AWESOMECON » internet http://www.awesomecon.com/blog 'cause the web is f#&%ing awesome! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 No f—ing way… http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/no-f-ing-way/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/no-f-ing-way/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=574

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Wing suits enthusiast are crazy. ’nuff said.

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/no-f-ing-way/feed/ 0 The San Francisco Hipster & Dot Com Homesteader War http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/the-san-francisco-hipster-dot-com-homesteader-war/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/the-san-francisco-hipster-dot-com-homesteader-war/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:55:27 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=571

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMqutKBS5iE

Bay Area Based comedy troupe “Killing My Lobster” knock it out of the park.  It may be a lot funnier if you have lived in SF within the last few years, but if you know hipsters and their coffee this will be worthy of a laugh or two.

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/the-san-francisco-hipster-dot-com-homesteader-war/feed/ 0 There is something addictive… http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/09/there-is-something-addictive/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/09/there-is-something-addictive/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:11:28 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=538
Close Encounters of the 3rd (three frame?) Kind

… about the website “Three Frames“. Niki called it an:

extremely extremely distilled version of ytmnd

which is a good description. I walked through the archive in a few minutes, subscribed to the RSS on a whim expecting to throw it away after a few days and yet, I get excited when a new one comes in. Odd. Anyway, I love it and had to share.

[read three frames]

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The only way this is going to end is with one of the pranks ending in death, I think.

[via @joestump]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/prank-wars-part-7/feed/ 0 “Hibi no nerio” music video http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hibi-no-nerio-music-video/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hibi-no-nerio-music-video/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:32:39 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=529

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw

I have no idea what it means, nor do I need to (all though I do want to).  I was literally speechless after watching this amazing video.  Give it a few seconds and I am sure you will feel the same way.

[via Why, That's Delightful!]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hibi-no-nerio-music-video/feed/ 0 Mexican Gravity Hammer! http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/mexican-gravity-hammer/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/mexican-gravity-hammer/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:55:03 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=526 If you have never played Halo 3, the Gravity Hammer is a devastating weapon in the game.  Its also tons of fun to just slam people and see them flying.  From the following video, it appears that the gravity hammer was probably inspired by these young gentlemen in Mexico:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF63jhRQcw

That looks both amazingly scary and awesome at the same time.

[via BoingBoing]

bonus video, the gravity hammer in action:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORWqbok7qk

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H57pWC5rvk

Okay, its technically three-man act, but a one-man band.  The mutli-part one man YouTube video meme is getting a little stale, but this one is damn impressive.  Rock out baby!

[Read via Bob Nickolopoulos]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/boston-one-man-cover-band/feed/ 0 Hipsters are so ‘83 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hipsters-are-so-83/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hipsters-are-so-83/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:47 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=515 I was reading a tweet by @mdowney which referred to a post on BuzzFeed about the top 10 Michael Jackson acapella videos. This post is not about that… well, not directly anyway. I was watching the video for “Beat It” and during the breakdown/fight scene I had an amazing revelation. Holy SH*T!!! THOSE THUGS ARE HIPSTERS!

So, apparently hipsters are 1983 thugs from the “Beat It” video. Amazing but true. Check out around 2:30 in the video to revel in the pre-hipster-hipster fashion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_EOXda4cM

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Ever wonder how the Twitter-verse can be owned by a total n00b like yourself?  Want to become hella l337 at the Social Web 2.0 party?  Well thanks to peeps at “The Complete Social Media Douchebag™” you will soon be able to:

use Web 2.0 Social Media to become a millionaire overnight … to increase your Twitter followers by eleventy-billion in 3.68 seconds … to use Twitter to make a gazillion dollars through affiliate marketing and multi-level marketing schemes

Why wait, act now!

Read [via DvD]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/become-a-social-20-bag/feed/ 0 Our Art Art Hour http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/our-art-art-hour/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/our-art-art-hour/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:54:00 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=482

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6hpMftAIs0

We reference :: zefrank a lot here.  I have been a fan back since his “Learn to Dance” Flash invite that he created for a party.  Since then he has done a lot with Flash, video, art and humor.  His “Our Art Art Hour” is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. This may be the fact that I have a background in theatre and find the word play awesome… but I feel everyone will at least get a chuckle.

[via :: zefrank]

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Running a dual or tri-monitor setup?  Looking for amazing wallpapers that span across your desktop?  Of course you are!!  Check out the dopest free wallpapers I have seen in ages.  I can’t believe I am sharing this hidden treasure with you… see, who loves you? We do!!

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]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/mandolux/feed/ 0 How not to be seen [mashup] http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/how-not-to-be-seen-mashup/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/how-not-to-be-seen-mashup/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 20:27:59 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=452

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_7wKr0fYAQ

When Monty Python and Halo Machinima get mashed up.  Awesome things happen.

[via yes but no but yes]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/how-not-to-be-seen-mashup/feed/ 0 Infinite Photograph http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/infinite-photograph/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/infinite-photograph/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:58:37 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=434 National Geographic's Infinite Image

National Geographic (or NatGeo if you watch there awesome channel) has a new project on their website called Infinite Photograph.

Dive into this photo-mosaic portrait of the Earth to see it through the eyes of users like you. It’s made up of hundreds of photos of the natural world, each submitted by users to My Shot.

Its a interactive image viewer that uses hundreds of images to make a tile mosaic of another image. From there you can click on a quadrant and zoom in to see the images that made up the larger image. Very much worth checking out.

Read [via @ryanstewart]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/infinite-photograph/feed/ 0 Daft Punk + Little Big Planet http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/daft-punk-little-big-planet/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/daft-punk-little-big-planet/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:29:22 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=431 If you follow Daft Punk at all and/or played Little Big Planet then this will rock your socks off:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscOOhHmGC0

With the growth of control and interactivity available via video games, the world of Machinima is really taking off.  Games like Little Big Planet are designed with user content generation in mind and its amazing to see how it is being adapted and expanded by the user community.

Machinima, as defined via Wikipedia:

Machinima (pronounced /məˈʃiːnɨmə/ or /məˈʃɪnɨmə/) is the use of real-time three-dimensional (3-D) graphics rendering engines to generate computer animation. The term also refers to works that incorporate this animation technique. Machinima-based artists, sometimes called machinimists or machinimators, often use graphics engines from video games, a practice that arose from the animated software introductions of the 1980s demoscene, Disney Interactive Studios‘ 1992 computer game Stunt Island, and 1990s recordings of gameplay in first-person shooter (FPS) video games, such as id Software’s Doom and Quake.

[via @mesh]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/daft-punk-little-big-planet/feed/ 0 The upcoming hybrid mutant wireless carrier wars http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/the-upcoming-hybrid-mutant-wireless-carrier-wars/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/the-upcoming-hybrid-mutant-wireless-carrier-wars/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:36:22 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=386

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3agYeT-T9co

Brilliant look into what our future wirless world will look like, all thanks to Qualcomm.

[via Geekologie]

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