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RGMike

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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #570 on: February 01, 2010, 04:01:39 PM »
Maybe you never thought about this before. Maybe you should:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/01/BUEV1BPKAR.DTL
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #571 on: February 01, 2010, 08:08:32 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 01, 2010, 04:01:39 PM
Maybe you never thought about this before. Maybe you should:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/01/BUEV1BPKAR.DTL
Jeez, I've got so many passwords and such, this is a concept I've considered.  If I get hit by a truck...
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #572 on: February 02, 2010, 11:01:51 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 01, 2010, 04:01:39 PM
Maybe you never thought about this before. Maybe you should:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/01/BUEV1BPKAR.DTL

But this part is just too weird:

"My WebWill will deactivate accounts, make final updates on Facebook, send last tweets on Twitter or even ensure a client's World of Warcraft character finds a new home."
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #573 on: February 02, 2010, 11:16:53 AM »
Quote from: princessofcairo on February 02, 2010, 11:01:51 AM
Quote from: RGMike on February 01, 2010, 04:01:39 PM
Maybe you never thought about this before. Maybe you should:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/01/BUEV1BPKAR.DTL

But this part is just too weird:

"My WebWill will deactivate accounts, make final updates on Facebook, send last tweets on Twitter or even ensure a client's World of Warcraft character finds a new home."

I loved the commenter on SFGate who said, in essence, "so you can continue to not have a life even after you're dead!"
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #574 on: February 02, 2010, 03:07:18 PM »
If you ever thought parking was hard to come by in SF, check out what this guy does in Holland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7p4J1jHy9o
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #575 on: February 03, 2010, 01:48:12 PM »
Check this out:  a head to head comparison of what people listen to in different cities.

For example here is Urth vs. POC.
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #576 on: February 03, 2010, 02:02:45 PM »
Quote from: mshray on February 03, 2010, 01:48:12 PM
Check this out:  a head to head comparison of what people listen to in differet cities.

For example here is Urth vs. POC.

um, who are they polling to get their info? the same artists show up over and over, more or less (Radiohead, Lady Gaga... Vampire Weekend? Seriously?). Nashville and Memphis: no country acts? Milan, Italy: no Italian artists? Odd, to say the least.
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #577 on: February 03, 2010, 03:30:19 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 03, 2010, 02:02:45 PM
Quote from: mshray on February 03, 2010, 01:48:12 PM
Check this out:  a head to head comparison of what people listen to in differet cities.

For example here is Urth vs. POC.

um, who are they polling to get their info? the same artists show up over and over, more or less (Radiohead, Lady Gaga... Vampire Weekend? Seriously?). Nashville and Memphis: no country acts? Milan, Italy: no Italian artists? Odd, to say the least.

Looks like they are somehow harvesting user data from Last.fm. Hard to say how relevant that might be. But yeah, I'd believe Vampire Weekend. Very big in indie rock circles right now. Surprised the Decemberists didn't show up in the Portland list, although there were several others that have local connections (Spoon, Modest Mouse, Death Cab).
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #578 on: February 03, 2010, 09:58:20 PM »
Quote from: urth on February 03, 2010, 03:30:19 PM
Vampire Weekend. Very big in indie rock circles right now.

Their new album debuted at #1.  Not my speed, though.
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #579 on: February 03, 2010, 10:30:42 PM »
Quote from: Gazoo on February 03, 2010, 09:58:20 PM
Quote from: urth on February 03, 2010, 03:30:19 PM
Vampire Weekend. Very big in indie rock circles right now.

Their new album debuted at #1.  Not my speed, though.
Gawd that shows how out of touch I am.  Some band I never heard of debuts at #1!
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #580 on: February 04, 2010, 07:49:07 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on February 03, 2010, 09:58:20 PM
Quote from: urth on February 03, 2010, 03:30:19 PM
Vampire Weekend. Very big in indie rock circles right now.

Their new album debuted at #1.  Not my speed, though.

Everything I've heard by them sounds like the recycled-ska stuff of the mid-to-late '90s (Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc) and yet the critics went ga-ga and called them "daring and original" -- I'm baffled. Apparently what they're really trying to imitate is Graceland-era Paul Simon. They consistently cite that LP in interviews.
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #581 on: February 09, 2010, 09:20:38 AM »
There is some amazingly cool stuff in here, including a few about pop music (1 specific to Floyd & 1 specific to the Beatles)

Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #582 on: February 09, 2010, 10:08:28 AM »
Quote from: mshray on February 09, 2010, 09:20:38 AM
There is some amazingly cool stuff in here, including a few about pop music (1 specific to Floyd & 1 specific to the Beatles)

Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization

I'm envious of people who can conceptualize/visualize things this way.  It's far outside my skill set.
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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #583 on: February 09, 2010, 10:17:53 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on February 09, 2010, 10:08:28 AM
Quote from: mshray on February 09, 2010, 09:20:38 AM
There is some amazingly cool stuff in here, including a few about pop music (1 specific to Floyd & 1 specific to the Beatles)

Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization

I'm envious of people who can conceptualize/visualize things this way.  It's far outside my skill set.

Fully agree--I'd be lost if I had to come up with something like that. But some of those are just spectacular. Particularly love the one about our favorite drugs, that adopted the typographic style of the 60s psychedelic poster.

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Re: Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet
« Reply #584 on: March 25, 2010, 09:35:40 AM »
A Chron piece about food songs -- I smell a food-centric 10@10 on the way...  "Foodie Friday"?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2010/03/24/DDI41CHV7D.DTL
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