mad dog in the fog

I was at the Yahoo campus a couple of nights ago for the del.icio.us party. They have a cool shadow wall set up near the cafeteria. If you walk by the wall, your shadow is recorded and it appears on the wall as part of a mosaic of moving shadows. We decided to have some fun with it. Take a look at the shadows on the lower right…

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Here’s my dog Huck (a Goldendoodle) catching a frisbee at Fort Funston.

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A classic sketch from the Chappelle’s Show. Just say no the “goat play”. http://www.youtube.com/v/0xA8GHHkohQ

One of my favorite new bands is Band of Horses. Check them out on Hype Machine. If you haven’t used Hype Machine before, just click on a song title and then click the play button under Listen.

Here’s their video for Great Salt Lake.

I saw them play at the Independent in SF back in March…

Conan O’Brian visits the sets of popular TV shows. My personal favorite: Conan - screenname conebone69 - caught entering a house on another edition of DateLine NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”.
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Part 2 here.

Dude - do you watch Diggnation?

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The video of Obadiah Parker’s acoustic cover of Outkast’s Hey Ya was posted on YouTube over two months ago. Yesterday the video was featured on Digg’s front page and the popularity of the video has sky rocketed overnight. The video has been viewed 139,707 times as of today and the band (currently unsigned) was mentioned today on Spin magazine’s blog.

8/22 Update:

Here’s another example of the power of Digg. Someone uploaded a video called Slowest Man on Earth to YouTube. After two months of decent traffic (about 8,000 views), the video’s popularity went through the roof after it was dugg to Digg’s video front page. As a result, the video was featured on Good Morning America.

If you’re a fan of the British version of The Office, make sure to check out this faux training video that was done for Microsoft UK. By the way, Season 3 of the Ricky Gervais podcast is available starting tomorrow (8/22). Unlike most other podcasts, this one is not free, but it is definitely worth the money.

8/24 Update:
Microsoft is not happy about this video being leaked on to the internet.

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Someone has posted a video of The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon as the soundtrack. I first heard about this back in the late 90’s (’98?). Funny how these things come back around again. The best sequence is the 8 minute mark to the 20 minute mark.

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7/20/06 Update:

Google has rolled out a new feature that allows you to link to specific time markers in a video. Try it out by clicking on the time markers below…

1) 8:07. The wicked witch arrives at the exact same time that the bells go off.

2) 14:45. The music turns ominous when the sky darkens and the winds begin to pick up.

3) 16:00. Intense female vocals start when Dorothy starts to run around, avoiding objects that have been picked up by the strong winds.

4) 17:15. The music starts to die down and the vocals become calmer when Dorothy gets knocked out by the blown in window.

5) 18:29. The female vocals intensify again when Dorothy sees the witch on her bike.

6) 19:31. The sounds of the cash register start after Dorothy opens the door and the movie switches from black & white to color.

This site has a more complete list of things to look for.

I need to get a Motorola Q!

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