Everybody loves time-lapse photography—what's the deal with that? The sappy answer would be that it appeals to our desire for immortality, our yearning to see the big picture. The more cynical explanation is that it stimulates our short attention spans; who has time to, like, wait for a flower to bloom? Whatever the reason for its popularity, "One Year in 40 Seconds," a video … [Read more...] about Click of the week
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You've got to love it when a person takes some obscure, arbitrary, awesomely nitpicky thing and makes it his personal cause célèbre. Take, for example, bitchen.com, an amalgamation of intermittently amusing essays, articles and tidbits collected by some dude named Ric Johnson. What makes the site click worthy is its central goal: to change the spelling of the word "bitchin'," … [Read more...] about Click of the week
Click of the week
Earnest devotion is an almost too-easy target for mockery. But, as with all satire, the right delivery can still make it funny as hell. Enter The Onion, “America’s Finest News Source,” and their post-election parody news piece titled “Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters to Realize How Empty Their Lives Are.” The video features footage of young people decked out in head-to-toe … [Read more...] about Click of the week
The Business End
Looks like we’ll have to find someone else to pick on. Maui Land & Pineapple announced this week that CEO David Cole will be stepping down at the end of the year. Cole—who’s gotten his share of flack in this space for accepting $4.1 million in stocks and cash even as his company initiated massive layoffs—will remain on in an advisory role and as the company’s rep on the … [Read more...] about The Business End
Click of the week
Got something to say? Want to say it via the Internet, anonymously, to a total stranger? Well, obviously you’ve got a lot of options. One of the more interesting and unique ones is asdfjkl;.com (that’s the seven letters and one punctuation mark you rest your fingers on while typing). The site is nondescript—a dark background with white text inviting you to fire a missive into … [Read more...] about Click of the week