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Archive for November, 2007


Cherry Chocolate Rain …

A couple weeks ago I blogged how the internet meme Chocolate Rain had jumped the virtual fire line. Gavin pointed out that it wasn’t the first line it had jumped.
But Tay Zonday has pulled a William Hungian move and released a high quality video remix that is one-part self-paradoy, one-part chest beating, one-part internet stunner.

The [...]

Baby Come Back!

At this point I am positive you want to know who sang the song ‘Baby Come Back’
It’s stumped everyone I know … except the internet.
The infectious riffs, harmonies and lyric hooks (verbage lifted from wikipedia) made it a 1978 #1 hit for ….. a band naaaaaamed …..Player.
Now sit back and enjoy a song any fool [...]

Not So Impressed with My Eye-Fi

I‘ll admit it, I was thrilled when I heard about the Eye-Fi, a wifi-enable SD memory card that can upload photo files straight to many photo websites. I’ve been frustrated recently that though my camera phone can upload photos to the web, my good camera still need a computer and internet connection to do so. [...]

Miro Rocks for Watching Internet TV and Videos

I‘m really enjoying the new launch of the Miro internet TV player. You can use Miro to find, organize and watch both syndicated and one-off internet-based videos and video programs.Their guide features 2,500 “channels” of internet video series, most being 1-5 minute episodic offerings, some of which are quite good. Miro also has a [...]

Chocolate Rain Jumps the Fireline

Last night I spotted this Chocolate Rain graffiti on Grace St. in SF. Grace is in SOMA between 10th and 11th going from Mission to Howard.
It appears Chocolate Rain has “jumped the fireline”. In the same way a roaring wildfire can jump a fireline which was supposed to curtail it, an internet meme, in this [...]

Supporting Dictators for Democracy

The United States has a grand history of allying with Dictators to promote it’s national agenda. Dictators are great allies because they are not beholden to pesky legislators and voting populaces. The 21st Century marks no change in this shameful pattern that is almost as old as our country.
I was wondering how long it [...]