The New York Times wrote recently about the first video ever posted on YouTube. Here’s Jawed Karim telling us that he’s standing in front of the elephants. Further, he explains that the “cool” thing about elephants is that they have really long trunks. Karim would later update his video to show an annotation that points…
Do you remember the classic “Clownpenis.fart” SNL skit that spoofed a financial institution that was so late to eBusiness they had to settle for the worst domain name in history? Now there’s the Domain Name Dollar Store by QuietLibrary. See this video… “MySpace may be taken but MyShpaesh.com isn’t.” (thanks Jan for this tip). I’ve…
My babysitter’s cat got featured on YouTube’s animal section. So doesn’t that mean babysitterofnalts has to name it Nalts? In similar news, I used her dog Rusty to fetch views too. People, desperate times call for desperate measures. I have cute pets and I’m not afraid to use them.
Why haven’t I posted a video in nearly a week? You decide: I’m out of ideas. Like Gary Larson, only I was never as funny. I took Easter off. And can’t get back. One of my irreverent videos went “viral” in my company, and unintentionally hurt someone’s feeling. I’m keeping a low profile. I’m too…
I’d never heard of them until today, but here’s a YouTube channel called “Clip Critics.” (Thanks to ChristopherMast for the tip). I went on a wild binge, watching many of their videos this morning. In fact, I missed my morning nap as a result. But this first ClipCritics episode made it worthwhile. I still have…
Alas, online viewers may have a short attention span, but the rapid-fire entertainment has its roots more than 4000 years ago. Here’s the oldest recorded animation, and it’s made by sequencing five images on a goblet that may date back to 2600 B.C. This according to the archeology blog on About.com (warning- pop-ups will chase…
To create buzz as it nears submission deadlines, The Webby Awards announced recently the “Top 12 Most Influential Online Videos of All Times.” Our guess is that they were shooting for 12, but got into a heated debate and decided to toss two more in there. JibJab’s “This Land”: A moment we’ll never forget. Jim…