Squirrel Tao » Humor http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com The tao of my squirrel paths on the web Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Bunk Magazine, a Hypermedia Humor E-Zine, Launches http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/11/bunk-magazine-a-hypermedia-humor-e-zine-launches/ http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/11/bunk-magazine-a-hypermedia-humor-e-zine-launches/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:14:13 +0000 Jennifer Elrod http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/11/bunk-magazine-a-hypermedia-humor-e-zine-launches/ Mark Marino has just launched a hypermedia humor e-zine called Bunk Magazine. It looks like it has potential and is worth exploring. I haven’t yet thoroughly checked out the first issue, but I’ve found a few things that made me giggle and smirk, as well as a few things that didn’t. (You’ll have that.) One of the things that did get a giggle from me was the “Y2K Bug Issue”, found under Features. This link brought up a mock circa-1900 newspaper dated January 1, 1900. In this newspaper, you can read about such things as what our future shall bring. Number four on the list is this:

The entire world will be covered by a vast network of wires which will be referred to as the “World Wide Web.” This web will have been woven by gigantical prehistorical arachnids, who will become our leaders after emerging from caverns beneath the earth, where they will have been hiding for 3 millions years.

I think I just like humor that involves wild flights of imagination.

Another thing I like is the Celebrity Playlists, imaginary lists of the favorite songs of various famous people. Thomas Jefferson’s playlist is my favorite, especially “Brown Sugar”:

Thomas Jefferson (Orr)
Preamble Pre-party Mix:

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours- Stevie Wonder
Brown Sugar– Rolling Stones
Born on the Fourth of July Theme- John Williams
Gasolina– Daddy Yankee
American Woman- The Guess Who
The Star-Spangled Banner- written by Francis Scott Key, as performed by Christina Aguilera
American Pie- Don McLean
Big Poppa- The Notorious B.I.G.
American Woman- Lenny Kravitz
It’s All About the Benjamins- Puff Daddy
Baby Got Back- Sir Mix-a-Lot

Bunk is still a little bit raw at this stage, but it will be a site to watch as it develops further and attracts more talent. It’s refreshing to see a hypermedia zine that has a fun spirit about it for a change. Maybe it will help to show more people that hypermedia entertainment that is created by people who are seriously trying to realize the new media potential of the web does not have to be ponderously, pretentiously, relentlessly self-conscious about its own supposed avant garde status.

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]]> http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/11/bunk-magazine-a-hypermedia-humor-e-zine-launches/feed/ 0 Bob the Angry Flower http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/10/bob-the-angry-flower/ http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/10/bob-the-angry-flower/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:52:28 +0000 Jennifer Elrod http://squirreltao.dreamfishery.com/2006/09/10/bob-the-angry-flower/ Bob the Angry Flower is a funny and original web comic strip about a not-very-nice flower named Bob. Bob is into a little bit of everything. He tries to push Xaxor pills to an old man. Xaxor supposedly gives back missing zest and zing, as well as curing incontinence. The side effect of of excruciating bone pain almost never happens. Bob is also paranoid about security, complaining that his tactical high energy lasers and other high-tech security measures can’t protect him from magic, the literary assault or emotional vulnerabilities. Bob doesn’t just stop at being crazy; he also rises to the occasion of becoming political satire at times, as in the strip, Hiding Behind Women and Children, Eh? Interesting annotations provide commentary on the strips. Apparently, originally, Bob was going to be the kind of character who would stand on the street and scream at people for no reason. Through the annotations, you can follow Stephen Notley’s thoughts behind the development of the comic.

Created by Stephen Notley, Bob the Angry Flower and his sidekicks Stumpy and Freddie the Flying Fetus have gathered enough of a following on the web to fill a Yahoo Bob the Angry Flower group with 734 members. There are also several Bob the Angry Flower books available to buy directly from the angryflower.com website. The books are carried in just a few stores, such as Comic Relief in Berkeley, California.

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This Spartan Life, our favorite talk show in Halo space, just posted a hilarious video blog entry making the case for network neutrality. In some ways, this is the perfect medium for illustrating a threat to virtual spaces, conveying more in a couple of minutes than several weeks worth of op-eds. Enjoy it now before the party’s over.

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