Derek K. Miller - Penmachine words music comment - Vancouver, Canada

Yacht Rock may be the greatest web TV miniseries ever created. At least in my opinion. And now, almost two years after the final episode, there is a new one, the official episode 11. (P.S. Language not safe for work.)

Smooth. Really smooth.

Labels: humour, music, video, web, youtube

Fake Steve Jobs is supposed to be satire, but sometimes he cuts it so close it hurts:

The big thing to know about the media is that they're not out there "covering stories." The way to think about the media is that it's basically the same as one of those TV soap operas that's been on the air for twenty or thirty years. The story just rolls on, curving and unfurling, no matter who the actors are and no matter who the writers are. The story itself is bigger than the actors or the writers. The filthy hacks at the [Wall Street] Journal are basically no different than the aspiring novelists and screenwriters who take jobs writing for "General Hospital"; they've been hired on to the show for a few years and they're doing their best to keep it entertaining.

On an unrelated but mesmerizing note, if you want to see something roll on beautifully, install the Magnetosphere visualizer plugin for iTunes (via O'Reilly Radar). It's by far the prettiest music visualizer I've seen so far.

Labels: apple, humour, itunes, media

• 10. Zero charge time, infinite talk and standby time.
• 11. Impossible to lose or misplace.
•  9. Built bicep strength with prolonged use.
•  8. Always perfect reception within its coverage area (the kitchen).
•  7. You could dial it while holding the receiver to your ear.
•  6. Distinctive ringtone audible everywhere in the apartment.
•  5. Simple, easy-to-understand rate plan with full carrier subsidy.
•  4. Pleasant and firm tactile feedback for every digit dialed.
•  3. Elegant, timeless design that never went out of style.
•  2. Much more effective for hammering nails and bludgeoning robbers.
•  1. Worked reliably for 27 years without replacement—or even, as far as I know, a single repair.

Labels: apple, family, humour, iphone, linkbait, lists, telecommunications

Labels: csi, csimiami, davidcaruso, humour, jimcarrey, letterman, youtube

"Somewhere near the middle of your T-shirt drawer," writes Adam Rosen in Gelf magazine (via Kottke), "lies dormant a secret weapon so witty, so elusively allusive, or just so damn hip it finds itself swathing your chest on only the most important occasions."

Here's mine. Hey, it got me labeled "hipster" two years ago by people who had no idea who I was at the time. Score!

(Thanks to Bill D. for buying it for me. The orange ones are now collector's items.)

Labels: clothing, ego, humour, northernvoice

New 14 minutes of Spinal Tap!

Labels: band, humour, music, spinaltap