April 19, 2008
Black 20 Renewed My Faith in Creativity
Well only this one trailer thus far. I have a hope for more.
(via black 20)
Posted by Groonk at 12:50 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Movies, Trailers
April 18, 2008
The Internet's Getting Interesting Again
I take a few days away and an artist named Aliza Shvarts shakes up a few people.
Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement.Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process.
This turned out to be as Mr Ellis predicted: "the first "great" conceptual artist of the internet age."
I'm not one for performance art, but this little stunt generated some curious reactions. And, it seems to have some actual thought behind it. Unlike other performances I've seen.
Statement by Helaine S. Klasky - Yale University, SpokespersonNew Haven, Conn. - April 17, 2008
Ms. Shvarts is engaged in performance art. Her art project includes visual representations, a press release and other narrative materials. She stated to three senior Yale University officials today, including two deans, that she did not impregnate herself and that she did not induce any miscarriages. The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman's body.
She is an artist and has the right to express herself through performance art.
Had these acts been real, they would have violated basic ethical standards and raised serious mental and physical health concerns.
(Via warren ellis: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Posted by Groonk at 02:21 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Intertube Madness, USA
April 05, 2008
Navajo nation to Lose Their Internet Monday
The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will be out of luck Monday, if their service provider shuts access as planned.[...]
A tribal audit last year revealed that Utah-based provider OnSat Network Communications Inc. may have double-billed the tribe, and it raised questions about how the tribe requested bids for the Internet contract.
Those discoveries led the Universal Service Administration Co., which administers the service under the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program, to tell the tribe March 28 that it would withhold $2.1 million from OnSat.
Jim Fitting, an attorney for OnSat, said the delay in payment means it can't pay subcontractor SES Americom for satellite time.
"With USAC taking this particular position, it doesn't look like we're going to get paid in the foreseeable future," Fitting said. "We're already $4 million in the hole, so why should we continue doing it?"
(via cnn )
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April 03, 2008
Ben Templesmith is Wise and True
(via twitter)
UPDATE: read the complete conversation
Posted by Groonk at 06:22 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Intertube Madness
April 02, 2008
Bacon Chocolate Makes Me Barf, Curious
It should not exist yet here I sit, looking at it. Mo's Bacon Bar. It's candy. Horrible pig flavored, chocolate candy.
Oh, and Diesel Sweeties RStevens is having a chat fest this week on Whitechapel. Go talk to him.
Show him some bacon-porn.
(via whitechapel's rstevens chat-out)
Posted by Groonk at 08:11 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Intertube Madness, Weird
April 01, 2008
Dr Horrible vs Dr Sleepless
The Dr Horrible movie poster is up featuring The NPH decked out in his "operating" gear.
Separated at birth? A ripple in Ideaspace? An homage?
You decide.
(via dr horrible and dr sleepless)
Posted by Groonk at 10:15 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Intertube Madness, Movies, Versus
March 29, 2008
Oh Hai, Anonymous. I Has Much Cake.
(via warren ellis)
Posted by Groonk at 06:30 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Research
March 27, 2008
"Doctor Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog" is a Gathering Storm
If you're any kind of Joss Whedon fan you already know what this is all about. The rest of you will just have to do your best to catch up. It won't be too difficult as this thing has become a *virus*.
- Joss Whedon talks the big catless and the NPH(Neil Patrick Harris)
- Doctor Horrible fansite
- Doctor Horrible - Myspace
- Dr Horrible - Facebook
- Doctor Horrible official website (????)
- Everything else Joss Whedon
- Doctor Horrible has a lair
- Dr Horrible webcomic love
Joss Whedon, seriously man, what the fuck?!
Stop geek baiting and show me the good stuff.
(via all over the place)
Posted by Groonk at 05:37 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Marketing
February 27, 2008
Jack McBrayer is Not Tina Fey
Due to massive asshattery by MT and various other things, this spot gets filled with akward comedy. Very good akward comedy actually. Michael Showalter interviews Jack McBrayer from 30 TV's ROCK on THE MICHAEL SHOWALTER SHOWALTER.
(via CH TV, ontd)
Posted by Groonk at 02:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Interviews
Guess Who's Getting Fucked Now
In reverse(cowgirl) order:
I think that's everyone. We now have a Hat Trick of fuckery. No more, please. Leave the fucking joke alone.
(via /film, affleck's you tube, damon's you tube)
Posted by Groonk at 02:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Movies, Sex
February 24, 2008
Veronica Belmont, Jonathan Coulton, Leo Laporte, and Merlin Mann. "Still Alive"
The things these guys, and gal, do for New Media. Wonderful!
(via veronica belmont)
Posted by Groonk at 05:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video
February 20, 2008
Listen to the Internet. If You Dare.
Listening Post allows its audience to eavesdrop on the online world. Sampling text from thousands of chatrooms, message boards and forums, the artists have created a huge display that attempts to "hear the internet".Artists Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen have forged a giant curved stand that is built out of 231 small electronic screens.
Those screens display text fragments, which are accompanied by the rhythm of computer-synthesized voices reading - or as some put it "singing" - the words that surge and flicker over the screens.
Those words are uncensored and unedited: they may be four letters but they are predominantly "clean ones", such as "skin" and "bone".
Posted by Groonk at 04:56 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat
February 11, 2008
KnowThis: Cookin' with Coolio is Here
Fuckin' genius!
(via mydamnchannel)
Posted by Groonk at 06:31 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Video
The Anonymous March of Yesterday
No, I did not forget.
- Whitechapel has pictures and video
- Google newsfeed notes the protest
- Brainwash. Brainwash. Brainwash.
The Whitechapel link is, by far, the best one to find photos and discussion. All that happened was well and good but all the Real World saw was this, I'm afraid.
That sums it up perfectly.
One last pic of choice after the leap of faith.
A picture of the Australian Anonymous Fest pilfered from Warren Ellis' site.
Posted by Groonk at 10:58 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness
January 31, 2008
You are an Ambassador for Anonymous. Generate Win.
The Intertube Madness is about to transcend datastreams and vox addled voice effects. February 10th marks the day you can march for Anonymous. They have rules, as noted, in the video below.
I won't be there. I will be watching.
(via warren eills)
Posted by Groonk at 09:03 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Video
BLIND CLICK 22
(found because of geekologie. the bastards)
Posted by Groonk at 07:36 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blind Click, Intertube Madness
Last Struggle of the Independant
It has been some time since I've seen a Handsome Donkey video.
That was all too short.
(via handsome donkey email, Agnes and Myrtle)
Posted by Groonk at 06:15 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Politics, Video
January 30, 2008
The Insanity Continues with Another Surprised Fur Bearing Critter
(via college humor, ponzu)
Posted by Groonk at 07:14 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Animals, Intertube Madness
January 24, 2008
I am your SP
Of the 3 spoofs of that Cruise video, that I've seen, that made everyone laugh harder at a pompous fool, I like this one the 2nd best. Damn you O'Connell for being funny once.
Please note that all searches I made on You Tube for this came up empty. Hmmm.
(via iklipz)
Posted by Groonk at 01:48 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Video
January 22, 2008
The SPs are Organized
Somebody has declared war on Scientology. The video won't survive on You Tube long and that's for sure.
Aside from being a little creeped out, I am intrigued. Ellis points out it's some internet strike group called Anonymous. Noted here.
EDIT: A glossary for crazy can easily be read and laughed at.
(via warrenellis)
UPDATE: Anonymous is clearly organized and won't be "taken to school".
Posted by Groonk at 08:40 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Research, Video, Weird
In Other News, Jerry O'Connell is working Hard to be Cool
Priceless and yet you're not getting off my do-not-watch list that fast O'Connell.
(via ontd)
Posted by Groonk at 04:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Video
January 17, 2008
Lasagna Cat FTW
I'm sorry. Lasagna Cat *is* the WIN.
The more I watch. The more I am amused.
(thanks for sharing Dresden Codak)
Posted by Groonk at 07:48 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness
January 03, 2008
LOLCat Bible Translation Project is "The Wonderful"
1 Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.
2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.
4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1
Try not to waste time there. I darez u.
And then tehre wuz Revelations:
"7 An i oppeneded nuther seal an 4th dood say "Come and lookz!"
8 Lo behold a pale horsez with a dood sitin on it, his naym wuz Deaths, an liek Hadez an stuff followd himz. Him had enuf skillz to kill lots of doodz, with antifreezez and curiositiez."
And shirtses fer wearin'.
(via P&P, lolcatbible, lolcat revelations)
Posted by Groonk at 06:56 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Intertube Madness, Religion
December 12, 2007
BLIND CLICK 19: Because you forgot
That hurt me so much that I am compelled to hurt others, too.
That's the human way.
(via last year)
Posted by Groonk at 11:00 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Holiday, Intertube Madness, Marketing, Movies, Weird
November 27, 2007
Random Wisdoms from The Interwub
sometimes, i want to punch john mayer in the face. and sometimes, he makes me laugh.
Profound or pseudo-wise? You decide. I just know you can replace "John Mayer" with a lot of names both real and imaginery.
- Carson Daly
- Maxim
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Disney, Inc
- CHUCK
- The writers of 2nd season HEROES
- The Marquis de Sade
- Amy Winehouse
- Dr Gregory House
Play along at home if you dare.
(via ontd)
Posted by Groonk at 04:51 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Quotables
November 20, 2007
How WWII was Really Won
It's so clear now.
(via medicmike)
Posted by Groonk at 10:32 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Macro, WorldWarII
November 19, 2007
Suddenly, Personal Safety is No Longer the Issue
(via jerem morrow's myspace)
Posted by Groonk at 02:50 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Macro
