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An on-going collection of layout blunders. If you have some to add, link them in the comments.
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SNL skit becomes reality
In May, there was a Saturday Night Live skit about what might happen if TV reporters started using Snapchat to stream live video.
In today’s BBC, there was this story.
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Citizen WTF?
The Citizen app is available in NYC and the SF Bay Area. The app is designed to alert you when crime happens nearby with location-based push notifications. But, because the platform is crowdsourced, it exposes all the idiosyncratic definitions of “crime” that you would expect from its voyeuristic users.
Here are some of my favorites. If you have a good one, send it my way and I’ll add it.
We used to have Florida Man stories. Now we have Citizen.
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If HAL-9000 was Alexa
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Kasou Taishou
We spent this morning looking at YouTube videos of Kasou Taishou. These are short skits that re-create special effects using charmingly amateur stage effects. Think of it as a mashup between traditional Japanese kabuki stage-craft and a high school play.
Add a twist of self-depreciating humor and you’ve got a winner.
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Sticks for Sale
Artisanal Firewood made the rounds poking fun at the artisinal trend but in a strange twist, it is now reality in London where a florist is selling a carefully curated selection of sticks just down the block from the park.
What’s next? Bespoke Air?
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The best thing on the Internet today
I’ve already shared this multiple times today but am adding it here so I can refer back when needed.
This BBC interview is amazing. Just wait until the mum rushes in… 😂 pic.twitter.com/LGw1ACR9rg
— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) March 10, 2017
Media coverage was thick and fast as it was a slow news day in Trumpland and everyone was looking for a bit of comic relief on a Friday after a busy week. Taiwan-based expat Ben Thompson has the best scene-by-scene breakdown.
It had me in tears.
UPDATE: Here’s an interview with the analyst Robert Kelly and his wife Kim Jung-A on the chaos that lead to the “comedy of errors” and how their life changed when the video received 84 million views
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Japan’s view of celebrity
With the Oscars coming up tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to share this performance by Japanese comedian Yuriyan Retriever where she nails (as in totally skewers) the genre of the overly emotional acceptance speech.