If you saw something on Twitter and wanted to copyright it, forget it, ain’t gonna happen, although Facebook somehow managed to patent this which is the equivalent of ANIMAL getting granted one for “blog.”
Apparently, it “doesn’t get much better” than a portrait of the “face that created Facebook.” For $55-$1400 you can have a freshly Fed-Exed print of the awkward Harvardian billionaire (in 2007), previously published by Wired Magazine (in 2007).
Personally, this passport picture blow-up isn’t my cup of tea, as even fridge magnets with faces tend to make me uneasy (stop looking at me, Ziggy Stardust!). I guess if you’re tinkering with some possibly lucrative internet doohickey, Emily Shur’s portrait of Mark Zuckerberg’s unyielding stare could replace the “Hang In There Kitty.” Read more »
Read the NY Observer article for appreciative drooling, Jerry Saltz’ typo-ridden outbursts dubbed as “extraordinary ejaculations,” and idolization of the Web 2.0 medium itself. What are we to glean from this? Being a famous art critic is fun, because you can have as many friends as Facebook limits allow: “It’s exciting to be in this room with 5,000 people,” states Saltz. Read more »
Ha! Here’s another reason why Facebook sucks the ass of a homeless man who’s been wandering the desert for weeks: Facebook was cited in one out of every five recent divorces as a triggering mechanism for the breakdown of a marriage. Let this serve as a warning to all the Facebook-y guys and gals out there…be careful who you poke, because your jealous significant other is watching! |Telegraph|
According to date culled from Google, chicks use Twitter and Facebook considerably more than dudes do. Meanwhile, dudes continue to use Bang Bros. and Brazzers considerably more frequently than chicks (and don’t try to pretend that you aren’t familiar with those websites fellas!). |NY Observer|
Well lookie here…the dandy geniuses at Oxford made their big announcement that everyone’s been anxiously waiting on the edge of their seats for: each year they proclaim one hip, new word as the “word of the year” to be added to their neat little dictionary, and this year the word is “unfriend,” as in “I unfriended my ex-best friend Todd on Facebook after my ex-girlfriend ‘accidentally’ blew him in the back of a Hyundai Elantra in a Walmart parking lot.” So there. |Oxford|
“If it wasn’t for Facebook I’d still be on Rikers Island,” said a Brooklyn teenager who was accused of sticking up two people. Rodney Bradford spent 12 days in jail, but was later released after prosecutors determined that a status update he made to his Facebook page along with multiple eyewitness accounts placed the 19-year-old in front of a computer at his dad’s house, not at the scene of the crime. Social networking for justice! |NYP|
Matt Held Paints Picture of Facebook
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- “Konstantin” Facebook Portrait by Matt Held
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- “Sophie” Facebook Portrait by Matt Held
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- “Jitu” Facebook Portrait by Matt Held
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- “Elis” Facebook Portrait by Matt Held
Next month, artist Matt Held opens his first solo show featuring portraits based on the Facebook profile photos of strangers. Facing a “serious case of painter’s block” last year, Held began the gimmicky series, from which 40 paintings will be displayed at Chelsea’s Denise Bibro Fine Art’s project space. Preview the artist’s work online, or in person from from September 10th through October 3rd. If you like what you see, you can still join the Held’s Facebook group in hopes of having your own face painted.
NYPD cop turned EMT Mark Musarella was fired last month for taking a cell phone photo of a dead woman while responding to a crime scene, then posting it on his Facebook page. Now the 49-year-old necrophotographer is being charged with misdemeanor official misconduct and facing up to a year in prison. |NYP|
Photo: Reuters
Littering the runway: In a fashion show in Cambodia, environmentalists trashed the catwalk, literally, designing outfits and accessories out garbage to raise awareness about environmental problems in the South Asian city.
Facebook bombs out on graffiti wall: This is a pretty weak feature. How many more perversions can this subculture maintain? Come to think of it, plenty!
Wayne Wonder is ‘Foreva’: The legendary reggae dancehall veteran is set to release a new album and it’s got a remake of Thompson Twins 1984 classic “Hold Me Now.”
Wrong punk?: 2007 marks the 29th anniversary of the death of world famous junkie Nancy Spungen. Although Sid Vicious was charged with the crime, some rumors are starting to circulate that the NYPD pinned it on the wrong guy.
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