E-mail is for old people
Posted: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:19 AM by Will Femia
Apparently teens prefer IM and texting. When RSS was new, some people predicted it would be the end of e-mail (don't send me anything, I'll subscribe to your feed if I want to hear from you). We may yet see that come to pass.
I'm seeing this tiny clip all over the place lately. I think it's the sound that makes it so alarming. What's funny is that it seems to be on every video service with a different headline. It's like a viral "caption this" contest. UPDATE: Hmmm... YouTube has put an objectionable content warning on it. I'm not sure why, but just so there are no surprises, the video is of two young women doing some kind of cheerleader or dance flip where one pulls the arms of the other through her legs, flipping her. Except something goes wrong and instead of flipping, she falls on her face. Here's the CollegeHumor version if you don't have a YouTube signin. NOTE: This page is clean, but you may find unsafe stuff if you click around this site. Also, there are four randomly generated thumbnail photos on the page that change every time, so I can't guarantee what's going to be there when you click.
Speaking of videos that are on every list, the new Weird Al video is enjoying some success.
Not "everywhere" but still compelling, Spyware opera.
The free hugs video has sparked an international movement (with help from a cool soundtrack).
A conservative jumps from the GOP ship. See the update at the end for others of similar mind. I feel like we've seen posts like this before... was it during that series of judge selections?
Related: "The Santorum campaign shouldn't expect a check from this household. That's not the kind of conservatism I can support."
Related (I think) Commuter Click: The Case for the Libertarian Democrat - This is written by Markos Moulitsas the Daily Kos guy. He's apparently stirring some discussion with this new political designation. The print is too small and it's too late at night, so I'm going to print this one up and read it off paper.
Americans win Nobel for big-bang study - That's pretty ironic. Maybe they'll celebrate with a flat-Earth cake.
Guiness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time. It's 155 of them going up to size 10XL.
"A local decision that schoolboys must sit on toilet seats when urinating has provoked political debate." Local in this case is Norway. I love the quote that says that peeing standing up is "God's work." Of course, the anti-standing movement is not new.
What's the deal with all the school shootings lately? (Dear cable colleagues, good booking here.)
Courts are asked to crack down on bloggers, websites; Those attacked online are filing libel lawsuits - Interestingly, because of this article I've been threatened with legal action for a restaurant review posted on my personal blog. If anything comes of it, trust me, I'll let you know.
The problem with citizen policing for terrorists is that there are too many stupid citizens.
Taking passwords to the grave - I often think about this when we see a blogger die and a family member logs in and breaks the news to the blogger's readers. What if the blogger had never shared his password? Line of note: "'Yahoo (his e-mail provider) said it wouldn't give out the information due to privacy laws, but my dad is dead so I don't understand that,' she said." Too bad he wasn't a Chinese journalist.
How to survive a plane crash - I think I actually feel worse about flying now that I've read this.
Someone is selling a John Wilkes Booth wanted poster on eBay. It reminded me of an old bar here in New York City which has the original newspaper clipping on the wall from when Lincoln was shot. I looked through Flickr to see if anyone had taken a picture of it. No luck there, but waddaya know, look what else they have. It's the same wanted poster. The eBay auction says it's one of only 2 known. I wonder if the McSorley's poster is the other.
Here's one for our lightning photography theme.
10 Things I Learned from My 4-Year-Old - Cute, but not too sappy.
A supposedly deleted Borat scene. It reminds me of an article I read in the Times Magazine about adopted African kids coming to America and looking at long rows of food. In one awkward scene a boy asks about a particularly large selection and it turns out to all be dog food. Like Borat, "What's that?" "Dog food." "What's that?" "Dog food." "What's that?" ...
Digg users are dumber than goldfish - I don't care to get into any Digg user drama (because frankly, who cares) but the way this particular point is argued is to show that goldfish have memories and can be trained. In the course of making that argument, there are links to how to train a goldfish and video of trained goldfish performing. I used to try to train a particularly aggressive pet fish not to attack the other fish by catching him in the act and holding him out of the water for a second or two (reverse waterboarding?). Not only did the aggressive fish not learn to stop attacking the other fish, but he learned to be afraid of my net.
Leaked Simpsons movie clips one and two.
