Chatroulette, the popular video conferencing site that has been plagued by penises since its inception has temporarily shut down, but should be back up any minute according to a message on its homepage: “The experiment #1 is over now. Thanks for participating. Renewed and updated version of the website will be launched today.”
Kind of like a Nike iD for weapons and similar to Pedalmafia’s fixed gear generator, pimpmygun.doctornoob.com, is an exquisite time waster that should be enjoyed by rednecks and rappers alike.
Ha! A new website claims that advertising killjoy Glenn Beck is a rapist and a murderer—but they’re just kidding and doing it to make a point. The parody site, Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com, employs the same type of journalistic integrity the Fox newsman does in his scurrilous reporting. Difference is they acknowledge their satire. |SLOG|
An opportunistic estate buyer launched a microsite specifically catering to the cash strapped, gold teeth wearing demographic. Sellyourgoldteeth.com describes how valuable the precious metal is, especially during the economic disaster—shit was selling for between $913 and $926 an ounce just yesterday—and wants to buy your “removable teeth (caps, grills) and gold dental crowns.” According to founder Mark Porcello, it’s “an excellent way to bring in a little extra money for you and your family in these troubled financial times.” Thankfully someone cares. |Luxist|
Here’s what yesterday’s historic inauguration of Barack Obama looked like from above: “This half-meter resolution image of the United States Capitol, Washington D.C. was collected by the GeoEye-1 satellite on Jan. 20, 2009 to commemorate the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The image, taken through high, whispy white clouds, shows the masses of people attending the Inaugural Celebration.” In other words: shit was packed. Download a high res version here. |Shithappens|
The White Sox took advantage of their most high profile fan, President Barack Obama, and the inauguration, recently launching this website with some convenient cliches.
Before: January 2007 (left) and After: December 2008 (right)
World dominator and internet search engine, Google, continues on its data gathering conquest. In addition to making huge strides with their big brothery ‘Street View’ maps, the internet monolith has also been furiously updating Googe Earth for Manhattan, It now includes thousands of photorealistic 3D buildings. Click HERE to see how good the new textures look. |Google Earth Blog|
With a plunging art market and an economy in the shitter, The Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art chose a good time to launch their new protesty website that was “founded in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp,” according to the official press release. Artmuseumtoilet.org features an impressive “collection of images of toilets taken at various art museums from around the world.” Some of the most venerable institutions are included, from the Met to the Kyoto National Museum—which does has some really impressive urinals. But design aesthetics are not the focus, it has more to do with the general assholiness of the art world and pompous museum culture:
At this point it’s safe to assume that society has been thoroughly desensitized: “A 19-year-old Florida teen’s suicide death broadcast Wednesday on Justin.tv was a result of an overdose of opiates and benzodiazepine, the Broward County Medical Examiner & Trauma Services Division said The Pembroke Pines teen, whose death was watched by about 185 people, was pronounced dead about 6 p.m. on Wednesday.” |Wired|
After striking a multi-state deal to make it harder for prostitutes to place sex ads on its “erotic services” section, Craigslist is now being pressured to figure out how to limit the rampant drug solicitation going on. Apparently “ski lift tickets” in the NYC area have nothing to do actual skiing. |NYDN|
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