Under the Fuzzy Green Hat

doug: Andy Daly at MaxFunCon 2011As Jerry O’Hearn, a parody of...

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:56:00 -0600

Andy Daly at MaxFunCon 2011
As Jerry O’Hearn, a parody of hack comedians.

This is still one of my favorite comedy moments from last year.

In less than two weeks we meet again on the mountain], MaxFunCon 2012 begins, and we’ll make some s’mores with Maria Bamford and John Hodgman (this is a video I forgot I made).

Today I invented a new rule: if the person you’re thinking about doesn’t love comedy or making awesome things, find a better person to think about.

Doug’s right and this is spectacular. My only regret is that the camera doesn’t do justice to Daly/O’Hearn’s beaming smile at the end of each line.

Also, somehow there is still space left for this year’s Maximum Fun Convention? That’s probably because you haven’t registered. Why didn’t you register? Do you hate fun?

FIX YOUR MISTAKE

Special Needs: Bicycle

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:37:14 -0600

Special Needs: Bicycle

dailyseinfeld: ELLEN: So, they have this clock now, where you...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:47:30 -0600

dailyseinfeld:

ELLEN: So, they have this clock now, where you punch in your age, and all your risk factors. It actually counts down how much time you have left to live.
JERRY: So what’s the great moment? You’re on your death bed, they’re pounding on your chest - and you’re going 10, 9, 8,.. I told you this thing was good!
ELLEN: (Laughs) I can’t believe this is our first date.
JERRY: I know.. How about dessert?
ELLEN: I suppose I have to get a piece of cake..
JERRY: Why?
ELLEN: Today’s my birthday.
JERRY: What? Today? Really?
ELLEN: Yeah.

(via The Van Buren Boys)

Aha! I knew there was an episode of Seinfeld that mentioned Doug’s new app Progress.

I Believe That Scissors Are The Future (Yes, that’s...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:37:06 -0600

I Believe That Scissors Are The Future

(Yes, that’s right: the letters required to spell the correct answer are missing. I hear you can unlock them through a $180m in-app purchase.)

scottjacksonx: Dueling punchlines.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:37:48 -0700

scottjacksonx:

Dueling punchlines.

ryhei: Last night was my first shift writing for The Verge, and...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:33:00 -0700

ryhei:

Last night was my first shift writing for The Verge, and this is a dramatic re-creation of me and Nilay after he gave me my first edits.

Finally, our ladyboy becomes a man. Nice to see what Ryan’s doing with the very very interesting and worthwhile college science news beat.

(But seriously: I’m super proud!)

doug: Pushing code to the public at work has its own ceremony....

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:27:00 -0700

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

doug:

Pushing code to the public at work has its own ceremony. Multiple times a day.

Straight up: I am more than a bit jealous of Doug and his magical workplace.

LIFEHACK! While the English Wikipedia is down for Soup Day...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:02:40 -0700

LIFEHACK! While the English Wikipedia is down for Soup Day today, the other language Wikipedias are open for your free encyclopedic needs!

Shown above, la Wikipedia française lectures us about the meaning of free software, and why English is an inferior language for not having separate words for free (as in beer) and free (as in speech).

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

"He’s just like “Me no what? Scott not get. You do what work? What work?” This was..."

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:33:00 -0700

“He’s just like “Me no what? Scott not get. You do what work? What work?” This was written in charcoal on a dead wallaby and sent to me by a man on horseback.”

- Ryan, on the ~~Third~~ Second World

Facebook — that’s where I’m a viking. Or a wizard....

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:12:26 -0700

Facebook — that’s where I’m a viking. Or a wizard. Or anything I want to be, really.

Photo

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:59:00 -0700

With Fans Like These…

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:10:48 -0700

With Fans Like These…

Steven dropped this on Twitter today, and while I’m not...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:00:00 -0700

Steven dropped this on Twitter today, and while I’m not sure if it is true, it certainly feels true.

You Look Nice Today was a beautiful thing. It made me laugh, and it brought a lot of people together, including some of my closest friends.

I still love the work the Talent do on an individual basis. I like Merlin’s thing where he learns to talk to the radio guy on some days and the hobo on others, it’s been amazing watching Adam’s work blossom from a Fishstick into a full slate of videos for nice things, and I’ll always [REDACTED] Scott Simpson [REDACTED] spa getaway [REDACTED] also on Craigslist [REDACTED] once.

But YLNT sure was something special, wasn’t it?

Photo

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:30:00 -0700

Statement on Ice Cream Sandwich

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:44:00 -0700

It’s been no secret that one of the most popular requests I get is for me to eat an Ice Cream Sandwich. With the amount of buzz flying around Ice Cream Sandwich lately, and many of my partners and competitors both talking about and eating Ice Cream Sandwiches, it’s no secret that bringing an Ice Cream Sandwich into my mouth has definitely been something on my radar.

But while supporters have claimed that Ice Cream Sandwich will bring great value and depth to my platform — fattening it up, putting some meat on the platform’s bones, so to speak — there’s still some major technical hurdles before Ice Cream Sandwich will be ready for my consumption.

Actually, it’s just one. I’m allergic to dairy.

So, while I appreciate the demand for Ice Cream Sandwich, I will not be eating one either alone or with my carrier partners for the foreseeable product roadmap ahead. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but I assure you: the Ice Cream Sandwich experience would not be up to my standards of both user experience and not entering anaphylactic shock.

Best,

Lucas Wagner
Senior VP Open Development and Marketing Strategy

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Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:21:28 -0700

So Ryan got pretty drunk while I was also pretty drunk and he...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:07:00 -0700

So Ryan got pretty drunk while I was also pretty drunk and he started taking a lot of photos on his new phone and then he yelled “SIRI TAKE A PHOTO” and started pressing a lot of buttons and he eventually took this great picture of me. Something something circle of life.

(I’m sorry, Scott.)

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:33:10 -0700

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound

Why We Like: A Recommendation Engine For Tumblr Users

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:09:44 -0700

Why We Like: A Recommendation Engine For Tumblr Users:

scottjacksonx:

Hey again, Tumblr.

Here’s the exciting conclusion of my research project. Now that I know why people Like stuff on Tumblr, I’ve been able to build a recommendation system that I think is a little smarter than most.

Most recommendation sites just look at what you Like. However, we Like things for all sorts of reasons. Should Liking something because it made you laugh contribute the same amount to recommendations as Liking something because you agreed with it? I don’t think so.

My site asks you a few questions about why you’ve clicked that Like button, and takes that into account when it gives you some suh-weet recommendations.

Why We Like only gets better as more people use it. So, if you’d like, find some new new people to follow and tell me whether they’re any good (providing feedback is at the end of the recommendation process).

You get some cool new people to follow, and I get some more data for my thesis — everybody wins!

Please feed Scott’s computer more data. It recommended Fuck Yeah Wedding Ideas, so this thesis still has a ways to go before it is proven. (That’s what a thesis does, right?)

Gruber: I love how in the Siri spots, the only faces...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:17:56 -0600

Gruber:

I love how in the Siri spots, the only faces entirely in the frame are the kids.