June 2012
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May 2012
8 posts
WatchThis Trivia Prank series on Jest is one of my new favorite things.
One Direction Trivia Prank
Speaking of One Direction, this can only go poorly.
How Your Fake News Gets Made - Forbes →
“Pseudo-news dominates the Web.”
This article articulates well the inherent problem with internet news and gossip. When your primary purpose is to make people to click on headlines, you naturally make the headline as sensational as possible, then back into the truth of the story any way you can. More often than not, you don’t end up getting there.
Here’s a fun game to...
Facebook is only worth $81.7 billion now. So lame, right??
EPIC FAIL, FACEBOOK! What idiots. I bet everybody involved is feeling super bummed out. Especially the people with billions and billions of dollars they didn’t have a few years ago.
I wonder where they’ll redirect the traffic to when they shut down the site.
Emerging Retweet Subdivisions
The rebrag: Retweeting good news about yourself, usually from a news outlet, without comment.
The reslag: Retweeting insults directed at yourself, usually from uninformed idiots, to show you can take it.
April 2012
8 posts
HBO Renews Comedy Series 'Veep' & 'Girls' For... →
Congrats, ladies.
Watchcollegehumor:
The GOP Candidates Play Monopoly
“But don’t try telling your girlfriend that.”
– The Strange (and Formerly Sexist) Economics of Engagement Rings - Business - The Atlantic
March 2012
8 posts
“The objective of the game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas,...”
– Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors - Wikipedia
Please Stop Apologizing - NYTimes.com →
Dead-on NYT editorial by Bill Maher.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while (naturally even more so during election season) and couldn’t agree more. It seems like several times a week somebody in the public eye is forced to apologize over some “outrage-inducing” thing they said. And every time the thing I keep asking myself is this: who are these supposed people who are...
“I give a voice to guys who wouldn’t have sex with Allison Williams well.”
- Judd Apatow at ‘Girls’ SXSW Panel
Highlight of my morning.
Review: 'Girls' Is Brilliant Gem For HBO -... →
Please pardon rickyvanveen.com turning into a ‘Girls’ fan blog over the next few weeks.
February 2012
1 post
Adrianne Palicki Joins Cast of CollegeHumor's... →
Very excited about this. Start shooting on Tuesday!
January 2012
4 posts
Watch“20 Songs Ruined by Commercials”
Each one of these makes me so happy.
CollegeHumor Enters Movie Biz - Variety →
Excited to share this news! This is how I’ll be spending much of 2012.
December 2011
5 posts
“It’s one part foursquare and four parts onesquare,” Mr. Lodwick said.”
– Exclusive: Jake Lodwick Raises $1-2 M. To Build Elepath, a Software Studio | Betabeat
November 2011
4 posts
“Now I’m nine weeks along,” she said. “You’re supposed to...”
– Kourtney Kardashian Pregnant With Second Child
#1 Party School | This American Life →
With Penn State in the national spotlight, it’s a good time to revisit one of the best This American Life episodes ever.
“The definition of insanity is a deranged state of mind usually occurring as a specific disorder.” - Ben Franklin’s jealous little brother
October 2011
5 posts
Ricky Van Veen Eats Lean Cuisine to Offset Twix... →
Tracked my eating habits for NY Mag. Here are the results.
ONE FORTY PLUS: Steve. →
jhnmyr:
I wanted to share with you a memory of my friend Steve Jobs, a memory that in the days since his passing has come to represent how great of a guy he was, and how good he was to me.
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WatchJest: “Too Much Moneyball” — (correct video this time)
September 2011
3 posts
August 2011
5 posts
Allison Williams Is Our New Preppy Girl Crush :... →
Weird, me too.
“British independent music labels said Wednesday they had suffered a...”
– British indie music labels suffer as rioters burn warehouse - Yahoo! News
HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO DISTRIBUTE THIS MUSIC?!?!?!