanted prom night dumpster babies is just incidental.
happy new year!
ridonkulous 1, originally uploaded by yatta.
