HappySlip’s Stapler Goes for $872 on eBay

The Happyslip stapler (and headshot) I “stole” from her apartment has fetched $872.00 on eBay to benefit CanineLifeline.org. Congratulations to Johni D, a Canadian collector of autographed head shots. I hope he doesn’t toss the stapler! More importantly, thanks to HappySlip for sharing her likeness to benefit animal rescue. Here’s the video of the stapler…

Crackberry Video on BBC

I’ve sent a fair number of my online videos to networks but rarely ever see them air. Fortunately someone caught this BBC report about Blackberry Addiction, and tossed it on YouTube. It includes random clips from my Crackberry Blackberry. It’s really funny to see my stupid parody contrasted with English commentary about how Blackberrys impair…

Life Beyond YouTube

Wall Street Journal writer Walter S. Mossberg writes today about the world beyond YouTube. Says Mossberg, “…YouTube is sometimes seen as synonymous with the Internet video revolution, there is a lot more to Web video. In fact, some of the most interesting video on the Web isn’t even the type of stuff that’s most popular on…

Community of Interest Around Content

According to “Always On,” MIT’s Henry Jenkins says that the success of YouTube is from the “creation of content around communities of interest.” It’s not voyeurism and xhibitionism, he says. Or individual self display or expression.  And social networking, says Jenkins, is here to stay. In this short BeetTV clip, Jenkins talks about online video, and the…