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Here’s One I Can Embed

Wassup 2008.

How much you figure it cost to make? Answer: $6500.

The beer company didn’t even know the video was happening - apparently the director leased the rights of a short film he did to the company for $30,000 or so, so by now those rights have returned to him, for use more or less as he pleases.

Link for some more details.

Syncronized US Presidential Debates

Sometimes, it’s cool seeing what comes from the US political debates - they spend so much more time and money on the process, and there’re so many more people that live in the country, you get some pretty interesting outcomes:

EDIT: Embed didn’t work. Video linked HERE

Yeah, admittedly, a lot of the big synchronizations are on numbers - but they had three debates! I thought the idea was to cover a broad swath of issues. It sounds like they addressed a lot of different issues with the same lines and identical points (probably moreso then this video suggests, since if they used different words it wouldn’t synchronize well, and so wouldn’t show in the video).

So we’ve got Dion; a guy who doesn’t present well and his party has basically been hiding, who’s had some major faux pas when it comes to interviews. Then there’s Palin, who has only been allowed a few unscripted interfaces with the press, and who’s made a fool of herself basically every time. We have GOT to get these two kids together if for no other reason then so John Stewart’s kids will have some great material once Dion and Palin’s children grow up.

Anyone Ever Try Microwaving Eggs?

Found two recipes from the Egg Farmers of Canada.

If the Egg Farmers are OK with it… maybe it comes out halfway decent?

I think I’ve decided that microwave Kraft Dinner is too much trouble; it’s basically easier to do it up in a pot, but with eggs you’ve got a big pan, a non-eating tool, a plate, and an eating tool. Sounds like it might be a job for the microwave…

US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist Tool

According to Slashdot.

I guess this can go on the list next to forums, chatrooms, email, telephones, cellphones (somehow eviler…), the mail system, videos, newspapers, blogs…

So… basically anything that facilitates communication is a terrorist tool.

Next up: Shouting really loud is a terrorist tool of mass-communication.

I can’t help but think that the only way we’ll get less technology-hysteria is for the older generation to die (I’m not saying we should speed up the process, just that there’re an awful lot of people out there who “don’t get it”, and likely never will, just like “rock and roll” was not to be trusted years ago)