Help #NYChaos win the #ChevySXSW and keep NY pride alive.

I’m sure you’re probably wondering what that all means? No problem, that’s why I’m here to help you understand. ***WE HAVE UNTIL MARCH 10th (THAT’S TODAY) 6pm AUSTIN TEXAS TIME*** Chevrolet has devised an ‘amazing race’ between 8 teams from all over the United States. We all have hashtags to represent our team names, ours is #NYChaos (@bsimi, @iamkhayyam, @jessicarandazza, @nmcglynn, @sarahmcsimmons). The #ChevySXSW part it to represent Chevy of course and to also append to it the fact that all 8 teams are Gumball Rallying their ...

The Olympic Book of Five Rings (I)

Most eyes were glued to television sets last Friday night. The world’s eyes descended upon Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics that evening. The wait was finally over and all that preparation for the Opening Ceremonies, done. It was time. Being present for them was something else. I missed it. I was in my office while all the galavanting and hydraulic lifts were off doing their things. Then I walked into the aftermath of the opening ceremonies. The umbrellas, the wide eyed faces clutching their souvenir ...

WANTED: Your Best Assets

Now there are some crazy things that I get to see on the internets and this is by far the most lude, interesting and bloody genius execution. American Apparel has set forth a competition to see who submits their best assets. Of course they are voted upon by thousands upon thousands of people. The brilliant thing about this whole contest is that it’s all user generated content, female uploaded user generated content. It’s not like American Apparel was all purvy and listed off all the best ...

You Venn Some. You Lose Sum.

After taking statistics classes for years and years, some of it must have rubbed off on me. Now that I’m actively involved in the internets, my observations in pattern recognition have been ramped to an extraordinary amount. I just love uncovering new ways of analyzing data and fiend for any kind of data visualization or infographic. So when I stumbled upon a site that automagically produced Venn diagrams with keywords that I could pick… well, let’s just say I was elated. Yes, I know. Nerdy and ...

The Newmoticons

I’m sure you’re all well aware of the emoticon. You know the little or the O.o has to be a bit familiar. The first is the west coast emoticon and the latter is more of an eastern style. I’ve been seeing a fair share of methods to express emotion and humor with emoticons on Twitter. I use it instead of telling someone to [censored] off, I simply state some witty passive aggressive comment and append a at the end. Problem solved =) This is a web ...

Ever heard of bitly.tv? Ya, me neither

There’s a new power house in town and their name is bit.ly. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past year (which equates to 4 years in Twitter years) this is probably the most well known url shortening service to come on the scene. And before you uber nerds start spitting out statistics and pie charts letting me know that they aren’t the biggest or the baddest, I’m just saying that they are the bestest. They’ve been linking up with so many other companies integrating ...

The Muppets Are Back!

I have to give up some props to Chris Hardwick who is apparently big on the internets. I still don’t know who he is but he does have a really nice website and a top notch logo to represent his @Nerdist brand. You’ve probably seen every website out there jack the video and only the video without giving propers where propers are due. Any who, Chris has some friends in high places or friends that are high in places, not sure yet. The reason I say ...

The most hysterical 2001 Space Odyssey!!

Have you ever seen this movie?! Well, if you haven’t you’ve most likely heard the theme to Stanley Kubrick’s famed movie that opened our eyes and imagination. In short, 2001 is a story about evolution. It was created in 1968 when little was known about space exploration. At the dawn of man, a primitive tribe lives by hunting and gathering in a desert. The tribe discovers a black monolith, which they approach and examine. The implication is that the monolith is of extraterrestrial origin, and it ...

The Big Bird of Twitter

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?! Or in this case and story, which came first, the tester or the founder?! Did you ever wonder who the first Twitter account went out to? With the roll out of the new Tweetie2 application, it now allows you to see what your “membership” number is. For example, Matt Buchanan is the 14,313,712th user to register an account on Twitter. In addition, I’ll have you note his prolific bio. Short and succinct right?! He should have been hired ...

The Force Is Strong With This One!

It’s not everyday that someone stops you dead in your tracks and opens your eyes to what has always been there. Often thought as a crazy or part of some cult that initiates their members with Kool Aid and brainwashing (by the way, people who follow me on Twitter, meetings are on Tuesdays and make sure not to bring any more orange or purple Kool Aid. Thank you), not the case here. Thank the lucky seven stars above for all the “crazies” in the world. “About ...

When I get that feeling, I want Textual Healing

Every now and again we all need some lovin’. And baby, I can’t hold it much longer, it’s getting stronger and stronger. And when I get that feeling, I want Textual Healing. Textual Healing, oh baby makes me feel so fine Human nature is a diverse collection of emotions and expressions of them. I’ve uncovered a plethora of lovely textualisms that cover the gamut of human emotion. Some may even have you covering your ears and opening your eyes! From the lovers, scowlers, heart-broken, frustrated, ecstatic, happy and pretty ...

My other dad is @BillCosby

It’s true! <kanye>I’ma let you finish but first I have to say that Heathcliff Huxtable is the best dad of all time!</kanye> Sorry, I just couldn’t resist being a loser, dork and weirdo all in one sentence Seriously though, I’ve never had a role model quite like Mr. Cosby. Every Thursday the family would gather around the warm glow of the telly and laugh along with the antics of the Huxtables. I secretly wished that my dad was the pudding man, but that never worked out. ...