October 2008
18 posts
Best Attack Ads: Election Season Fall 2008 Edition
Political campaign attack ads are an awesome genre, and the 2008 Election is no exception in terms of wacky voiceovers, totally distorted claims, and bad editing work. The USBFB has been closely tracking the state of cheeseball campaign ads this season in the Senate and House races, and we’re proud to announce today our annual awards for the best TV spots of the season. Here’s our...
Maslow's Organizational Hierarchy of Needs?
Ah, the hierarchy of needs, that wonderful bit of soft loosey-goosey personality theory, basically that you need the stuff lower down on the ladder to get the stuff higher up.
Actually been thinking that you might actually be able to apply this kind of needs ranking to organizations, groups, and businesses — that is, aggregate social structures — than just to individuals.
The LBT Project: Not Dead, Merely Sleeping
No worries kids, this is just a note that the LBT project is far from extinct. Merely sleeping. Our staff over at the USBFB has been furiously examining the record for LBT III: The Time of Great Giving, and has been drafting a well-researched post. As usual, there will be delayz.
Feature: Tim Hwang Drinks The Entire Berkman...
Since becoming a newly-minted full time employee of the Berkman Center for Internets and Society, I’ve become obsessed with the fascinatingly ungreen and terrifyingly advanced Keurig brand line of products that dispense coffee from those plastic containers that I can only assume are filled with magical pixie dust. Luckily, Berkman boasts a huge number of flavors, and I figured that it’s...
Instant(er) Nostalgia
So, finally got around to seeing Oliver Stone’s George Bush biopic W. while I was in San Francisco a week or so ago with Altay, Allie and Chris.
Despite my greatest hopes, the movie’s mostly meh from beginning to end — which is sad, considering how awesome the source material is. The script is disjointed, the writing is flat, and the movie drags about 2/3rds the way in....
Boston Tech, Meet The Information Superhighway
So if you find yourself in Boston this Friday, The United States Bureau of Fabulous Bitches is throwing Information Superhighway One, the first what will become an ongoing series of Boston general geekery parties. Thanks to the generosity of some amazing organizations, it’s happening the amazing new offices of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and PRX over in Cambridge. The...
Feature: Tim Hwang Drinks The Entire Berkman...
Since becoming a newly-minted full time employee of the Berkman Center for Internets and Society, I’ve become obsessed with the fascinatingly ungreen and terrifyingly advanced Keurig brand line of products that dispense coffee from those plastic containers that I can only assume are filled with magical pixie dust. Luckily, Berkman boasts a huge number of flavors, and I figured that it’s...
Free Culture 2008: After The Party
Been thinking and rethinking this post for about a week now, waiting and watching how the emerging front has been developing as the SFC reps have gone home. I blogged previously on the USBFB about the worries about the upcoming national conference, so figured it was only appropriate to put together some kind of wrap-up. Besides, reading and re-reading the remarkable product offerings in Sky...
Greetings From San Francisco!
If you’re a USBFB regular, you’ve probably noticed irregularities in posting over the last week. Our DC and Boston-based offices would normally be open to hear your petitions, but unfortunately the Commissioner and staff are out on a high-level junket to San Francisco until October 19th to attend the amazing National Free Culture Conference (post to follow), have clandestine...
Pro-High Fructose Corn Syrup PSAs
Memeorandum Colors: Visualizing Political Bias... →
Pretty cool idea from Andy Baio.
Feature: Tim Hwang Drinks The Entire Berkman...
Since becoming a newly-minted full time employee of the Berkman Center for Internets and Society, I’ve become obsessed with the fascinatingly ungreen and terrifyingly advanced Keurig brand line of products that dispense coffee from those plastic containers that I can only assume are filled with magical pixie dust. Luckily, Berkman boasts a huge number of flavors, and I figured that it’s...
The LBT Project: The One With Animaniacs As...
figure 1 — Velociraptors
The U.S. Bureau of Fabulous Bitches was directed in the Fall of 2008 by the federal government to conduct an ongoing investigation into the scope of the Land Before Time (LBT) animated series. Our department is forging ahead on this by watching all thirteen movies in the LBT continuity. This is likely to be followed by reviewing the entire discography,...
Speaking At South By Southwest! →
Woo!
