Ace Ventura Animated Gifs
Happy Friday to everyone out there. In celebration of the weekend, we thought we’d share some great Ace Ventura animated gifs!
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Mendocino Farms Guest of the Day
Congratulations to our own Barrett on being guest of the day at Mendocino Farms. His reward was a free sandwich and a full stomach.
Magic Tricks at Ad:Tech SF
Some magic tricks from ad:tech San Francisco from Acxiom’s exhibition.
Graphics - Random Fact Cards
During my usual perusal of the Internet, I stumble across a fair amount of random yet interesting facts. The other day, I was inspired to put some of these factoids into little graphics. Hope you enjoy them!
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Internet Discourse and Identity - A Primer
The concept of identity on the Internet has shifted drastically since its early days. Back in the first years of its inception, the Internet was dominated by anonymous discourse, an ever-changing landscape of chat logs and static webpages filled with animated GIFs. That world, for the most part, has largely disappeared, giving way to “the social web.” However, I believe that name is a bit misleading - the web has always been a social medium. Social media wasn’t invented, it merely gained a household name. In this blog, I’ll look at some of the ways the concepts of identity and communication over the Internet have shifted and evolved since the advent of widespread “social media.”
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How to Create an Animated GIF
Lately, we have been seeing animated GIFs of our favorite movie scenes making a comeback on Tumblr and on various blogs. It’s a cool way to share films you like and the best part is that they aren’t that complicated to make. Here is a tutorial on how to make your own GIF from your favorite movie.
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Browncoats Forever
As a massive fan of Joss Whedon’s space western series “Firefly,” I’ve always coveted Mal’s pistol from the series. Recently I pulled the trigger (pun intended) on buying it, and the hand-crafted stunt replica arrived from QMX yesterday. Here are some shots of my shiny new gun. And yes, if you were wondering, I did run around my house yelling “I aim to misbehave” immediately after opening the box.
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Film and TV General TopicsVintage Mad Men Quote Cards
To celebrate tonight’s return of Mad Men, we’ve made some vintage styled cards featuring Mad Men characters and some of their most memorable phrases. We hope you enjoy them and the season premiere of Mad Men’s 5th season tonight on AMC!
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Mad Men Advertisements
In celebration of AMC’s Mad Men returning after an 18 month hiatus for its fifth season, we decided to pair classic advertising slogans with each character from the hit show. See if you can figure out which brand is attached to each character and check back on Sunday for more Mad Men images.
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Internet Memes: Jokes You Don’t Get
Tackling the history of Internet memes is a complicated and slightly overwhelming task. It reminds me of Borges’ “On Exactitude in Science” wherein he describes the map of a territory that becomes as large as the territory itself, defeating the purpose of mapping the territory in the first place. Our case somewhat resembles that story because of the diffusive nature of memes and the many hands that have helped to shape and create them. Also, let’s face it, chronicling the history of image macros is kind of ridiculous in the first place. Still, they are still interesting as small representations of popular culture, and so in this blog I’ll attempt to look at some of the more popular ones without giving anyone reading a headache.
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