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Tonight A Private Club will be celebrating the Launch of “American Hotel Stories” by Assouline. We had to remove the location of the event as you must be a member of the site to attend (insert social snobbery scowl here). Following in ASMALLWORLD’s footsteps, A Private Club launched itself last year as the younger, New York centric version. Forget tonight’s party (which we hope to make it to), let’s talk about the merits of the site in general…. More »
First there was the 25 Things About Me Phenomenon, which launched its own New York Times trend-piece and a writeup in pretty much every online media outlet out there. But the Facebook meme Gods just couldn’t stop there, could they? No, not when there existed another way to inundate one’s friends with tags and launch a domino effect of re-posting and re-tagging ad infinitum. Enter the “Tag Your Friends As A Mr. Men or Little Miss Character” (official name TBD) meme of the week. More story below… More »
From the Hampster dance of the 90’s to this video of a “Ninja Cat” that has been watched over 4.5 million times, Internet Memes fascinate me. Some seem so obvious, who wouldn’t watch Tom Cruise jump up and down on Oprah’s couch? (May 23, 2005), and the Evolution of Dance? That was sweet. Others leave us all wondering why we just spent 10 minutes watching a dancing electronic baby (October 21, 1996). The memes that form and are passed down via email threads, im’s and rss feeds seem to have no rhyme or reason…which is exactly why they are so fascinating. Have fun scrolling through the ones above that Dipity so kindly outlined.
So what do Internet Memes really say about all of us? We have WAY too much time on our hands.
Also, if you are more interested, read THIS academic article by Garry Marshall about Internet Memes.
Admittedly, the Shop it to Me Sales Alert has been around for a LONG TIME. For instance, I’ve been registered since 2004. That being said, this recent (recession-driven?) retail sales BONANZA occasioned a visit to my Shop it to Me profile, where I rediscovered the service. And it is a service. Go to the site and check off your favorites of over 500 brands, then check off your sizes, and voilà! More »
My Question: What is ChaCha and why is it special?
Answer provided by ChaCha: It is a search engine and it’s special because it’s the first human-powered one! Thanks for using ChaCha.
I have a good camera, a cell phone, and an iPod. Still, people try to convince me I’m in need of an iPhone to be truly informed (or at least to look cool). They mainly cite the fact that while I do have internet on my phones, I could watch seasons change while waiting for it to load. Enter ChaCha to solve all my problems about staying informed while away from a computer. My friend told me about it a few weeks ago, but like most awesome things, I didn’t really try it until I was bored much later (as you will soon see by the questions I asked it.)
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[Image via Vanity Fair]
Its clear that the Internet has become a crucial missing piece to that complicated puzzle we all know as life. However, when Facebook becomes an vastly integrated part of the puzzle, its time to question just how far trapped in the net we truly are. Bill Bradley, editorial assistant of Vanity fair (as of only 6 weeks ago), was already given the strange nail biting task to pull 10,000 fans to Vanity Fair’s Facebook page by August 5th.
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[Photo via Moist Production]
Some people are addicted to The Hills while others find their compulsions lie with gambling or video games. My long-suffering boyfriend, however, has a far worse problem. He is addicted to Gummi Bears. This would not be much of an issue if his preferences didn’t run exclusively towards Haribo brand Gummi Bears, the aristocracy of gelatinous movie theater candy. And it seems he is not alone. Jason Freeny, the artistic genius behind Moist Productions (I know, at least he didn’t call it “secretions”) has finally validated Gummi addicts the world over and silenced their exasperated loved ones.
The Anatomy of Gummi Bears collection is fantastic and include such classics as “You Are What Eats You” and “Immaculate Confection”. A self-professed child of hippies, Freeny has designed trophies for MTV award ceremonies and “develop[s] works of candy colored madness” while watching cartoons with his son. Check him out. Sweet tooth or not, Freeny is a treat.
Remember when the website HotorNot.com first appeared on the Web scene, and became immediately popular with high schoolers that had the pleasure of anonymously rating people”s attractiveness in the self-esteem equivalent of a hit and run accident? The New York Times runs a story today about Hot or Not”s new mtvU-sponsored spin off, Pos or Not—in which, much like Hot or Not, you can go online and rate photographs, but instead of gaging hotness, you have to guess if those pictured are H.I.V. positive or negative.
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We’re a little bored of trying to conquer the Boys’ Club. Not to mention that sometimes, we’re just plain bored. Which is why we were thrilled to stumble upon Ladies of Manhattan. Founded by Brandi Anderson and Meghan Elliott, LoM promises to bring together the women of Manhattan through various social and professional networking events. And ladies, the parties look promising….
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[Photo by Adam Schneider]
The frigid, sun-sucked sky has caused my heavy eyes to search vacantly for inspiration not out the window, where spring seems to have all but sputtered, but from the ever-optimistic, backlit glow of my computer screen, where water the water is always blue! (if you google it that way), and makes for a kind facilitation of my daydreams, after all those cigarette-butt puddles I had to straddle outside the subway. Here are some waters we can hope to tread/splash/float above soon, if Mother Nature ever wills it so. If you know anymore, post them. I need my summer spirit to travel to other websites…
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Tonight A Private Club will be celebrating the Launch of “American Hotel Stories” by Assouline. We had to remove the location of the event as you must be a member of the site to attend (insert social snobbery scowl here). Following in ASMALLWORLD’s footsteps, A Private Club launched itself last year as the younger, New York centric version. Forget tonight’s party (which we hope to make it to), let’s talk about the merits of the site in general…. More »
First there was the 25 Things About Me Phenomenon, which launched its own New York Times trend-piece and a writeup in pretty much every online media outlet out there. But the Facebook meme Gods just couldn’t stop there, could they? No, not when there existed another way to inundate one’s friends with tags and launch a domino effect of re-posting and re-tagging ad infinitum. Enter the “Tag Your Friends As A Mr. Men or Little Miss Character” (official name TBD) meme of the week. More story below… More »
My Question: What is ChaCha and why is it special?
[Image via Vanity Fair]
[Photo via Moist Production]
Remember when the website HotorNot.com first appeared on the Web scene, and became immediately popular with high schoolers that had the pleasure of anonymously rating people”s attractiveness in the self-esteem equivalent of a hit and run accident? The New York Times runs a story today about Hot or Not”s new mtvU-sponsored spin off, Pos or Not—in which, much like Hot or Not, you can go online and rate photographs, but instead of gaging hotness, you have to guess if those pictured are H.I.V. positive or negative.
We’re a little bored of trying to conquer the Boys’ Club. Not to mention that sometimes, we’re just plain bored. Which is why we were thrilled to stumble upon Ladies of Manhattan. Founded by Brandi Anderson and Meghan Elliott, LoM promises to bring together the women of Manhattan through various social and professional networking events. And ladies, the parties look promising….
