Johnny Zeitgeist

Putting Words in Your Monitor: Autocomplete Me

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:19:29 -0500

IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA: Use Google's immense search-term-spitting brain to help mere mortals complete their thoughts. The flip side of that convenience, though, is an eerie look into what normal-seeming guys and gals search for in the privacy of their own cyberspace.

See just how wacky humanity is at Autocompleteme.com.

A Long Jump Over a Short Pier: A Surfer's Journey

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:24 -0500

THIS VIDEO and its accompanying tale of crazy give new meaning to the phrase "go where the wind takes you."

Eu De Fruit: The Lure of Durian

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:21:00 -0500

Dearest France,

We see your funky bleu cheese, and we raise you one funk-tastic 15-year-old durian fruit.

Sincerely,
Malaysia

Cyber Handshake: Interviews on Skype

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:00 -0500

Two more reasons to love Skype interviews:

1. No handshake! I have a non-scientific theory that H1N1 originated in HR departments.
2. It always feels good to match the "interview shirt" with your favorite old raggedy jeans (standing up prior to signing off highly discouraged).

Inappropos of Nothing: Carrie Prejean on 'Larry King Live'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:22 -0500

IS PULLING ONE'S OWN mic off a form of self-censorship?

Dude Looks Unemployed: Replacing Steven Tyler

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:19:45 -0500

IF TWEETED SNARLS from Aerosmith's Joe Perry prove to be true, it sounds like singer Steven Tyler has fallen off the stage again — this time in a more figurative sense.

Says Perry:

Aerosmith is definetly NOT breaking up. One of the members is doing his own thing and said so in the press. That's all I know. ... Inthe meantime aerosmith is positivly looking for a new singer to work with. You just can't take 40 years of expiriance and throwitinthebin!

So who should that singer be? Here are a few quickie auditions, courtesy of YouTube:

SHAKIRA
Pluses: Established act; powerful voice; considerably hotter than Steven Tyler
Minuses: Considerably hotter an act than Aerosmith

KELLY SWEET
Pluses: Precise pipes; again with the attractiveness
Minuses: Aerosmith fans aren't really the contemplative-walk-on-the-beach types

It Sucks, but in a Good Way: Roomba Pac-Man

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:30:44 -0500

YET ANOTHER REASON why geeks are ultimately very, very cool.

Marketing Warmth: The Weezer Snuggie

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:49:33 -0500

SING IT WITH ME: If you want to destroooooooy my Snuuuuuugggggiiiiieeeee ...

Fighting Words: When Fists Fly at The Washington Post

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:36:48 -0500

GENE WEINGARTEN has a lithe, lively take on the fisticuffs that erupted Friday in the Washington Post newsroom.

For the record, I'm glad that I'm sitting in a part of the building where the biggest threat to my health is a colleague's yummy pumpkin cookies.

Al Roker's Ewok Adventure

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:35 -0500

MOONWALKING IS apparently a sign that an Ewok is feeling, um, amorous.