There’s Something About Memes (part 4 of ?)

Memes are defined as a unit of pop culture. The term was first coined by a British scientist, RichardDawkins,  to describe the evolution and spread of cultural ideas. Somewhere along the line, the term degenerated to describe LOLcats and Rickrolling. The success and longevity of a meme depends upon how culturally relevant it is. Case [...]

Web Site Story – CollegeHumor video pokes fun at trendiest Web sites

Story of our lives, huh? more about “Web Site Story – CollegeHumor video p…“, posted with vodpod

There’s something about memes (part 3 of ?)

First, a public service message: This is our 100th post! (Woot!) Admittedly, I’ve not gone back to memes since my post in February. Yikes! However, I wanted to share a video series from Rocketboom called “Know Your Meme” which explains the origins and proper use of a number of Internet memes while wearing nifty labcoats. [...]

SF renames Bush St – aptly

So this rippled through the Interwebs today but I had actually stumbled upon it rather organically (or, ignorantly, as the case happened to be) and got a huge kick out of it – perhaps greater than if I had seen it online first then sought it out after – the beauty of a perfectly-executed stunt! [...]

*cough, cough* I can’t come to work today, I have Discomgoogolation

YouGov, an international market research firm, conducted a study in late July which polled 2100 Britons about their Internet dependency and came across some interesting findings. 76% say they cannot live without the Internet 44% say they feel confused and frustrated when they are unable to get online 17% say the longest they’ve been without Internet [...]