Forget about working for Obama if you ever shot off a less-than-tender text message to an ex-flame.
Or get ready to do some serious explaining in a 7-page, 63-question application for a coveted spot in the Obama administration.
This ultimate interrogation barely stops short of asking applicants how much time they served in detention as a sixth grader.
Aps are asked to list every single website in which they appear and whether they have ever sent a text, email or IM that could be “a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family or President-elect.”
Oh, totally! I played tons of Mario Kart growing up, and now anytime someone tries cutting me off on the Hutchinson Parkway, I lean out of my window and throw a turtle shell at him. Then I do a few mushrooms and speed away.
Give me a break. Anyone who drives irresponsibly does so because … they’re irresponsible! I’m sick and tired of video games being blamed for the real problem here — stupidity.
If video games are the cause of bad driving, try using that as an excuse next time you get pulled over.
“Sir, I clocked you at driving 95 mph and you ran over that old lady before I stopped you. What’s going on?”
Surprise, surprise… A recent study reveals that most Gen Y web surfers (ages 21-29) like sites pertaining to social networking, e-commerce and information/education. The top visited sites are Facebook , Wikipedia and YouTube. I’m happy to see that credible media outlets–The New York Times and CNN—also made the list!
Top 15 Gen Y Websites
1. Facebook
2. Wikipedia
3. YouTube
4. Craigslist
5. MySpace
6. eBay
7. NYTimes
8. Yelp
9. Flickr
10. Netflix
11. Pandora
12. PerezHilton
13. Amazon
14. CNN
15. Hulu
The study by Outlaw Consulting revealed that young adult online visitors like personalization and relevancy for engaging their attention and the ability to easily share content. Approximately 100 internet surfers from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami were surveyed.
Phew, thank goodness! For years I was complaining about the cumbersome burden of lifting a telephone to my ear and wasting my precious vocal cords on speaking.
Now I can use that 25 seconds I’m going to save to ponder how much of a fat lazy slob I am.
Domino’s, you never cease to amaze me. First you wooed me with cheeseburger pizza. Because I love pizza and I love cheeseburgers, but I’m too stupid to make decisions on my own.
What next? Pretty soon all you’ll have to do is grunt and in 10 minutes, someone from Domino’s will zoom over to your house and feed you.
Watch Pizza Hut steal that idea and offer to burp customers afterward.
Once the truck left the prison, the inmate cut himself out of the box and jumped off the truck.
I’m not condoning this felon, but holy crap is that awesome.
I wish I thought of that in elementary school. I could have gotten out of that science test I failed in 3rd grade by mailing myself to Chuck E. Cheese for the day.
Now that I think about it, I wonder what’s stopping me from doing that now.
After writing that last post on robots taking over the earth, you guys flooded my inbox with two e-mails.
One of them informed me about a New Zealand artist named Lisa Black, who takes the remains of deceased animals and stuffs them with mechanical parts. The result is her exhibition Fixed which “combines taxidermy creatures and mechanical parts to form beautiful amalgamations of natural and industrial parts.”
You can call it creepy and gross, but you can’t deny that it’s original. She gave me permission to post some of her work, so enjoy:
Check out Lisa’s site for more of her creations. You can even purchase prints of her artwork. What better way to tell your significant other how much you love them this holiday season with a dead deer stuffed with mechanical parts?
Finally! After years of imposing draconian applications, advertising trackers and layout designs on Facebook users, the superpower of social networking will finally let us have our say, according to The Wall Street Journal tech blog.
Starting this week, Facebook users can vote on two new applications. One lets you pass a greeting card around to all your friends to “sign.” How about that group “Feel Better From Your Hangover Soon” card you always wanted to send? The other ap is a personalized news service that creepily predicts what kind of news you’ll like. What about predicting what we won’t like? Now there’s a push for a real informed public.
The voting application itself is a hidden advertisement for the company that built it, a clever way Facebook is trying to stir the inner consumer Facebook users.
Oh, Dobbs Ferry kid Mark Zuckerberg, you were so much dreamier when you were just the nerdy guy in the dorm who could supp up a Commodore computer.
I’m telling you, it’s just a matter of time before robots take over the Earth. Maybe if I do the robot dance, they’ll mistake me as one of their own when they start enslaving the planet.
But check out this robot in action, it’ll give you the willies.
The Karate Kid series was one of the best trilogies ever made. You can disagree with me all you want, but I’ll bust out with my praying mantis kick on ya.
By the way, I’m well aware there are four Karate Kid movies, but I’m pretending that 1994 trainwreck of a film starring Hillary Swank never happened.
I would remotely tolerate this if Pat Morita (who played Mr. Miyagi) was still alive and would be in it. But I don’t care how good of an actor you are, nobody, I mean nobody, could ever fill that man’s shoes.
I don’t even want to waste any of my precious brain cells (all 7 of them) to speculate who could play a good Miyagi.
The person set to play Daniel is none other than Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith. The kid has been developing quite the buzz ever since he played opposite his dad in the Pursuit of Happyness. Apparently he’s also quite the martial artist.
I suppose I should wait until the movie comes out before I pass judgment, but I can’t help it.
As if our generation didn’t have enough monikers, we’re now also known as Generation O, according to this weekend’s New York Times.
Time and time again we’ve heard that President-elect Obama’s strongest campaign tactic was his ability to stay connected with his young supporters through social networking sites and text messaging. The informal, “I just-checked my cell-and-Barack-left-me-a-message,” motivated millions of young folks to vote.
This “jacket-less” atmosphere Obama, who loves to randomly hit the basketball court, has created a new kind of transparent and personal pol (check him out on Flickr lounging in a hotel room and watching the Election returns.)
But for a generation that is easily distracted and requires constant attention, Obama continued appeal rests on keeping Generation Me involved. His campaign message has already morphed into a new Web site, change.gov.
Written by 20-somethings for 20-somethings on dealing with the transitional decade that is filled with detours, delights and disappointments on the way to finding a so-called destiny.
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