Electronic Music Meets Space Invaders
My buddy Zachishere shared this video with me by the electronic group Royksopp which has a very space invaders, atari, 8-bit, and just plain kool feel to it. Love it. So thought I would share the video with you. The song is called "Happy Up Here"
Startup Schwag Adds Some Glue
So yesterday I came home to discover my monthly schwag bag from Startup Schwag had arrived. Its always exciting to find out what new shirt awaits my growing collection. This month it was Glue (From AdaptiveBlue).
Glue works automatically as you browse popular sites about books, music, movies, wines, restaurants, gadgets, stocks, actors, tv shows and other everyday things around the web. The Glue bar appears right on your current page to show you friends who looked at the same things and what they thought.
Glue Overview from AdaptiveBlue on Vimeo.
ST: TNG on Family Guy
I am a fan of Family Guy and a fan of Star Trek : The Next Generation so I was excited to see that the whole crew from TNG would be making an appearance on the show this past Sunday. Below were my to favorite scenes of he whole show. Enjoy!
I keep cracking up over the whole Whil Wheaton bit!
Then we have stewie taking the whole gang to McDonalds
I Got My Bailout Check For (jeff)isageek.net
Yesterday in the mail I was suprised when I got home from work and my blog bailout check had arrived!!! 1.57 million dollars even!! But unfortunately it was not a real check. DAMN!
I while back MoneyPath setup a page where you could figure your bailout worth for your blog or your twitter account. I thought it was a kool little thing so what the heck I will try it out. My blog of course was worth 1.57 million dollors while my twitter was worth a whopping 11.7 million!
It was fun...here is a pic of the check and my 12seconds video i made.
Got my blog bailout check today!!! 1.57 million on 12seconds.tv
“The Matrix” Turns 10 Years Old Today
Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite movies "The Matrix" as today marks the 10 year anniversary of its release on March 31, 1999. I remember seeing this moving and just loving it!!! I cant think how many times I saw it when it came out and how many times since.
To mark the occasion of the Anniversary I thought I would post the trailer.
Also one of my favorite site FriendFeed has a tribute today with their logo that I thought was pretty kool.
“Nerdcore Rising” Free Screening In KC – April 2nd
I was recently alerted of a free screening of the documentary "Nerdcore Rising" here in KC next Thursday (4/2) at Park University which is free to the public. What is Nerdcore Rising you ask?
The documentary "Nerdcore Rising" investigates the newest, wave of hip-hop, nerdcore, as it follows the godfather of the genre, MC Frontalot, on his first national tour. Beginning in South Carolina and culminating in nerd mecca - the Penny Arcade Gaming Convention in Seattle - masses of fans across the country come out to bask in the Front's geek glory as he strives to achieve mainstream success.
Here is a little teaser of the film
So are you planning to attend? Would love to meet others who are into the nerdcore scene and just have a good night at the movies! Hope to see you there!
Twitter Cops : Bad Tweets, Bad Tweets Whatcha Gonna Do?
What happens when you mix twitter with COPS plus some bad tweets.
Happy 3rd Birthday Twitter!
Happy 3rd Birthday Twitter! on 12seconds.tv
This time 3 years ago twitter was born and we all have't been the same hehe. Ever since its been "What are you doing?" in 140 characters or less.
the first tweet by biz one of the founders of twitter
from wikipedia
Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It began in March 2006 as a research and development project inside San Francisco podcasting company Odeo.[4] Odeo was co-founded by Noah Glass and blogger Evan Williams. In October 2006, the company was bought out by management, and Williams, Stone, and other Odeo employees started another company named Obvious Corp. to operate Odeo and Twitter, another startup Williams had been testing in the offices for about a year.[5] Twitter had been initially used internally by Odeo's employees and became a product of Obvious at this time.[6]
I just wanted to thank the whole twitter team for a great service that has allowed me to meet some great people, be a part of great things, and share my thoughts and ideas.
Earth Hour 2009
Don't Forget Saturday March 28th is Earth Hour 2009.
Earth Hour 2009 Promo on 12seconds.tv
In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.
We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.
VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour, and join the world for Earth Hour.
Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm.
Do These Glasses Make Us Look Geeky?
So Allison and I got the chance to check out "Monsters vs. Aliens" in IMAX 3-D last night. Be on the lookout for my thoughts on the movie soon. But what do you think? Do these make us look geeky? hehe
Add Real Time Twitter Results To Your Google Search
Found A nice little greasemonkey script that will also add some twitter search results to your google search results. If you decide you want to dig deeper when it comes to the twitter results just click on the twitter results link and it will take you right to twitter search with more tweets that contain your search criteria. Pretty Kool!
Twouble with Twitters
I was cracking up at this video I found on Current. A hilarious look at twitter.
Happy St. Patricks Day from (jeff)isaleprechaun
If you are going out for some fun be safe and Happy St. Paddy's Day!!! Now how about a little House Of Pain to kick this day off!!!
WeFollow – Find The Tweeters For You!
Kevin Rose recently announced the launch of his new service called WeFollow which is called "A User Powered Twitter Directory" that allows you to find people on twitter based on how they tag themselves (some of the popular tags being tech, socialmedia, blogger).
Its a pretty easy service to get youself on as all you need is a twitter account of course and then tweet the following:
@wefollow #yourtag #yourtag #yourtag (replace '#yourtag' w/the tags you'd like to be listed under, example: #blogger - max 3 tags)
For myself I tagged myself with #geek, #blogger, and #socialmedia
How each tag is listed is by how many followers you have so if you have 10,000 you are more likely to be at the top and if you have 75 followers you will probably be towards the botton which of couse we have seen having a lot of followers doesn't always make you the best person to follow on certain subjects.....but hey I think it is a start.
The service is in beta so there can always be bugs and also I am sure we will see new options and services in the future as the site grows. So check it out and tag yourself.
TweetDeck Now Integrates With Facebook
TweetDeck today announced integration with Facebook allowing you view your friends statuses as well as to update your twitter status, your facebook status or both right from the tweetdeck application.
Another feature I found in the upgrade is if one of your facebook friends is online a green dot will appear and by clicking this you can open a chat window right there and chat with your friend on facebook.
Once again another great addition to an awesome application that allows me to keep up with all my twitter friends.
You have two options for getting the update you can either head over and grab the beta or wait a few days till they launch it public. It's upto you! Enjoy!
Happy Pi Day
Thats right kids March 14 or 3.14 is celebrated by geeks around the world as Pi Day. Here is a little music video action for ya to celebrate to.
Pi, Greek letter (
), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535... Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.
Siftables – Making The Digital Physical
This morning going thru my rss feeds I found a presentation on Siftables that are these little cookie sized computers that you can do some pretty kool stuff with. Check out the video below from the TED conference.
Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them - piling, grouping, sorting - to interact with digital information and media. Siftables provides a new platform on which to implement tangible, visual and mobile applications.
I kinda thought It brought my love for tech/computers together with something like my love for LEGO in a way. Just a thought.
Twitter Tweeters
Was watching Current Tonight and they had a segment on twitter that I thought I would share with everyone. So check it out especially if you are still trying to figure out what exactly twitter is.
In today's over-blogged, hyper-texted, socially networked world, Twitter has once again revolutionized the way young people define their community. In this pod, by vc2 producers Open Content, we meet a superuser who tweets incessantly to hundreds of loyal followers, a father of 5 who tweets as a buxom blonde, a Berkeley student whose tweet got him out of Egyptian jail and sit down with one of the founders of Twitter, to find out where the company came from and where it's going.
Household Advice
Allison's cousins Sara and Alicia make some funny video's and this is one of them. This one is called "Household Advice" hosted by Mike Rowave and Lazy Susan. Enjoy!
Add Funtionality To Your Twitter Notifications With Topify
The other day I reviewed a service call twimailer that would enhance your twitter notification emails by adding information right in your inbox like the users avatar, who they were following and followers, as well as a list of their last few tweets.
Well after the blog post went live I heard from one of the developers of another service like twimailer called topify which adds even a few more layers of functionality to those bland notification emails from twitter.
Extra features added to what you can do with twimailer :
* reply to DM's right from the notification email.
* follow a user back right from the notification email.
The only thing that topify does not have that twimailer does is showing you the last few tweets from your new follower.
Here is a little video put together by the topify guys highlighting the service.
Saturday Morning Watchmen
If Watchmen were a saturday morning cartoon the intro might go like this...
“The Twitter Song” (Do The Twitter Dance)
Check out "The Twitter Song" by Chris Thompson aka @jungleboytv.
I Am Marvel..And I am DC : Wolverine vs. Rorschach
Some good ol' Marvel vs. DC or better yet Watchmen. Enjoy
Spice Up Your Twitter Notifications With Twimailer
Are you tired of those boring text based "so and so" is following you on twitter without any info of who they are or maybe what they are tweeting about?
If so then Twimailer is the service for you! Twimailer takes and spices up your email notifications by adding the requesters :
- twitter avatar
number of followers and who they follow
their profile info
and about 10 of their most recent tweets
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Below is a little demo video of how the service works so check that out and see if it might be something you like
Twimailer demo from jon on Vimeo.
I thought this was a kool little service so give it a shot and let me know what you think.
There is another service called topify that adds some other features but I have yet to get a beta invite so cant blog about them yet.
SMCKC Breakfast This Friday
Its that time again!! Time for the monthly social media club kc breakfast. This month we will be meeting at Le Peep at 79th and Quivera in Lenexa at 7:30 am on Friday (3/6)
Seems like we have had a little downtime from events after a busy end of 2008 and beginning of 2009 so it will be fun to talk with the usual gang as well as meet the new faces to the group.
See you there!
The Daily Show Highlights Twitter
One of my favorite shows is The Daily Show with John Stewart and on an episode this week they did a segment on twitter. Guess when a service starts getting highlighted on the networks its a sign that the masses are starting to check it out.
Today Is The Big Day!!! Watchmen!
So thanks to the scene-stealers I get the chance to check out the much anticipated movie "Watchmen" tonight at an early screening. I would like to say thanks to the guys for giving me this awesome opportunity!
I am looking forward to seeing this movie and from some of the early reviews I have heard it is giving me hope that this movie is actually gonna rock rather then suck like it some anticipated movies of the past.
I think I am gonna head out to the theater around 5:00 after work and put a little video together with some pre and post thoughts on the film....so stay tuned and dont worry It will be spoiler free hehe.
All I can say is I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!
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