OK, I agree, he’s not really a robot. Â Well, probably not. Â But anyway, after watching this video, don’t you agree that it just might be possible?
Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.
Apparently this is a mash-up of a bunch of pictures from a single event.
Hattip to Whatever.
If you have a sweet tooth, you may need to skip this video. Â I’ll put it this way: if this were about beer, I wouldn’t be able to watch it.
Brilliant, blog-worthy thoughts continue to elude me. Â But I still come across some pretty good links, so I might as well share them. Â Today is all video.
First off, the melting bunny. Â Weighing in at 2:36, it’s easily worth it. Â My mother’s emailed comment is quite telling: “Although the net result was the same as my method, I found the actual dropping of the eyeballs quite distressing.” Â I leave her personal bunny story to your collective, fervid imagination.
Second off, same source, “Revenge,” a quick 2:38. Â I think it’s poorly titled. Â To me, that’s a movie about tension and anticipation – I stared, unblinking and terrified that I’d miss the moment of climax.
Third link is a huge change of pace, so you might want to read your email for a minute to cleanse your visual palate. Â Seasame Street sends us on a massive drug trip. I remember thinking this was pretty cool as a kid. Â Now, I recognize this for what it really was: a 2:43-long advertisement for drug use.
The last link is for all three of my readers who share my love of all things Annie Lennox. Â Evidently she handed the keys of her musical castle to DJEarworm, and the result is pretty impressive. Â 4:34 of Annie Lennox musical genius.
First, a story: when my brother was married, he avoided the wedding planning like the plague. Â I was totally with him on this – I can’t imagine fretting about the details. He did offer one suggestion, the entrance music for the newly married couple at the reception. Â His wife-to-be, whom I love dearly, was happy to agree to the music. It sounded nice. Â What she didn’t realize was that it was the Imperial March. Â Absolutely hysterical in retrospect.
How is that related to this video? Â Only tangentially. Â I just liked the video, and my brother’s story. Five minute video, sound required, and hopefully you’ll smile like I did.
Mike sent over this link today. It’s a hysterical read. Start from the bottom and read up, then read page 1. Â It’ll take a few minutes, but the humor is there from the beginning.
This nicely written country tune is a lesson to companies everywhere: the customer you piss off next might be the one who obliterates millions of dollars of brand advertising.
It’s a lovely holiday thought as we approach the end of the year, isn’t it? As Towelroad put it, “If the Earth’s going to be destroyed, it might as well be to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.”
Be sure to watch the HD version. 4:46 run time.
HubSpot takes me back to 1995 with their remake of Alanis Morrissette’s “You Oughta Know.” This time, it’s not the cries of a jilted lover, but the desperate pleas of the cold-calling salesperson. HubSpot is all about having your customers find you, rather than you having to find your customers.
Anyway, the video is wicked funny. Universal Hub picked it up already! Once you’ve watched it, be sure to send the link to your friends (http://tinyurl.com/inbndvid).
(found on Andrew Sullivan)
I started Twitter the way many people do: by mocking it. Â “Why would anyone want to know what I’m having for breakfast?” Â After enough positive reviews, I figured what’s the harm in giving it a try? Â I tried. It moved from “try” to an interesting experiment to a real medium. Â I have more regular Twitter readers than I do blog readers. Â I have more Facebook readers, but they get my Twitter feed, so that point is kind of moot. Â If I want to say something, and I want to be heard, Twitter is my biggest megaphone – and people listen.
Today was a new threshold – Twitter gave me information that no one else could. Â
Over the weekend, my iPhone dropped off the net.  No text messages, no emails, no voicemail, no phone calls.  (Note the order there.  My “phone” is rarely used for phone calls.)  I was pretty sure the phone was fine, and confirmed that by traveling around.  I know my house wasn’t the problem because I’d been using it lots at home.  AT&T’s support was unavailable.  I entered a support request on an awful form, one that had a required field for “problems with your phone” even though my phone had no problems.  Still no response on that, 48 hours later.  At times I marvel that I willingly give a company $500/year for such crappy service.
I also tweeted: “Having all sorts of problems with my cell signal. AT&T appears to be having equipment problems in Arlington/Lexington.” Â It was a message in a bottle. Â I didn’t expect an answer. Â Really, I was just posting to a few hundred friends in case they were wondering why I wasn’t returning their call.
Lo and behold, I got a reply.  I have no idea who this guy is.  Apparently he lives less than a mile away from me.  But he knew my problem, and he knew  why I was having the problem: “@dunster I saw your Arlington/AT&T related Tweet. The tower on Route 2 near Dow Ave is fuct. They’ve been working on it all weekend.”  Here’s this guy I don’t know, but he can see my problem and see the cause of the solution – and he can share the information in a meaningful way, and the world can see the answer.
This is a powerful network effect.Â