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A Few of My Favorite Things Redux

snipe — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:43:12 +0000

While I find websites every day that make me laugh, there are a few that always seem to deliver. Some of the are older, some are newer, but I love and cherish every one of them and would hug each of their creators for making my world better through their sarcasm and pointing out other people’s flaws.

People who follow me on Twitter or are friends on Facebook often ask me “where the hell do you find this stuff??” At the risk of giving away all of my secrets, I’m sharing the sources of all of teh funny with you. I recommend avoiding all of these links if you ever want to be productive at work ever again.

Note: This blog post was originally published on January 19, 2009, but I’m republishing it with lots of new additions. Enjoy!

Awesomely Geeky

Doctor Fun – when I first stumbled across this comic strip, I was simply blown away. Dave, the genius behind Doctor Fun, seems to have a bizarre fixation with Cthulhu, squirrels and marshmallow peeps, but let’s not hold that against him. This strip is perfect for anyone with a background in biology, computers, and general geekiness. I’d say he reminds me of Gary Larson, but that seems to be a kiss of death for comic strip artists. Doctor Fun is no longer in production (which breaks my freaking heart) but there are years of awesomeness you can browse through available in the Ibiblio archives.

Bash.Org – Database of funny and embarrassing quotes from IRC. This site has been around for ages, but they’re still adding new ones every few weeks. The RSS isn’t official, but does a web scrape to deliver the newest quotes to your feed reader, available here. Or follow @bashquote on twitter.

Penny Arcade [rss] – Honestly, if you haven’t heard of this comic, you have no right calling yourself a geek – but I have to include it for the sake of completeness. Funny, totally nerdy, sometimes mean – one of my favorites, and its thanks to Penny Arcade that I first started listening to Jonathan Coulton.

xkcd [rss] – Supremely geeky, sometimes sad, sometimes sweet, xkcd has to be one of the smartest comics out there. I own the “sudo make me a sandwich” shirt, and the people who get it, love it. The rest can sod off. This comic resonates with computer geeks, math nerds, physics brains, and code poets alike. Follow @XKCDrss on Twitter.

Diesel Sweeties [rss] – a pixelated paradise of nerdiness, complete with human-hating robots, a talking toaster and self-doubt. Follow creator @rstevens on Twitter.

Userfriendly [rss] – Sysadmin/Programmer/Cthulhu humor. Absolutely outstanding, however since these guys are sysadmins and not web developers, their RSS feed kinda blows, as it doesn’t show any actual content.

The Daily WTF [rss] – Funny error messages, spaghetti code and software development stories from the IT industry. Follow @DailyWTF on Twitter.

Noobz! [rss] – If you play MMORPGs, you won’t want to miss this weekly gem.

IrregularWebComic [rss] – Think Robot Chicken in web comic form, using LEGOs.

Stupid monsters someone was paid to make = the best job ever - from headinjurytheater.com, this is a collection of some of the dumbest and hilariously funny Dungeons & Dragons monsters ever created. The commentary is perfection in print.

For everyone else

I Can Has Cheezeburger [rss] – Not a new site by any means, but I love it.

FailBlog [rss]

Amazingly epic fails found in the wild and delivered daily. Follow @FailBlog on Twitter.

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks [rss]

This is a major pet peeve of mine, so I find this blog hilarious.

Cake Wrecks [rss]

Fantastically awful birthday and wedding cakes. (It’s much funnier than it sounds, I promise.) Follow @CakeWrecks on Twitter.

Passive Aggressive Notes [rss]

Fantastically weird and insane passive-aggressive (and sometimes just aggressive) notes left for friends, family, dorm-mates, co-workers or total strangers. Follow @PANotes on Twitter.

ThereIFixedIt [rss]

Blog of epic kludges and jury-rigs. Do you believe duct-tape fixes everything? Take a picture – your handiwork probably belongs here. Follow @thereifixedit on Twitter.

AwkwardFamilyPhotos [rss]

Blog of, well, awkward family photos. I have a few I could submit myself, but I’d rather save myself the embarassment and pretend I come from a normal, well-adjusted family.

AvoidThisJob.Com [rss]

Hilarious blog of bizarre and sometimes creepy job postings. Follow @AvoidThisJob on Twitter. Incidentally, the above posting was highlighted on the Angry Mac Bastard podcast by yours truly in August.

EmailsFromCrazyPeople.Com [rss]

I’m pretty sure my mom is a ghost writer for some of these emails. Fortunately, not the one above. I don’t think. If you’re not sure what a Fleshlight is, click here. But don’t say we didn’t warn you.

NotAlwaysRight.Com [rss]

Customer service experiences from hell.

Regretsy [rss]

Hand-curated collection of bizarre and often frightening things for sale on Etsy.Com. My favorite is the vagina category. Because there apparently a need for a vagina category.

PictureIsUnrelated.Com [rss]

Blog of utterly inexplicable photographs. I would have to assure there are explanations for all of these, but I’ll be damned if I know what they are. This one came from the comments, and I’m so glad it did. Thanks, Marc Brooks

Foamy the Squirrel – Although this technically isn’t particularly geeky, and it technically isn’t a web comic, since they are Flash Animations, EVERYONE should know about the wonder that is Foamy. Go there now – you’ll never be the same.

Cyanide & Happiness [rss] – bizarre, often naughty web comic

419 Eater

Fabulous collection of Nigerian email scams and the people who fight them. My all-time favorite from their list is Phil Mycrackin with Semen. It’s long, but totally and completely worth the read.

The Hasselhoff Calendar: Our Gift to You

While a David Hasselhoff calendar is funny enough in its own right, the author of this post goes through month by month with fantastic commentary, turning it into comedy gold. I play a joke on a friend of mine who works in animal welfare. We frequently send each other PDFs of new laws, reports, etc – and every few months, I send him an email with the subject “Urgent! Need your help!” or some such thing. I change the file name and attach a copy of this calendar, tricking him into opening it on the premise of it being some urgent animal welfare matter. The joke has been running for years now and never fails to amuse. Incidentally, the PDF is available at the link.

Videos that always make me laugh or smile

There are some things on YouTube that make me laugh every single time I watch them, no matter how many times I’ve seen them before.

Habanera from Carmen, performed by the Swedish Chef and Beaker – This is one of my favorite things in the whole, wide world. The mp3 is available here, in case you want to use it as a ringtone.

Video for ‘Coder Girl’ by Dale Chase – My adoration of Dale is no secret, but this was a favorite even before I got to know him and what an awesome guy he is. (PS – download his album Absodefilutely from Amazon MP3 – its less than $6 and totally worth it!)

Skill vs Gear – Herring Seeks Your Life – Mutilate Rogue PVP – As a big Warcraft nerd, I love this video. Watch a guy dual-wielding fish, wearing only a tuxedo shirt, kick the crap out of everyone to the tune of the Ratatat remix of Biggie’s “Party and Bullshit”. Epic.

High-Kick Girl - video of a Japanese girl kicking some dude in the head.

Clitter! – Infauxmercial for Clitter, the feminine product that turns your labia into a YAY-bia!

Slow Loris Loves Getting Tickled – So cute, I think I get diabetes every time I watch it.

Those are some of my favorite things on teh intarwebs – what are yours? Let me know in the comments.

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If Chuck Norris Had Designed Linux…

snipe — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:00:57 +0000

What started as an off-handed comment on Twitter quickly turned into a meme that had tons of people involved. It all started with “If Chuck Norris designed Linux…”. Hours of hilarity (and a good bit of tweet stream flooding) soon ensued.

This is how it all started. One single tweet:

snipeyhead: I have decided that the only thing that would make Linux more stable, reliable and awesome is if it were written by chuck norris

And, it went pretty much downhill from there. This is yet another time when the cleverness of the people who choose to follow me impresses the hell out of me and makes me laugh my ass off. I’ve included links to their Twitter accounts with their tweets, so you can follow them and marvel at their wit too.

I’ve tried my best to backtrack all of them to include them, but I may have missed a few. The tweets were flying by pretty quickly. It actually reminded me a lot of the #giantblueglowingcock meme from a few months back. I don’t usually get into the Chuck Norris jokes and memes, but the geek flavor kept this one going for a while.

Also please note that I am aware that there are some semantic issues with the tweets. Nobody “writes” Linux, etc. We only have 140 characters, so cut a little slack. We called this fictional version of Chuck Norris Linux ‘Chux’.

My favs are in bold

snipeyhead: And IF Linux were written by chuck norris, it would already have CP/IP (Cockpunch Internet Protocol) built in
brlittle: Chuck Norris does not need to punch anyone in the cock. He simply forces them to cockpunch themselves by sheer force of will.
jamiecalder: And it wouldn’t have a keyboard or mouse you couldn’t control it, it would control you.
snipeyhead @brlittle true, but he would build in the cp/ip for the rest if us
Michael_Moore: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux it would be called Chux and you would literally need to boot it.
davidcoallier: Actually…. if Chuck Norris wrote Linux, you couldn’t boot it, it would boot you.
philipdavidg: You don’t boot Chux, it boots you.
davidcoallier: see there.. “would boot you” –> woo boo tyou –> woo boon two –> Ubuntu
brlittle: To demonstrate his own manliness, Chuck Norris runs Cockpunch over IP on loopback.
jamiecalder: Chuck Norris would never be able to finish writing Linux. Mr. T would beta test it and pity him into quitting.
lkoutzas: if Chuck wrote Linux all developers would be to scared to write code cause of what it would do to you if it had a bug
brlittle: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, it would manage your windows by throwing your files through them.
snipeyhead: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, the only mantouch command would be the one that curbstomps you for needing a manual in the 1st place
This1GoesTo8: Chux doesn’t get viruses, but there is a .jpg of him ready to attack on /, just in case. It also acts as a firewall.
hubbit: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, there would be no man pages. Figure it out on your own, wuss.
brlittle: A Linux designed by Chuck Norris would require no backups, as it would be too scared of Chuck to fail.
david973: And Chuck can’t be a PC *or* a Mac. Because he’s always in CTRL, there is no ALT, and he takes no Commands.
brlittle: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, it wouldn’t use CUPS. Chuck’s nuts are rock hard. He has no need for CUPS.
brlittle: Chux would not feature voice recognition. Instead it would feature “throaty, masculine growl” recognition.
brlittle: In Chux, the only superuser would be Chuck himself. Fuck the rest of you
david973: The Chuckputer requires no input. Code assembles itself out of fear and it is powered by his own rage.
This1GoesTo8: Never, EVER type #!/bin/bash in Chux. Trust me on this one.
aellison: Chuck Norris Linux would be written on punch cards.
chickieleighc: @snipeyhead You have the most awesome followers. THIS is why twitter was invented
wcgallego: In chux, if you run “man paste”, it will impregnate you. Dudes too.
brlittle: Chux does not include a finger command. Chuck has no need for foreplay.
brlittle: Chuck’s personal favorite Chux command? “killall”.
brlittle: Typing “man man” in Chux will garner an instant cockpunch.
netmeg: would Chuck have a Kung Fu Grep?
snipeyhead: CPUs run faster to get away from Chuck Norris
snipeyhead: If Chuck Norris wrote linux, the kernel would always be panicking.
snipeyhead: When Chuck Norris throws exceptions, it’s across the room.
snipeyhead: Chuck Norris doesn’t need garbage collection because he doesn’t call .Dispose(), he calls .DropKick().
snipeyhead: Chuck Norris doesn’t do Burn Down charts, he does Smack Down charts.
brlittle: Chux commands accept no arguments.
snipeyhead: All Chux-based browsers support the hex definitions #chuck and #norris for the colors black and blue
snipeyhead: Chux doesn’t have disk latency because the hard drive knows to hurry the hell up.
brlittle: Chux uses custom biometric credentials for each user: Only beardprints or fist indentations are accepted.
davidcoallier: Chux need no antivirus… viruses need anti-chux
snipeyhead: Chuck Norris stared down XMMS and it synced his iPod.
snipeyhead: Chuck Norris can play 3D games in his head by interpreting the source code in real-time.
snipeyhead: Chux has no dependencies.
snipeyhead: Chuck Norris does not use the GCC, he *writes* binaries.
wendelldotme: Chux doesn’t use ‘sudo’, it uses ‘judo’ (or ‘kung fudo’?)
davidcoallier: The only reason why Twitter doesn’t crash when we talk about Chux is because he allows it.
brlittle: Chux does not connect to servers. Servers meekly beg permission to connect to Chux.
mattonrails: “If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, the kernel would always be panicking” < < Wonder if our hosting SLA mentions “Acts of Chuck”
wendelldotme: Chuck Norris binary: you’re either with him, or null.
This1GoesTo8: Web pages on a Chux server are handled perfectly by IE6. No one dares question why.
wendelldotme: Chux not only works with Apache, it works to take back its land. In Chux, mySql is HISSql.
brundlefly: With Chux, “sudo” is assumed.
wendelldotme: Chux turns spam into bacon!
wendelldotme: Chux never really runs, it always stands and fights.
davidcoallier: Chux cronjobs run whenever they decide to run!
brlittle: Linux uses ping. Chux uses thump.
wcgallego: In Chux, you can’t find out what processes are currently running, because you will never “top” Chux
david973: Streams get edited in Chux because he SED so.
wendelldotme: Regardless of size, ALL computers running Chux are Supercomputers
mattonrails: ‘chmod +wtr ‘ = Walker, Texas Ranger. Coincidence?
mattonrails: Chuck Norris put the “ch” in “chmod” to remind us that he owns EVERYTHING.
brlittle: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, your email client would fold, spindle *and* mutilate your mail before delivering it.
graphikjunkie: when Chuck Norris types ‘sudo’ he automatically becomes superuser for every Linux server in existence.
Michael_Moore: Chux would respond to the smell of fear and gladiator sweat.
dracul01: #! is the last thing you remember hearing after booting up Chux, because of the Round House Kick start bootloader.
mtlb: Chuck Norris Linux would also only have one version. There would not be a version 7.1
brlittle: In Chux, there are three versions of python: Left, right and center.
ChurchHTucker: Chux won’t let you put anything in stdout…
davidcoallier: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux… there wouldn’t be PC vs Mac fights
pmbuko: Chux is case insensitive because sensitivity is weak.
brlittle: Chux can divide by zero.
iamPariah: If Chuck Norris wrote linux, the kernel would be a four-star general.
brlittle: Chux includes no Web browser. Chux holds the entire contents of the Internet in memory at all times.
jamiecalder: When Chick Norris encounters a kernel panic, it instantly gets demoted to cadet status.
brlittle: Bus speeds are irrelevant to Chux machines, as Chuck never takes the bus. Chux uses monster truck speeds.
andrenascentes: if you create a class named Chuck Norris, when you call it, you’ll have an stack overflow
brlittle: Chux provides no “sleep” command. Only “wait.” < — Cheap, but I like it.
pmbuko: In Chux, /dev/null is replaced by /dev/roundhouse.
wendelldotme: Chux supports no languages because Chuck Norris is a fighter, not a talker…
xzqx: If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, ‘kill’ would only accept one argument: -9. SIGINT? Please.
databyss: Chux has no daemons… they’re too scared to be around him.
This1GoesTo8: A Chux firewall consists of a .jpg of his icy stare. The paradox alone has driven many insane.
brlittle: Never play Minesweeper on a Chux machine. If you lose, it’ll be the last time.
brlittle: Curiously, the only game that ships with Chux is Solitaire. Turns out Chuck enjoy an nice, relaxing game of Klondike.
wendelldotme: Chux fills all available memory… with pain.
brlittle: There is no server version of Chux. Chuck serves no one.
wendelldotme: Chux uses windows… to kick its opponents through…
This1GoesTo8: I run Chux because CarradineOS kept hanging. #toosoon

I think that’s most of them If you were in on the fun, I hope it brought you a chuckle or two. Have you own insight on Chux? Leave ‘em in the comments

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More on Haiku (or Moron Haiku?)

snipe — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:11:24 +0000

So I’ve been on a bit of a haiku-kick lately, and decided to do something about it. The recent obsession started, I think, with my commute.

I commute 4.5 hours a day every day to work, round trip, and it’s really quite miserable. I can handle the drive to the bus station, I can handle the subway once I get into the city, but the bus ride itself can often be infuriating.

I don’t have many rules for my fellow passengers – only two really. Don’t touch me, and be quiet.

Don’t touch me means that I don’t want to feel your overstuffed wallet digging into my thigh. It means that I know your testicles are not so huge that that you have to spread your legs all the way apart when you sit down, causing your leg to touch mine. It means I don’t want to feel the heat from your arm on my arm, and I certainly don’t want to feel your arm hair touching my arm hair. Don’t. Fucking. Touch. Me.

Be quiet means that if you’re going to use your cellphone, please do so quietly with respect for the fact that most people on the bus try to sleep. That also means that if you’re going to wear headphones, please invest in a pair that don’t suck, so I don’t have to hear your shitty music.

I’d add rules like “Please try bathing once in a while”, and “Please do not drown yourself in enough perfume to make you stink like a French whore”, but considering the fact that the first few rules seem so impossible for people to follow, I think that might be pushing it.

Anyway, one of the ways I keep myself sane on the commute home, particularly if I’m stuck next to someone who is touching me, won’t shut up, smells bad, or some combination of the above, is to vent my frustrations on Twitter. Anyone who has followed me on Twitter for any amount of time has been witness to the torrent of furious tweeting that occurs when I’m sitting next to someone particularly awful.

I don’t know most of my fellow passenger’s names, so I make them up based on distinguishing characteristics. Some of you may have heard tales of Ethyl McChedderSnatch, an older woman who often sits next to me and who smells a bit like Clorox bleach and moldy Gouda. She’s a large woman, and she spills over into my seat, thus violating my first rule, and the fact that she smells bad only compounds the experience.

So one day at work, I decided that, to amuse myself, I would try to speak only in haiku to my cow-orkers. I like where I work, despite the fact that the vast majority of the people I work with are marketing people, not techs – but I thought it would be fun to try anyway. It started simply with a tweet:

For today only
I speak only in haiku
Frustrate co-workers

My cow-orkers didn’t have nearly as much fun with it as I did, but it sparked some fun haiku entries on Twitter.

I had been collecting geek haiku for a while, and was surprised to see that the domain name geekhaiku.com was available. Simultaneously, it occurred to me that my cranky haiku were actually helping alleviate my stress. Twittering my anger and frustration was helpful, but somehow the act of thinking about it, and making it fit within the 5-7-5 format of a haiku was even more cathartic. For me, it turned a source of frustration into something fun that had the added bonus of making other people laugh – something that always makes me feel better and less stressed.

I enjoy seeing the responses from people, and knowing that I’ve been able to make my Twitter followers laugh. It’s my way of turning something miserable into something… well, less miserable.

So that the same time, GeekHaiku.Com and CrankyHaiku.Com were born. We’ve gotten some great submissions so far, and I’m excited to see where they both go.

GeekHaiku.com is (obviously) for geeky, often computer/gaming related haiku. Some of my favorites so far:

Inbox Zero
Oh InboxZero
The unattainable goal
Not getting things done

Gmail spam filters
Gmail spam filters
At one time you ruled email
now are made of fail

My Tiny Mage Friend
My tiny mage friend
Nougat-filled aggro-magnet
I wait by your corpse

Fabulously, ThinkGeek is holding monthly geek haiku contests, where the winning entry wins $50! Click here to learn more. I ended up ‘nicking a few of my favs from there and adding them to GeekHaiku.Com, just so I had them in the collection. They’re awesome. (And by the way, if you submit a haiku to GeekHaiku.Com, you’re welcome to submit it to ThinkGeek. I don’t know if they have a policy against it, but I certainly leave the author’s original copyright on their work and have no intention of claiming it.)

While there are some overlaps, as many things geeky also make me cranky, CrankyHaiku.Com is geared at non-techs with less-geeky themes. Some of the haiku submitted have been serious, some funny, but hopefully it’s all cathartic and helps the pissed-off poet diffuse a little anger.

Some of my favorites from there:

Dear Paul
Dear Paul, I’m sorry
The three-way didn’t work out
You made me laugh, though.

I could bang my dick
I could bang my dick
on the keyboard for an hour
and make better code

Pricey ivy league
Pricey ivy league
education at Stanford?
Still an idiot.

All day water flows
All day water flows
stupid desktop waterfall
I now have to pee.

You horrible cow
You horrible cow
put down the fucking cellphone
and die in a fire

In the process of finding additional haiku and resources for the sites, I came across from fun stuff you might enjoy. Unsurprisingly, twitter user @geekhaiku has some fantastic gems (which I have rather unceremoniously snagged and added to GeekHaiku.Com). He doesn’t tweet often, but when he does, they’re always quite good. Worth following.

Twitter user @twaiku aims to do something similar to what I’m doing, only they’re looking for serious poetry – actual haiku, as opposed to the bastardized senryū we’re doing – more on that in the final notes though. So if you’re feeling poetic, and would love to share your prose but its neither cranky or geeky, send it over their way to share it with the world.

Final Notes

Haiku is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku,the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. The traditional hokku consisted of a pattern of approximately 5, 7, 5 on. The Japanese word on, meaning “sound”, corresponds to a mora, a phonetic unit similar but not identical to the syllable of a language such as English. (The words onji, (”sound symbol”) or moji (character symbol) are also sometimes used.) A haiku contains a special season word (the kigo) representative of the season in which the renga is set, or a reference to the natural world.

Haiku usually combines three different phrases, with a distinct grammatical break, called kireji, usually placed at the end of either the first five or second seven or last five morae. In Japanese, there are actual kireji words. In English, kireji is often repaced with commas, hyphens, elipses, or implied breaks in the haiku. These elements of the older haiku are considered by many to be essential to haiku as well, although they are not always included by modern writers of Japanese “free-form haiku” and of non-Japanese haiku. Japanese haiku are typically written as a single line, while English language haiku are traditionally separated into three lines.

The haiku here are not technically haiku. They’re more like faux-ku. Besides the 5-7-5 pattern (which doesn’t exactly match our version of 5-7-5, since in Japanese, some sounds count as more than one “on”, or sound unit, but only count as one syllable in English) traditional Japanese haiku will also generally make a metaphoric reference to nature or a season. Unless I’m bitching about commuting in the dead of Winter, most of the haiku there won’t follow the traditional rules.

If they fit into any classification (other than mental diarrhea), it would be most accurate to call these tiny works of art “senryū”, a poem that is written in a similar form and emphasizes irony, satire, humor, and human foibles rather than seasons.

With that said, we extend our apologies to any actual haiku artists that may stumble across this site. We genuinely mean no offense or affront to what you do.

To learn more about real haiku, check out the Wikipedia article. To post your own geeky or cranky haiku, visit CrankyHaiku.Com and GeekHaiku.Com today!

(Please keep in mind that like most things I touch, GeekHaiku.Com and CrankyHaiku.Com are not always safe for work.)

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The… Er… Anatomy of a Twitter Meme

snipe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:44:50 +0000

This is a transcript of the #giantblueglowingcock Twitter meme from March 9, 2009. This meme, started by myself and @brlittle, managed to make the front page of Twitscoop – that is, until they decided it was too naughty and they pulled it.

The meme is, of course, about the movie The Watchmen, since anyone who has seen it knows that Doctor Manhattan spends much of the movie buck naked, and he is anatomically correct. And, he glows.

The premise of the meme is that after @brlittle came up with the preposterous #giantblueglowingcock hashtag (because of some of my off-handed remarks), we turned it into a game, where the object was to take popular ad slogans and replace key words with #giantblueglowingcock. Yes, it was unforgivably juvenile. It was also hilarious.

As you can see at the very bottom, this all started fairly innocently. Or as innocent as anything with the hashtag #giantblueglowingcock can be, anyway.

I’ve included people who were talking about the #giantblueglowingcock hashtag as well, even if they weren’t directly part of the conversation. I’ve tried to link up everyone’s Twitter usernames, in case you want to follow them (or block them?) as a result of what they said here – because even if they weren’t talking directly to us, they helped make #giantblueglowingcock bigger than Obama and stem cell research on Twitscoop, even if just for a few moments.

A few quick notes for the Twitter virgins: a hashtag, shown by a # sign in front of a word, is used to categorize topics of conversation in Twitter. Using the hashtag makes topics easier to search on in Twitter’s search, and in Twitscoop. Twitscoop is a website that displays real-time hashtag results, which lets users see real-time trends in Twitter conversations. They do, however, reserve (and exercise) the right to pull tags from their stats, lest an army of twelve-year-olds start spamming it with the f-bomb. (Unlike here, where an army of middle aged geeks spammed it with a ridiculous, made up naughty word, which is much, much more mature. No srsly. It is.)

Extra props to @brlittle for taking a screenshot before they yanked it. ‘Cuz you know, screenshot or it didn’t happen.

I’m afraid you’ll have to start at the bottom and work your way up – tweets are displayed most recent first, and I didn’t have time to reverse the order of all 15 pages of tweets about it. A few more thoughts at the very bottom.

Enjoy!

#giantblueglowingcock

broudy: Holy smokes. 15 pages of results for #giantblueglowingcock
about 2 hours ago from twhirl

ValerieStevens : @Essex_courier I haven’t seen the Watchmen but I am certainly curious now at seeing a #giantblueglowingcock lol
about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @snipeyhead Ah, OK. You have to leave off the # from #giantblueglowingcock
about 2 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: broudy search.twitter.com for #giantblueglowingcock
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie

snipeyhead: is in the car, trying to describe the full hilarity of the #giantblueglowingcock twitter meme to @lundegaard
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie

brlittle: @GeekParenting Another victim of the #giantblueglowingcock.
about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: Oh. XLNT: AOL .pfc files cannot be moved cross-platform. Eat a bag of #giantblueglowingcock AOL.
about 6 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @gkra Yeah. There’s a direct correlation. Trust me. :/ #giantblueglowingcock
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

gkra: @brlittle wait, so you’ve got a blistered palm, and are tweeting up a storm about #giantblueglowingcock …
about 6 hours ago from twitterrific

brlittle: RT @snipeyhead: @brlittle As am I! Already uploaded the screenies to Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/daqe7c #giantblueglowingcock
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle As am I! Already uploaded the screenies to Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/daqe7c #giantblueglowingcock
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead Yes. Yes I did, and together our little group bluecocked Twitscoop. I’m kinda proud of that. #giantblueglowingcock
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @gkra On Mars, yes. As previously noted. #giantblueglowingcock
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @RickBakas Rick:Thanks. I was just retweeting stuff I found funny. @snipeyhead and I originated the #giantblueglowingcock tag.
about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @snipeyhead You’re welcome, and thank you to all the #giantblueglowingcock participants for making my Monday at home recuperating more fun!
about 8 hours ago from TwitterFox

snipeyhead: @brlittle Bwahaha! @gkra discovered there is a #giantblueglowingcock channel on freenode irc
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

ryleyleckie: Hahaha RT @alUrdun I love the fact that #giantblueglowingcock is trending so strongly on twitter. Watchmen’s great mark on the culture.
about 8 hours ago from Tweetie

snipeyhead: @josefnankivell I blame the #giantblueglowingcock on @brlittle. He started it. Honest!
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

babydad: #giantblueglowingcock think i’m slow to get a joke from an RT, twitterbrain not firing on all cylinders today
about 8 hours ago from TwitterGadget

ChurchHTucker: @brlittle We’ve secretly replaced Helen’s regular coffee with #giantblueglowingcock — Let’s see if she notices.
about 8 hours ago from web

josefnankivell: @snipeyhead There is only one obvious & worrying reason as to why you would you create the hashtag: #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

babydad: I’ve got mine, have you got yours? #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetChat

gkra: @snipeyhead but would the #giantblueglowingcock stand on its own without the movie?
about 8 hours ago from twitterrific

@MargoEve: @snipeyhead Oh don’t kid. The #giantblueglowingcock was the staring role.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @cerebus19 @snipeyhead Whoo… I am all #giantblueglowingcock ‘d out. Thanks, I needed that!
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

RickBakas: @brlittle A hash tag is that ‘#’ symbol in front of #giantblueglowingcock. It helps you search a subject on search.twitter.com
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @justlikeanovel the #giantblueglowingcock was a perk, but the movie would stand alone without it
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

gkra: @snipeyhead I have not seen Watchmen, and hence, #giantblueglowingcock yet.
about 8 hours ago from twitterrific

justlikeanovel: @snipeyhead I keep hearing about this #giantblueglowingcock from Watchmen. That’s one more reason on why I want to see it. #dirty
about 8 hours ago from web

ChurchHTucker: @fitzwillie I’d walk a mile for a #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: One last note before I go…all the TwitSpammers that just picked me up over the last hour can bite my #giantblueglowingcock.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @gkra er… Watchmen #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @gkra Have you seen the Watchment yet? Its…. huge…. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

gkra: @snipeyhead @brlittle why are you both so obsessed with a #giantblueglowingcock?
about 8 hours ago from twitterrific

snipeyhead: @derekobrien Hehe – I seriously haven’t laughed that hard in ages #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @ValerieStevens @jasonbuck we were playing a game b/c of the movie the Watchmen, replacing popular ad taglines with #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from web

derekobrien: Just followed @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy @BinaryKitten – #giantblueglowingcock was too funny not too.
about 8 hours ago from web

snipeyhead: @BinaryKitten LOL!! Thats a horrifying visual #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

@MargoEve: broudy http://twitpic.com/1yhw1 – This just made my #giantblueglowingcock year!
about 8 hours ago from TwitPic

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead I laughed so much, #giantblueglowingcock was coming out of my nose.. urmm i man.. :S.. nvm
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: broudy they went all lorena bobbitt on our #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: How I spent my Monday morning, instead of looking for a job: http://twitpic.com/1yhw1 #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle Its not even showing up anymore – I’m sure they hacked our #giantblueglowingcock right off
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : “Everything We Do is Driven By #giantblueglowingcock.” (Ford)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: @brlittle I think you’re right – #giantblueglowingcock went from HUGE to nothing in seconds
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : “When #giantblueglowingcock absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” (FedEx)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

BinaryKitten : “The #giantblueglowingcock sign means happy motoring.” (Esso)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 OK, last one: Xerox, the #giantblueglowingcock Company.
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “#giantblueglowingcock keeps going, and going and going” (Energizer Betteries)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy One more, just to show my age…Orson Welles: “We will sell no #giantblueglowingcock before its time!”
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle did we already do: #giantblueglowingcock – it takes a licking and keeps on ticking ?
about 8 hours ago from Tweetie

cerebus19: @snipeyhead @brlittle broudy There’s always room for #giantblueglowingcock. (Jell-O)
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy How do you spell relief? #giantblueglowingcock! (Are we repeating these yet?
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy @BinaryKitten Well, there’s our fifteen minutes, shot to hell. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

gchance: @ValerieStevens Go see it in IMAX. #giantblueglowingcock #tinyblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: Hey! #giantblueglowingcock fell off Twitscoop!
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

BinaryKitten : damn #giantblueglowingcock no longer big enough on TwitScoop.com
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

ValerieStevens : Okay just an FYI the hashtag #giantblueglowingcock is a lie I just saw a trailer for the movie and it should be #tinyblueglowingcock lmao
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy Nothing comes between me and my #giantblueglowingcock. (Calvin Klein jeans)
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: RT broudy: @cerebus19 @snipeyhead @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock The best a man can get.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead Yo quiero #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy It takes two hands to hold a #giantblueglowingcock. (Whopper)
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: RT @RickBakas: @ValerieStevens I don’t know what the hash tag is…but now I’m curious #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 Pardon me, do you have any #giantblueglowingcock ?
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Funny name. Serious #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @snipeyhead @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock The best a man can get.
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

MatchesMalone: @steelydaniel Backlash from, 1) confusing story and b) #giantblueglowingcock Buy the Trade Paperback, if still available….
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

somnambulant: hah.. the biggest (see what I did there?) trending topic on TwitScoop is “#giantblueglowingcock“. http://tinyurl.com/cpy4bt
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @cerebus19 oooooh good one! #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy With a name like #giantblueglowingcock, it has to be good.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

JM71: @jasonbuck #giantblueglowingcock – must be a Watchman reference surely?
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

alUrdun: I love the fact that #giantblueglowingcock is trending so strongly on twitter. Watchmen’s great mark on the culture.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Think outside the bun.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy Between love and madness lies #giantblueglowingcock. (Obsession)
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: RT @snipeyhead: Its official – #giantblueglowingcock is bigger than Obama http://www.twitscoop.com/
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “If you find a better #giantblueglowingcock, buy it!” (Chrysler)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

jasonbuck: RT @ValerieStevens Could someone tell me what this hashtag is for or is it a joke #giantblueglowingcock (nuff said – @jasonbuck)
about 8 hours ago from web

mferrier: I’d like to see a Watchmen heat map of where peoples’ eyes are drawn when the #giantblueglowingcock is on the screen. My guess: distracting!
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy #giantblueglowingcock: Better snacking. (Sunkist)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead Who’s behind those Foster Grants? #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Toshiba. Choose #giantblueglowingcock.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle LOL Awesome! #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from web

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “Nothing comes between me and my #giantblueglowingcock” (Calvin Klein underwear)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: Its official – #giantblueglowingcock is bigger than Obama http://www.twitscoop.com/
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

ftalk: wow i love that the largest Buzzword on scoop right now is #giantblueglowingcock! Ha!
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

deathwarmedover: I don’t quite understand #giantblueglowingcock but i’m intrigued
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: http://twitpic.com/1yhkj #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle ROFL that is SO awesome…. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: broudy @brlittle @snipeyhead @fitzwillie #giantblueglowingcock: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. (Just had to leave it)
about 8 hours ago from web

toddtyrtle: Ah, looks like #giantblueglowingcock is going around. Back in
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @MargoEve Hehe – I’m surprised @lundegaard hasn’t joined in on the #giantblueglowingcock fun
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Good god. We just showed up HUGE on twitscoop. #giantblueglowingcock.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead Seeems I just can’t get enough of that #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

elazar: @snipeyhead “She LLLLLLLOVES the #giantblueglowingcock!” Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back FTW.
about 8 hours ago from Spaz

snipeyhead: @josefnankivell All #giantblueglowingcock, all the time… lol.. (I blame @brlittle. – he made the hashtag…)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

TeeMonster: @ValerieStevens That’s a reference to Dr. Manhattan from WATCHMAN #watchman #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Target. Expect #giantblueglowingcock. Pay less.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle If it’s not #giantblueglowingcock it’s just plain old dirt. (Supersoil)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 Just do it #giantblueglowingcock (unless someone already beat me to that one)
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

jasonbuck: RT @ValerieStevens Could someone tell me what this hashtag is for or is it a joke #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from web

josefnankivell: @snipeyhead Its all about #giantblueglowingcock with you isn’t it!?
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: broudy @brlittle @snipeyhead @fitzwillie #giantblueglowingcock: So easy a caveman can do it.
about 8 hours ago from web

snipeyhead: @brlittle Let your #giantblueglowingcock do the walking.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @BinaryKitten LOL nice one! #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

@MargoEve: @snipeyhead For this entire #giantblueglowingcock thing, I may just have to admit I love you.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead Does she… or doesn’t she? #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: broudy Dude, you’re on a roll. Or on #giantblueglowingcock.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

danzisko: @ValerieStevens Something to do with Watchmen, I’m sure. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

@MargoEve: @snipeyhead “What would YOU do for #giantblueglowingcock”
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy @fitzwillie #giantblueglowingcock: Good to the last drop.
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: @ValerieStevens It’s basically for the juvenile amusement of people with gutter minds. Or something like that. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Eat fresh.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “I am stuck on #giantblueglowingcock, and #giantblueglowingcock‘s stuck on me.” (Band-aid)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Obey your thirst.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle With a name like #giantblueglowingcock, it has to be good.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

RickBakas: @ValerieStevens I don’t know what the hash tag is…but now I’m curious #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead I’d walk a mile for a #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy A #giantblueglowingcock is a terrible thing to waste.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

markhauge: @ValerieStevens it’s a reference to a character in Watchmen #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

RickBakas: @ValerieStevens go to search.twitter.com and enter that. See what you get. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “Reach out and Touch #giantblueglowingcock” (AT&T)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

brlittle: @cerebus19 Wait, I thought the #giantblueglowingcock destroyed a tank…
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

fitzwillie: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 #giantblueglowingcock – a pinch between cheek and gums…
about 8 hours ago from TwitterFox

brlittle: @fitzwillie Is that a hint, Ken? #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @snipeyhead @brlittle broudy Put a #giantblueglowingcock in your tank. (Exxon)
about 8 hours ago from web

ValerieStevens : Could someone tell me what this hashtag is for or is it a joke #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 It’s all part of the service. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @nofb RT @BinaryKitten : “Kids and Grown ups love it so, the happy world of #giantblueglowingcock” (Haribo)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead You known, I’m beginning to believe the #giantblueglowingcock may really be omnipotent.
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: broudy @snipeyhead @brlittle It takes a tough man to make a tender #giantblueglowingcock. (Perdue)
about 8 hours ago from web

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy What can #giantblueglowingcock do for you?
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle Yeah, I’m passing ont he really obvious ones, like “The Other White Meat” #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @cerebus19 @snipeyhead #giantblueglowingcock : don’t leave home without it.
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

fitzwillie: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 #giantblueglowingcock – a little dab’ll do you.
about 8 hours ago from TwitterFox

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead “Kids and Grown ups love it so, the happy world of #giantblueglowingcock” (Haribo)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: @brlittle “#giantblueglowingcock kills bugs dead.” (RAID)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy “Friends don’t let friends drive #giantblueglowingcock.”
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: So why isn’t the #giantblueglowingcock thing showing up anywhere? Nuts!
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @BinaryKitten Hee! #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: broudy @snipeyhead Broudy’s deliberately sniping all the really lewd ones, you notice. #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Lifts and separates. (Playtex Cross-your-heart bra)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle “It’s not your father’s #giantblueglowingcock anymore.”
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy No, wait. I think Ihave it. “It’s not a #giantblueglowingcock. It’s an adventure.” (US Navy)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead All because the lady loves #giantblueglowingcock (Milk Tray)
about 8 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead Melts in your mouth, not in your hands: #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy “I could hadda #giantblueglowingcock!” (V-8)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle “#giantblueglowingcock: Tastes so good cats ask for it by name.”
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead I’m lovin’ it! #giantblueglowingcock
about 8 hours ago from twhirl

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy “Nothing says loving like something from the #giantblueglowingcock” (Pillsbury)
about 9 hours ago from web

snipeyhead: @brlittle “Nobody does chicken like #giantblueglowingcock” (KFC)
about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Hmm. Fahrver#giantblueglowingcock? No, maybe not.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Wal-Mart. Always #giantblueglowingcock. Always.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @brlittle @snipeyhead Tastes great, less filling: #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Betcha can’t eat just one.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

hipsterplease: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock “Touching is Good.” (Nintendo DS) You’re welcome.
about 9 hours ago from TwitterFox

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 Is it #giantblueglowingcock or Memorex?
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Flick my #giantblueglowingcock.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: broudy brilliant! #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead :::choke, snort::: #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

BinaryKitten : @snipeyhead #giantblueglowingcock For only it can save the universe!
about 9 hours ago from DestroyTwitter

snipeyhead: @brlittle “Every kiss begins with #giantblueglowingcock”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Avis: We try harder #giantblueglowingcock.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead @cerebus19 Nothing runs like a #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle “#giantblueglowingcock: 100% juice for 100% kids.” (Juicy Juice)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

geekgirldiva: @cerebus19 “#giantblueglowingcock: “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him…better…faster…stronger…”
about 9 hours ago from web

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead “#giantblueglowingcock melts in your mouth, not in your hand.”
about 9 hours ago from web

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Don’t get mad. Get GLAD
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy Old skool: “Get #giantblueglowingcock or get out” (Nintendo 64)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @cerebus19 @snipeyhead How do I spell relief? #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: broudy BWAHAHA – nice one! #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @nofb RT @brlittle: “#giantblueglowingcock: I can’t believe I at the whole thing.” || WOW, nice one!
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @cerebus19 @snipeyhead @brlittle Once you pop, you can’t stop #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @cerebus19 I was NOT going there #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead broudy “Doesn’t your dog deserve #giantblueglowingcock?” (Alpo)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead Finger Lickin’ Good #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: @snipeyhead ROFL! Oh lord… #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead “#giantblueglowingcock: I can’t believe I at the whole thing.”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead broudy I just have to: “#giantblueglowingcock: It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!”
about 9 hours ago from web

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: The best a man can get.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Play. Laugh. Grow. (Fisher-Price)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead “Snap! Crackle! #giantblueglowingcock!”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @cerebus19 broudy “Where’s the beef? #giantblueglowingcock!”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: The ultimate driving machine.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: Woosh: Frank Schaeffer (ex-fundie wingnut) obliterates Fatty McButtcyst: http://is.gd/mrbL #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: Think outside the box. (Apple)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: The road will never be the same. (Acura)
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @cerebus19 LOL excellent! #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

cerebus19: @brlittle @snipeyhead I’ve got one: “#giantblueglowingcock: We love to fly, and it shows.”
about 9 hours ago from web

brlittle: @snipeyhead I believe we did. Which is…scary. #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle HAH! (re: holiday inn) #giantblueglowingcock: Pleasing people the world over
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle lol wow – did we post that at the same time? Jinx! #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: Movie tickets: $40. Popcorn (lg): $25 A bounty of #giantblueglowingcock ? Priceless.
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle #giantblueglowingcock: It’s everywhere you want to be
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead ROF!L #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead Oh, wait, this is appropriate: “#giantblueglowingcock: It’s everywhere you want to be.”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle Don’t dream it. Drive it: #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle wow, you’re good at this game! #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead “Please! Don’t squeeze the #giantblueglowingcock!”
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @brlittle @snipeyhead Apparently,
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

brlittle: “Reach out and touch some #giantblueglowingcock“?
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle LOL nice… #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: broudy @snipeyhead It’s her fault. #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: broudy What
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: #giantblueglowingcock: Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman. I dunno…
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

broudy: @snipeyhead @brlittle Who knew there was such hilarity about #giantblueglowingcock ?
about 9 hours ago from twhirl

snipeyhead: @brlittle lol douchebag. I hope you choke on a #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle Everything tastes better with #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle Hey, I wonder what would happen if we replaced commercial taglines with #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle everything should be full of #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead I swear I’m going to SEO your username to #giantblueglowingcock.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead @lundegaard If he’s reading your stuff, they’re full of #giantblueglowingcock.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle no one listens to me #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead Of course, you’re just the tech. Why should they listen to you on technical matters? #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle Clearly. #giantblueglowingcock is hard to escape.
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead Oh. Doh! Out of the loop. Plainly too focused on #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle They are afraid of how FB’s new homepage will impact, even tho I told him it would have NO effect #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle To add insult to injury, they aren’t even publicizing it until after the FB homepage launches #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle No no, the app hasn’t gone live yet, and his underlings want to wait until he is back to launch #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead Wait…the CEO’s travel schedule dictates a bug fix? #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

snipeyhead: @brlittle my morning is OK. That fscking app STILL not launching. They say tomorrow (ceo is out of town) #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

brlittle: @snipeyhead So, having a good morning? #giantblueglowingcock
about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

A few parting thoughts

While this is obviously a very silly example of the massive power of Twitter, it’s easy to see the potential for fast-moving, widespread exposure and discussion on a topic (even one as stupid as this). This whole thing started with two people – and you can bet that if Twitscoop hadn’t pulled the tag off the front page, it would have been even bigger and continued on even longer. This was a flash in the pan, for sure, but I think it’s a great demonstration of the immense power people using technology have today. (And no, I wasn’t being cheeky with the ‘bigger’, ‘immense’, and ‘longer’ remarks. Get your minds out of the gutter – I was being serious!)

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Confuse and Impress Friends with Upside-Down Text

snipe — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:47:52 +0000

˙ǝʇɐpdn ʞooqǝɔɐɟ ɹo ʇǝǝʍʇ ɹǝʇʇıʍʇ ‘ʇsod ƃoןq ʇxǝu ɹnoʎ uı ǝuo sıɥʇ ɥʇıʍ unɟ ǝɯos ǝʌɐɥ ‘spuǝıɹɟ ɹnoʎ ɹoɟ ɥƃnouǝ ǝʌıssǝɹdɯı puɐ ƃuısnɟuoɔ ʇ’uǝɹɐ sʇɥƃnoɥʇ uʍo ɹnoʎ ɟı

(If your own thoughts aren’t confusing and impressive enough for your friends, have some fun with this one in your next blog post, Twitter tweet or Facebook update.)

It’s not voodoo – its a simple combination of equivalent English characters (where a p is an upside down d and vice versa), and Latin Unicode characters. But don’t worry, you don’t have to do it all by hand. Visit the Upside Down Text generator at WhatIsMyIp.Org, and just type your right-side-up text into the box. The generator will automatically convert your text into the upside down version.

Keep in mind, the upside down text will probably not work in many chat programs, since the chat programs don’t recognize the Unicode characters, but it can be fun for blogs and social network updates.

For the curious geeks, if you’re wondering how they do it, it’s a simple string replacement javascript. View the source of the generator to see exactly what’s happening, but this bit does the bulk of the work (I didn’t include the entire thing – you get the idea.):

var flipTable = {
a : '\u0250',
b : 'q',
c : '\u0254',
d : 'p',
e : '\u01DD',
f : '\u025F',
g : '\u0183',
h : '\u0265',
i : '\u0131',
j : '\u027E',
};

As you can see, it’s simply going through each character and replacing it with either the English upside down version (d to p, p to d) or the Unicode.

More Text Tools

WhatIsMyIP.OrgÂ also hosts several simple (but actually useful) text tools as well, including a list of the HTML for special characters, a text date to timestamp converter, a text case changer (makes text all uppercase, all lowercase, title case, etc), a regex tester, a password generator, etc. And of course, their homepage shows you the IP address of the computer you’re currently using, which is utterly useless for many people but an absolute godsend for techies in specific circumstances.

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No, No – Let Me Google That For You

snipe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:18:16 +0000

Have you ever had someone ask you the answer to a question, and in order to find the answer, you did a simple Google search? That leaves you wondering why the aforementioned asker couldn’t Google it their damned selves…. (I have to confess here, sometimes I like being the fastest on the Google draw – people being lazy and/or stupid makes me look like a rocket scientist at work sometimes…)

Introducing LetMeGoogleThatForYou.Com, a delightfully snarky website that gets the point across in animated glory. Simply enter the search terms you used to find their answer, click the “google search” button, and LetMeGoogleThatForYou.Com will generate a custom url and Flash movie showing your luser exactly how hard it was to come up with the answer. For example, if said luser asked you if you knew where to find the lyrics to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”, you could send them here. (And no, its not a rickroll.)

The animation is quick and simple, but gets the point across.

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Web 2.0 in Six Easy Steps

snipe — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:17:23 +0000

This post, written by web designer James Paden of Xemion.Com, takes a snarky look at Web 2.0 and the cookie-cutter websites that seem to be popping up everywhere. Make with the clicky here.

Incidentally, this is a great web development blog, by the way, especially for freelance developers interested in taking a closer look at conversion rates and learning how to put together a powerful resume. Lots of great articles.

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E-cards That Don’t Suck

snipe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:44:49 +0000

I gave up on e-cards long, long ago. Other than JibJab, there just weren’t any e-card sites that had anything worthwhile. Everything is always cheesy and stupid, and they spam the crap out of both the sender and recipient, if you can get past all their freaking ads to actually send the damned thing. I came across SomeEcards.Com recently, and its renewed my faith in e-cards. Check them out. They don’t spam, they don’t nail you with tons of ads – and their shit is funny. My current favorite, although the deadline is passed, is their e-card “Please join us for Easter dinner, unless you’ve already committed to Satan.”

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Stupid Monsters Someone Was Paid to Make

snipe — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:36:54 +0000

If you were ever a D&D geek (like I was), you’l totally appreciate this article from headinjurytheater.com. I was *pissing* myself. I can so clearly remember bringing home the monster manuals and immsersing myself as if it were a fresh bag of crack. (Imagine the movie a Christmas Story, when Ralphie was in the bathroom, entranced by the Little Orphan Annie code, decoding each letter one by one with fierce attention and anticipation.) But there were always a few that had me scratching my head…

Huge props to Jared Hindman for combing through them all to find the very worst. The commentaries on some of them are hysterical.

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fRee eyboaRd

snipe — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:28:05 +0000

This was voted Best of Craig’s List. So awesome.

fRee eyboaRd

Date: 2007-11-08, 2:01PM PST

fiRst peRson gets it â€“ a genuine MicRosoft compatible eyboaRd, ciRca 1999. It still woRs pRetty good, except the ey is missing, and foR some Reason the R is stuc on uppeRcase.

SeRious Replies only.

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