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"In the short time that Social Roulette was active, 393 people pulled the trigger. Given the 1 in 6..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:19 -0400

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In the short time that Social Roulette was active, 393 people pulled the trigger. Given the 1 in 6 odds, approximately 65 people should have had their accounts deleted.

In fact, all 393 people survived.

One side of Social Roulette is about discomfort with social networks, or ambivalence about digital identity. This manifested in the tweets and posts from people bashing Facebook or daring each other to play. But now we can reveal the other side: there was never any real danger, because on Facebook your identity is not really yours to play games with.

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- When You Don’t Own Yourself | F.A.T.

"With only an hour to spend on its conference broadcast, Microsoft focused that time on its target..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:28:21 -0400

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With only an hour to spend on its conference broadcast, Microsoft focused that time on its target audience: young men. Not families, not kids or punky teens, and certainly not the inspired, artistic gaming fans that swooned over the first February tease of Sony’s PlayStation 4, which bent over backwards to assure small-fry designers and indie auteurs that this was their Station of Play.

Instead, Xbox One came out of the womb big and dumb: sports, cars, sports, Halo TV series, sports, Call of Duty. Update your fantasy sports team, then swipe your fingers to change the screen to a high-octane blockbuster film. As a gaming fan, I hated it. As a business-minded numbers guy, I got it. Sony’s tease event may have reached for the dreamers, but Microsoft placed the pre-ordering fanboy crowd in its Call of Duty crosshairs.

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- One Is the Loneliest Number — Play Time — Medium

Was Microsoft ever really for the dreamers? I thought that was a Nintendo thing.

kenyatta: With all of the Yahoo-Tumblr reporting still going on...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:33 -0400

kenyatta:

With all of the Yahoo-Tumblr reporting still going on right now it surprises me how many writers still mistake Tumblr for a “blogging platform.”

Anyone who has spent significant time on Tumblr knows that this whole “blog” thing is a front.

Literally.

70% of a given blog’s post traffic actually happens in the Dashboard. For some blogs, that percentage is even higher.

This makes things like ranking a Tumblr blog’s popularity through site traffic fairly dubious.

It also means that the value of Tumblr isn’t just in the original posts but the amplification of ideas through reblogs and the like.

This becomes apparent when you dive into Union Metrics for Tumblr and break down any given post’s reblog tree:

There’s probably an iceberg.gif of some sort that would work really well here.

(btw, the numbers in that image are from an “official” blog that I run, not my personal blog.)

One of my favorite movies of all time, filled with child...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:07:37 -0400

One of my favorite movies of all time, filled with child gangsters and guns that shoot lemon meringue, shown in its entirety:

Bugsy Malone (1976) Jodie Foster, Scott Baio (by ghostrepublic)

jasonwolfe: Driving around w/ John Cassavetes, Hollywood 1965

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:46:11 -0400

jasonwolfe:

Driving around w/ John Cassavetes, Hollywood 1965

I made something here, just not IN here. #makerfaire (at Maker...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:04 -0400

I made something here, just not IN here. #makerfaire (at Maker Faire 2013)

Gratuitous #quinoa shot to show proof I may hate myself.

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:07 -0400

Gratuitous #quinoa shot to show proof I may hate myself.

#food

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:06 -0400

#food

cacophonytales: The day is finally here! Tonight at 7pm...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:29:00 -0400

cacophonytales:

The day is finally here! Tonight at 7pm commences the BIG book launch reading and general book release hoo-ha for Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society! Live from North Beach at San Francisco’s iconic 60-year old indie bookstore City Lights.

Join a dozen or so book contributors, 3 giant dog heads, and hundreds of well-wishers (maybe even a few protestors, hmmm?) tonight.

Here are all the details.

There’s also a cacophony art and artifacts show at Vesuvio next door.

My brethren unites tonight.

I wish I went bat-crazy like this when I was in college. Oh...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:33:24 -0400

I wish I went bat-crazy like this when I was in college. Oh wait, I did.

mslovejoy: LoL…. San Francisco used to be filled with MAGIC.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:11:23 -0400

mslovejoy:

LoL….

San Francisco used to be filled with MAGIC.

Ah, Ed, you crack me up.

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:05:03 -0400

Ah, Ed, you crack me up.

When I talk about recreating the spirit of that world, the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:19:24 -0400

When I talk about recreating the spirit of that world, the music is as important as the dialogue and the behavior. From 1947 on, music scored what was happening in the streets, the back rooms. And it affected, sometimes, the behavior of the people, because this music was playing in the streets. Jukeboxes were brought out during the summer. Windows were open, and you could hear what everybody else was listening to. It expresses the excitement of the time. Simply, it’s the way I saw life. The way I experienced life. - Martin Scorsese.

"Make no mistake, the YouTube partners are professionals. Just really bad ones. So, that raises the..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:15:13 -0400

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Make no mistake, the YouTube partners are professionals. Just really bad ones.

So, that raises the question: Why?

Why are YouTube videos still so terrible? Why hasn’t video content tremendously improved over the last half-decade? Why hasn’t the infusion of capital translated into quality art?

I ask for two reasons. One is pure fascination: How can someone do this for a living and be so bad at it? Two: YouTube has begun describing its viewers as Generation C–could it be that Generation C is just dumb or has low standards?

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- The Jenna Marbles Paradox: Why Are YouTube Videos So Terrible? | Betabeat

Git yr Bitcoin on!

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20:38 -0400

Git yr Bitcoin on!

Proof of my “xxx dick”.

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:19:43 -0400

Proof of my “xxx dick”.

"Just 16% of Americans have a favorable opinion of hipsters, a new PPP poll on the much-discussed..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:22:53 -0400

“Just 16% of Americans have a favorable opinion of hipsters, a new PPP poll on the much-discussed subculture shows. 42% have an unfavorable opinion of hipsters, and 43% aren’t sure. Democrats (18% favorable, 34% unfav) are twice as likely as Republicans (9% fav, 48% unfav) to have a favorable opinion. Voters age 18-29 have a favorable opinion of them (43% fav-29% unfav), but very few voters over age 65 do (6% fav -37% unfav).”

- Americans so over hipsters - Public Policy Polling

"According to the Barclaycard survey, two fifths (39 per cent) of those who told lies put their..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:57:08 -0400

“According to the Barclaycard survey, two fifths (39 per cent) of those who told lies put their dishonesty down “to feeling the pressure of needing to have a good time or sound upbeat in their updates”. Almost one in three admitted that “their lives are simply too boring without embellishment”. The cycle is perpetuated by four out of ten who then admit to feeling envious of their friends’ positive posts and news.
Men, who were more likey to lie on Twitter than Facebook, were also found to be twice as likely as women to want to impress their workplace colleagues (22 per cent compared to 8 per cent).
Women were twice as likely to use photo apps such as Instagram to make their pictures appear more flattering, although just 12 per cent said they had actually done so.”

- Fakebook and Twibber: why we lie on social media - Telegraph

“This is an AURORATONE produced and created by British...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:37:03 -0400

“This is an AURORATONE produced and created by British filmmaker Cecil Stokes for use in the treatment of mental disorders - definitely a kinder, gentler alternative to the electric-shock treatments which were then in vogue! The soundtrack features Bing Crosby and organist Eddie Dunstedter.”

1940s AURORATONE (Restored!) featuring Bing Crosby (by robertwmartens)

(HT: Brook Hinton)

theuptake: VIDEO: Rep Cornish: I Am Not A Homophobe

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:03:09 -0400

theuptake:

VIDEO: Rep Cornish: I Am Not A Homophobe