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Internet Media

All Your Base Are Belong to Us!

aybabtu.pngFor some reason I was reminded of this video, must have spotted a reference to it again. It’s one of those internet phenomena, virally transmitted throughout cyberspace.

For those who’ve never heard of it, it was an opening to a poorly translated Sega Genesis video game from way back in the 80’s. The phrase “All Your Base Are Belong to Us” was picked up as particularly funny and inserted into various still images, thus a video with music was created with the opening of the game and these images. I still find it pretty funny.

I just discovered a new one that’s called Zero Wing Rhapsody, a parody of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody on the Official All Your Base web site.

link iconhttp://allyourbase.planettribes.gamespy.com/index.shtml

link iconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base

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Internet Media Technology

Personalized Internet Radio

On this site, you suggest a favorite song or artist, and it builds a radio station based on the style of music. You can help refine the station to your liking by giving a thumbs up or down to selected music it plays. Very smart.

link iconhttp://pandora.com/

BTW, it’s free.

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Internet Random Thoughts Science

Diet Coke and Mentos guys again

Those guys that put together the Mentos / Diet Coke explosion extravaganza have got another experiment. This time it’s the Domino Effect. Check it out.

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Internet Media

Sesame Street’s Bert poses with Osama bin Laden

Okay, this isn’t a new item, but I saw someone’s avatar of “Evil Bert” that reminded me of this story. As a running joke, a San Francisco artist attempted to prove the muppet Bert was “evil” by inserting him into photographs with notorious people and infamous historical scenes. One of these doctored photos ended up in a Pro bin Laden poster in Bangladesh.

Bert in osama poster

The story detailed
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/bert.htm

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Everyday Things Internet

What’s all the bump about?

For some of these items you may just say, “Well, of course, you didn’t know that!?” Anyway, I just now realized what it means when I see “bump” or “bumpity bump” in a forum post. It’s a simple technique to get a discussion thread posted to the top of the list. Extensive description at the ever-loving Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_%28internet%29

Also lead to the discovery of what a “backronym” is.