MeOUCH!

This meme was called Bonsai Kittens. It started off with some pictures that some IT kid made from MIT. The pictures showed a kitten being crammed into a glass jar. The final image was then photoshopped to look like the kitten was bottled and had taken the shape of the jar. It was all a hoax of course. The idea actually came from the practice of growing watermelons in boxes so that they take the shape of a square when they are done. I actually thought the picture of this was cooler than the kittens in the jars, which are fake.
Naturally though the animal rights people started calling. A number of them I'm sure thought this was all real, and even if they didn't they were still pissed. The FBI eventually came in to investigate the Creator of the meme. It seems OL' Bill Clinton had passed a law that said any form or threat of animal cruelty would be a federal matter. Check the pictures out. Enjoy

I've got a Green Thumb,
Dustin Jack

Play that Funky Music Mario!

So there are these self made videos out there of Super Mario World levels being played. There is a twist however. They are called Automatic Mario videos where fans have created their own levels using some kind of emulator technology. Mario is basically whipping through these crazy levels just barley avoiding dying. The videos are set to all kinds of crazy music. The music for the first video matches the sound effects from the game. In fact the creator of this fist video matched a Mario level to a song that's over 11 minutes. To each his own I guess.
To say the least though they are entertaining as hell. Well at least up till the first 5 minutes. 11 minutes is a bit long. But I do thing its worth checking out. I guess they hit the scene in 2007 and peaked around 2008 according to knowyourmeme.com.
I inserted the video below (finally figured out how). Take a look or hit up the link to see a bunch more.

Power Up Gamers,

Dustin Jack

Like happy birthday man...

So in February this dude posts a picture of his dog (Riley) sitting at a table with a dog birthday cake. The dog is a white poodle type dog mixed with something else. Anyway the dog looks pretty nutz. Its eyes are like slits and really look human. Its actually kind of creepy, but what made it famous was the fact that the dog looked stone. His buddy saw his picture on facebook and uploaded it to a site called Reddit where you can commented on things like posted pictures. It was a huge hit and generated over 700 posts instantly. Below is what a few people were saying...

ajprax: Looks really baked.
Shaper_pmp: I suspect his paws are huuuuuuuuge.
Majupra: “Duuude. This cake is so… … …duuude.”
AnnArchist: he got high as fuck
skizmo: How high is that ?
texpundit: Exactly one fuck high.

The owner of the dog, Maureen Ravelo, actually went onto the Today Show to set the record straight and stated that the dog was actually not high. As you can imagine, everybody soon after that started photoshoping the crap out of it. Check out the link

You can have ur cake and eat it too,
Dustin Jack

Tear A Rug Lil Man.

I actually saw this video on some tv comedy show a while back. I didn't know it had become such a huge hit on-line. Basically the store is that there is this little Indian actor named Thavakalai, or also known affectionately as "King Kong". The actor is a breaking dancing to Madonna's 1983 hit "Holiday". The script goes as such:

Mother: Hey, hey. What’s with the party early in the morning. Everyone go away, shoo, shoo. (Speaking to Rajinikanth, who’s lying on the cot) Why not take some rest, dear.
Rajinikanth: OK, Mom (lights up a cigarette as she walks away).
Thavakalai: Dude, give me a cigarette.
Rajinikanth: Hey! Kids shouldn’t smoke.
Thavakalai: Buddy, I’m ten years older than you. Give it to me I say.
Rajinikanth: And if I don’t?
Thavakalai: I’ll skin you alive.
Rajinikanth: Here you go.

The video itself is great and hilarious. Its kinda odd as well. As you can image a bunch of people made spoofs about it as well which are all pretty good. Check out the link, and watch the original. If you scroll down you can catch the one by SNL.

Put your dancing shoes on,

Dustin Jack

What up Snicks.

The meme I did today is another photoshop born meme. Its the SnookiShip 2010. The actualy images people make arn't really all that exciting in themselves. But the idea behind Snooki is. Snooki was member from MTVs Jersey Shore. If you had a television this winter chances are you know at least half of the cast. The show is about a group of young east coast Italian Americans who move into a beach house on the Jersey Shore. They live there for a summer and basically talk about what it means to be a "guido" and party their asses off.
One memeber in particular became the most popular. Her name was Snooki. She was a short overly tan girl who had a really interesting outlook on life. She often was over emotional and was just looking for a guy to make out with. She was also punched in the face by a frat guy in one episode (note: I don't condone that). But the point is she really blew up in the popular culuture after that. Thats what inspired people to start photoshopping her in all kinds of crazy pictures. Anyway the point is, the reign of Snooki isn't over yet.

Dustin Jack

Yo Homes, You Cool?

This has also been a popular meme as it has appeared on the home page for a long time. Its called playing dead. The origin started in Korea mostly. The idea was to take pictures of yourself playing dead or pretending to be dead. I guess it started in a manga comic book where a little boy would play dead when his mother got home.

Anyway this was a big deal online in Asia in 2003. In fact they seem to be much better at doing it then most westerners. Which apparently is cool? There are alot of pictures out there with people acting dead. A lot just look like people sleeping but some are pretty convincing. Its kind of a morbid thing to do though. I don't really see the point in it, unless your using it in films. Maybe its a cultural thing or an artistic expression, who knows man. But chances are you won't find me playing opossum anytime soon. I tried posting a few pics but the blogger site is getting hairy. Check out the link

Word Up,
Dustin Jack

Bombs Away!

The meme this time is really something that has been happenng since the dawn of the photograph. Its called photo "bombing". Basically its when somebody sneaks into your picture, either in the front or back, and ruins it with a stupid pose or face. It could also just be the fact that they are in it at all. From a neutral point, a photo bomber can be funny as hell. The link to the site shows tons of pictures with people "bombing" photos.
People can also bomb videos. This happens all the time on the news. People are always running into interviews and doing bogus stuff. It also happens with award shoes apprently. Take for instance Kanye when he butted in on T-Swift. It also happened when some crazy lady butted in on a directors oscar these past academy awards.
Below I posted a few bombed photos. If your looking for some videos check out the link. Note the first photo though. Dude looks just like Chevy Chase and that looks a lot like John Belushi in the background. Who knows.

Dustin Jack

Two thumbs up.

So some guy apparently from Wisconsin was in a few photos taken with girls in their underwear dancing. Im not gonna post the picture, but basically the guy was drinking with some friends downtown and things got alittle wild. He gets into this pose where he is giving two thumbs up in approval of these girls. Somehow the pictures got posted a meme website and this guy became the target of photoshopers. People started using his thumbs up pose and labeling him the "approval guy". They put him in a bunch of pictures where some sort of crazy thing is happenin in the background. Alot of people tried to figure out who he really was but he wanted to remain anoymous. Instead he wrote into a few websites dishing the background on the pictures.


Approve That.
Dustin Jack

Show some love for the Red Heads.

There is a meme out there right now about red headed people not having souls. The whole thing started with a South Park Episode (go figure) that stated that people with red hair had no souls. I guess from there things got kinda out of hand and people started getting picked on at school.
One "ginger" out there deceided to make a video response to it. Its very hardcore. The kid is 18 yrs old and pissed. He talks about how he is a Christian and only God knows whether or not people have a soul. He says people pick on him at school constantly and he isn't gonna take it anymore. Its pretty admirable, but I mean what do you think is gonn happen when you post that? People are gonna screw with it man. A bunch of people did remixes to it, and I think South Park even made a cartoon version of it. Alot or raps and what not were made. Some of them are pretty good, but Poor Kid right.
The link below will take you to the main page where you can check em all out.

Dig That,

Dustin Jack

100 hour challenge.

We recently did a 100 hr challenge for the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship program out of UW-Madison. The point of the project was to show up at this swap shop and pick up $15 worth of junk essentially. You could really find anything there. Our group ended up picking up some metal pipe, charcoal, a glass bowl, and some filters. Naturally we decided the best thing to do was make a water filter. This idea kind of came to us after the recent tragedy in Haiti where a lot of people were going with out fresh water. Our group created a website, video, and a facebook page.
The members of my group from Spencer's class were Steve, Disco, Rose, Kyle, Travis, and Myself. There is a link to our website below.



Dustin Jack

Are you a bad enough DUDE?!

So I came across those old screen shot on known your meme. Its the original B.A. himself Duke Nukem asking if your a "bad" enough dude to save Ronnie. Ronnie being the President at the time, Ronald Reagan. From there it was taken into the on-line culture and embraced as something macho. As usual people started shopping the screen shot and started coming up with all sorts of catches phrases. Alot of them revolve around tech lingo. For example, one of the images asked if your a bad enough dude to break through seven proxies.

People also started incorporating other characters in like Yoda and spider man. I suppose the word "Bad" was pretty cool back in the day considering the game came out in 1988. I guess it would be like a new game today asking if you had enough "swag" to save the day. Who knows. All I know is that I am a bad enough dude. Ya dig?

Dustin Jack

Cinnamon Snot

Some new featurettes showed up on know your meme since I last posted. I clicked on the first one called the "Cinnamon Challenge". Basically the point is to eat a tablespoon of cinnamon and try to keep it down. It all started back around 2001 on-line. God knows how long ago somebody tried it somewhere else.
It sounds like it could be easy right? All you have to do is kinda grind it out and turn it into mush and force it down right? Well I guess that's not how the cookie crumbled. Word is A LOT of people have tried this and there is an uber amount of videos out there on-line. Few have apparently been able to succeed. Most of the attempts start fine but people start to choke and the cinnamon turns into a like smoke and starts coming outta your nose. People usually start to cough and this big mushroom cloud of cinnamon comes out. Its pretty good stuff.
So if you're in for a jack ass challenge try this one. I'm sure you all have a few friends who are willing to drink a few brewskis and give er the ol' college try.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-cinnamon-challenge

Stay Classy Whitewater

Dustin Jack

Rollar Coaster Chess Baby

So I clicked on an article from the know your meme website homepage. It dealt with playing chess on a roller coaster. Seems crazy but most people are in some way shape or form. The idea is to grab a chess board and glue down the pieces. From there you sneak your board onto the ride some how (which is impressive in its own right). Then you pretend to play chess while you pass the camera that takes your picture. Its really a clever thing to do. People started sneaking all sorts of games on to rides and taking these snap shops. It would be interesting to see what people will do next. Ride naked, jump, who knows.

The picture in the blog is said to be the original one. It looks like its on some kind of splash mountain type ride. I guess there's always some kinda thrill in being the first to do anything.

Stay strong roller coaster chess players because life is just one big roller coaster.

Dustin Jack

Game Trailer TV gives us the Word Up.

To start off, the episode is masterfully done. Its very clean and very professional. Not to mention the fact that all the graphics are also very clean. The sound quality is outstanding. My favorite part is the fact that it shows tons of screen shots and game shorts. The amount of visual content really keeps you interested. The breaks are well spaced too. I just think the whole thing was really tastefully down.

Some of the games that stood out to me was the first cowboy western game by rockstar. I like the fact that its like GTA but in a western setting. I also liked that game called Heavy Rain (I think). Its almost like watching a cop thriller on the big screen but being able to play as a the character. Halo reach also looked fantastic, though I dont have an x-box the story line behind the whole series is great and really never ending.

The game I would have to say caught me the most was Super Street Fight IV. I'm a big sucker for the old school fighting arcade games and Street Fighter is my fav. I don't have alot of games for my ps3 but I Street Fighter IV was my first buy. The new characters look to add a whole new mix to the game as well as the the new unique attacks and combos. I hope they continue the story line they are building up too. I don't ever buy too many video games but I'll have to snag the new fighter when it comes out.

Do Work.

Joseph Ducreux Protects His Rep

I saw this link on know your meme for a while so I decided to check it out. A French artist named Joseph Ducreux was a kind of off-beat painter for his time and painted himself in a kind of thuggish manner. The painting is a picture of him chilling with a hat and a cane and pointing at you while seemingly slipping you a wink. It just looks really out of place for a painting of that time, but honestly its great. People started putting rap lyrics on the portrait that kind bash women (which I don't agree with, easy) or anything else that you think he might be thinking. There's hundreds of renditions of the painting all over the web. I just love the fact that the dude looks so chill for somebody coming from that time period. You would expect him to look like a typical French stiff with a powder wig and make up, but this guy is just ready to party. The link is at the bottom.

The Cookie Monster gets Famous

I recently just visited "know your meme" for the first time. The first video that popped up was an on-line episode from the KYM staff. It dealt with something called "om nom nom nom". Anyway I clicked on it and found it it was some slang used over the internet to make it seem like your were eating. Prolly something like the "woot" thing that's out there.

Turns out this om nom nom nom originated from the cookie monster. Yeah, the cookie monster. The big blue monster thing that eats al ot of cookies from sesame street. Hangs with big bird? Yeah you know the dude. The episode said he did it for the first time way back in like the 60s. Even did it for IBM in 67'.

Today its become a sort of fab to the om nom nom nom phrase. It translated to something like, "I'm about to eat this now" or "I'm eating right now". Doesn't really do it for me, but to each is his own. The link is somewhere connected to this thing.



Word Up Ya'll.

Dustin Jack

Ray Kurzweil

Well off the bat the man seemed very professional. Seemed like he was the type of person ready to jump into a full on debate about the state of the economy or our black president. That was not the case obviously.

His theories are very interesting. His mind is way out there. I mean the idea that nanobots would control your body within 20 years is a little crazy. You usually only see things like that on the sci-fi channel or on Star Trek. His ideas on how this will come to be almost mimic the Terminator movies. They compare in the ideas that we will have these drastic breakthrough in technology that will ultimately give this technology a "mind" of its own.

One thing that he did do however was back up his claims. I'm no scientist and can't confirm or deny any of his arguments but the man didn't put anything out their without some strong arguments to back it up. The thing that got me the most was the virtual reality. They idea that we could enter a cyber world through control over brain activity is pretty cool. It’s also a little bit scary to put your mind in the hands of a computer.

As far as his University goes, it’s a start. If he really wants people to buy into his idea globally, getting Google to back him up is a step in the right direction. Google has virtually become an empire on the web. No one other company can even come close to the break throughs they’re pushing out. With them backing him it would really add a lot of fuel to the fire.

As far as if I really believe all this is going to happen, not really. I do believe that someday we could get to this level but I don't think technology will progress as rapidly as he believes. I think the nanobot idea could come around within 100 years more likely, versus 20.

Dustin Jack