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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
What Lynne has learned: Keyboard Cat
This is something I've stumbled across tonight while those little slices of death evaded me. It's a meme that's been going around, keyboard cat. The setup is this:
1) clip of FAIL
2) Keyboard cat plays its cheerful, catchy tune... mocking said FAIL
It's just that easy... and yet highly entertaining to watch. Below is the best I've seen so far. Watch more clips here.
So, what have I learned?
- FAIL + Keyboard Cat = LOL
- Jesus is Christmas. The mother seems to think the Jesus she believes in died so that we could carry on with our consumerist ways and buy gifts we can't usually afford.
- Even Keyboard Cat can't erase away the FAIL that is going to occur with our credit cards. Catch the story here if you don't know what I'm talking about.
And before I attempt sleep... here one more, brought to you by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart:
"This isn't over cat! I challenge you to keyboards at dawn!"
It's too bad the cat passed away back in 1987, so he cannot take Stephen up on his challenge. RIP Keyboard Cat.
1) clip of FAIL
2) Keyboard cat plays its cheerful, catchy tune... mocking said FAIL
It's just that easy... and yet highly entertaining to watch. Below is the best I've seen so far. Watch more clips here.
So, what have I learned?
- FAIL + Keyboard Cat = LOL
- Jesus is Christmas. The mother seems to think the Jesus she believes in died so that we could carry on with our consumerist ways and buy gifts we can't usually afford.
- Even Keyboard Cat can't erase away the FAIL that is going to occur with our credit cards. Catch the story here if you don't know what I'm talking about.
And before I attempt sleep... here one more, brought to you by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Daily/Colbert - Keyboard Cat | ||||
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"This isn't over cat! I challenge you to keyboards at dawn!"
It's too bad the cat passed away back in 1987, so he cannot take Stephen up on his challenge. RIP Keyboard Cat.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
HI! I'm a Megan...
What does Apple do to appeal to females to boast sales? (Besides recognizing that women are just as capable of looking at the specs, not the color and design, of a computer?) Why, it's to make a "dating" computer commercial of course!
So... is Apple going to start selling Megans? Will they be pink and exclusively marketed to women? Only time will tell!
*edit*
The last bit was sarcasm, but truthful, since Dell has already done the whole marketing laptops to women deal. You have to dig through their "della" website, about 3 pages deep to just get past the fluff and frills to the actual specs (hard drive space, RAM, other capabilities, etc). Yes... Dell made a separate website called Della, another company reinforcing the gender binary that society instills (tries to anyways) in us all. Well, I reject it Dell. Anybody with real knowledge of computers knows it take more that a fancy cover to make a laptop l33t.
So go ahead Apple, market to women. You'regoing to have already anyways. I just hope you don't do what almost every other company does... reinforcing the preconceived differences between men and women. I must say though, you're off to a decent start. The woman is wearing comfortable clothes and it asking questions about the specs of the PC, nothing too technical though, but better than nothing. I just hope your next commercial DOESN'T sound like this...
Man: Hi, I'm a Mac
Woman: And I'm a Megan, Apple's new computer made exclusively for chicks!
Man: Oh, sounds cool, what can you do?
Women: I have an assortment of fashionable designs to match any style!
*Woman cloths change to show off pink, flowery, and frilly designs that are stereotypically loved by females.*
Woman: Don't I look pretty in pink! *smiles, kicks up a high heeled leg, and gives high pitched giggle*
Man: *whistles* Wow, looking good there.
Woman: Thank you. I'm thin, light weight, and pack 8 hours of battery life for your pleasure. Also, I'm fully customizable and upgradable.
Man: Really? Let me try. *Her breast grow, and clothing shrinks*
Woman: *gasps and make and "O" shape with her mouth*
*Mac's ending chime sound*
I hope I never see Apple use this...
So... is Apple going to start selling Megans? Will they be pink and exclusively marketed to women? Only time will tell!
*edit*
The last bit was sarcasm, but truthful, since Dell has already done the whole marketing laptops to women deal. You have to dig through their "della" website, about 3 pages deep to just get past the fluff and frills to the actual specs (hard drive space, RAM, other capabilities, etc). Yes... Dell made a separate website called Della, another company reinforcing the gender binary that society instills (tries to anyways) in us all. Well, I reject it Dell. Anybody with real knowledge of computers knows it take more that a fancy cover to make a laptop l33t.
So go ahead Apple, market to women. You're
Man: Hi, I'm a Mac
Woman: And I'm a Megan, Apple's new computer made exclusively for chicks!
Man: Oh, sounds cool, what can you do?
Women: I have an assortment of fashionable designs to match any style!
*Woman cloths change to show off pink, flowery, and frilly designs that are stereotypically loved by females.*
Woman: Don't I look pretty in pink! *smiles, kicks up a high heeled leg, and gives high pitched giggle*
Man: *whistles* Wow, looking good there.
Woman: Thank you. I'm thin, light weight, and pack 8 hours of battery life for your pleasure. Also, I'm fully customizable and upgradable.
Man: Really? Let me try. *Her breast grow, and clothing shrinks*
Woman: *gasps and make and "O" shape with her mouth*
*Mac's ending chime sound*
I hope I never see Apple use this...
Pro CHOICE: It goes both ways btw
I often hear (to my face and directed at others) about how being Pro Choice is bad/evil/selfish/etc. Here's an interesting spin on the subject, post at Feministing: click here for the story. The women, Elizabeth Adeney, is 66, and choose to get pregnant, though she was advised not to (which, I understand the risks the doctor was putting forth, but ultimately, it is her choice). This is a side of the pro choice argument that receives little coverage, though it is just as important to protect a women's right to have children.
Outsourcing Employment
Part two of three of Current TV's documentary of the economic crisis and how it impacts China.
Makes me feel self centered to not have thought about how far reaching this crisis really is.
Makes me feel self centered to not have thought about how far reaching this crisis really is.
Lost Vegas
Part one of a three of a documentary of the effects of the economic crisis, shown on Current TV.
On one hand, it makes me feel grateful, on the other, it worries me sick.
On one hand, it makes me feel grateful, on the other, it worries me sick.
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