November 2008
23 posts
The Bureau, Back In Business
ANNOUNCEMENT:
With the neutralization of several high-priority classified threats in the Pacific Rim and with the area secured (for the moment) in the American Interest, the Commissioner and key staff are returning to Boston to resume the normal work of the Bureau. Accordingly, our Microvlogger intelligence gathering study will take a backseat to our usual operations as the USBFB network of...
Microvlogger Seven
In this style.
Microvlogger -- Entry Six
Microvlogger -- Entry Five
Microvlogger -- Entry Four
Way Cooler Than You Were At That Age →
Thanks to the amazing Amy Klein, was recently forwarded this amazing blog. The author (a 12 year old girl) is the hippest thing on the Internet. Description from the blog:
I am a 12 year old space cowboy that can fit in mail bins and pretends to follow baseball season. To pass the time I write fairy tale fan fiction, in which princesses join cults and witches are photographed by Wendy...
Microvlogger -- Entry Three
This is the unedited soundtrack to the video.
Microvlogger -- Entry Two
The Microvlogger -- Entry One
Video from the breakfast buffet at the basement of the Delight Hotel (where we’re staying). Turn up your speakers.
Yeah, you heard right — it’s “Hey Jude” on creepy chimes.
CREEPY CHIMES.
This was followed by “Yesterday.” On creepy chimes.
The Next Two Weeks: Bon Voyage!
To Employees and General Management,
The United States Bureau of Fabulous Bitches, recently flush with a new round of Department of State funding to launch several new initiatives to protect American interests in foriegn lands, will be sporadically in touch over the next two weeks (November 17-28) as we attend a very clandestine, high-level summit in Taiwan to assess our fabulous bitches...
Happy National Elevator And Escalator Safety...
Just a heads up that November 12 through November 18th is the thirteenth annual National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week according to the USBFB’s sources at the MBTA. FABULOUS.
Interestingly, this is, apparently, an effort led by the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation, an actual non-profit 501(c)3 based out of Mobile. Highlights include their kid’s elevator education...
Make Your Own (Totally Ballin') Muppet →
Like Build-A-Bear, only not suck.
Why I Followed You Back On Twitter
Oh hey, guy, so I followed you back on Twitter.
Was recently catching GamerDNA’s finest Dave Fisher on his latest blog post “Why I Didn’t Follow You Back On Twitter.” It’s an exhaustive personal list of the many reasons why Dave chooses to not follow back, and I think I’m pretty safe in saying that it’s representative of Twitter users in general.
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David Weinberger, Being Badass As Usual →
Totally on-point recap of thoughts/emotions about the election last night.
Feature: Tim Hwang Drinks The Entire Berkman...
I am not kidding.
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...