Earlier this year I wanted to create the next big thing for social networking. My idea was a hybrid of Twitter and YouTube, in which you had 15 seconds to say whatever you wanted on your webcam and then it would get posted to the website. Then of course people could follow/subscribe to your posts. Sounds pointless? Probably. But imagine how addicting it would be. Unfortunately it seems that someone else has beat me to creating a new pointless social networking site that is too addicting to get off of. Remember that girl you have a crush on? The one you know you'll never talk to but you wish you could tell her how you feel about her? Wouldn't it be nice if you could "tweet" about her anonymously and hope she sees it? Apparently that's what Evan Reas thought when he created Like a Little. The concept of the...
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I can remember the first time I ever watched Seinfeld. While I do not remember how old I was, I do remember what I watched and it was definitely the most random type of humor in existence (at least in terms of 90s humor, before the great Comedy Purge of 2002). It's a shame this show went off the air years before I could get into it. And Curb Your Enthusiasm is not quite the same thing... sometimes that show is just painful to watch... However, I recently discovered that Seinfeld has not been off the air at all. In fact, it recently put out its 21st season (I guess that makes it legal for the show to drink now). Due to budget cuts and NBC's tendency to fuck with people, they've moved from 22-minutes episode on television to 1-minute shorts on the internet. But that's not the only change....
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Remember last time how I said I would never return to Omegle? I lied. Here's some more wacky conversations I've experienced. I warn you, some of the language may upset you. But if you dare continue on, tell me if you get all the references. You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi! Stranger: hi You: hey Stranger: m/f You: depends... if i say male, will you disconnect from me? Stranger: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh You: then i'm female Stranger: f you Your conversational partner has disconnected. ********** You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi! You: hi Stranger: hurensohn You: say what? Stranger: nbpikntrb#+pijnmtrbjm Stranger: gjerbmkebt Stranger: wj Stranger: ewbmvztfr ge You: i'm tired of your nonsense Stranger: dei muadda You: don't think i'll disconnect You: because that's a sign of defeat Stranger: fuck you You: you lose, sir Stranger: learn german Stranger: motherfucker You: i'm pretty sure "nbpikntrb#+pijnmtrbjm" is...
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Today I discovered Omegle, a website that pairs you with a stranger for a 1-on-1 chat. There are no age restrictions, no censors, no profiles, no log-ins. It can be completely anonymous unless you reveal information to one another. Sounds sketchy? Of course it does. But I've long mastered the skill of the internet chatroom: Way back when I was a young preteen chatting with people while playing Yahoo! Games to my times now when I pimp my avatar in IMVU. But Omegle is definitely the most interesting one I've come across. I spent about 3 hours just chatting with people to see what kinds of conversations I would have. At times I played the straight man, while other times I was the strange one. And when I LOLed out loud (LOLOLed), I made sure to save the chat. Here's some snippets of those chats: You're now chatting with a...
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Now that we live in a YouTube society where essentially anyone can pick up a camera, film something, transfer the footage to a computer, and edit it in a quick amount of time, a lot of decent amateur films are being produced. Unfortunately, just because nonprofessionals have access to professional-quality technology, this doesn't mean that they automatically have professional-quality ideas. Thus fan movies were born... amateur films that use characters and concepts from an already-known famous work. I am not saying this is a bad thing; after all fan fiction has existed for years and is not going to die any time soon. I'm also a huge fan of a particular Star Wars fan webseries known as Chad Vader. Today while I was browsing Facebook I noticed one of my friends updated her status to mention a prequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which my closest friends and I absolutely...
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I'm officially creeped out. I knew for a long time that MySpace was place full of pedophiles and prostitutes, but I never thought the former would end up on Facebook. After all, it's Facebook.... a clean website for college and high school kids. I was invited by my friend to join this application called Owned. I also hesitate to join any app because I think I use too many but I finally decided to give in. The idea behind this app is that you can buy your friend for a certain amount of virtual money and that increases his value. But then other people can outbid you and buy your friend for a higher price. So it started out that one of my close friends bought me for $1. Later that day I saw that some random person bought me for more. And then a second random person bought me. ...
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