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  • My Favourite Things: May 2012

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    MAY

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    Wow, it’s been a whole year since I started this column. Kind of amazing. I usually get distracted by something shiny at this point. But I guess, since this column is dedicated to the shiny things I was distracted by each month, it probably helps with doing this!

    Well, let me show you the things that caught my attention in May.

    1) JoCo Cruise Crazy

    I’ve mentioned before how we here at FRED are very jealous of the sea monkeys who get to experience the Jonathan Coulton cruise. Booking for next year’s cruise has opened up and to coincide with that they’ve been releasing videos of this year’s one.

    These videos are great. You can find them all on Coulton’s YouTube page HERE but my favourite has to be this one entitled “Quitting”. More than just an advertisement, it’s a very inspirational video about doing what you love.

    2) Spicy News

    This is just a very bizarre but ingenious concept. Each week a different comedian comes into the studio, eats a habanera pepper whole, and then gives a comedy rendition of the recent news headlines. They’re not allowed to drink anything or take anything that might help with the burning sensation in their mouth until they’ve finished their broadcast. This leads to some rather panicked presenting.

    They put a new one up every Monday. Check out their channel HERE. To whet your appetite, so to speak, here is my favourite one, starring Stephanie Purtle.

    Props to JJ Hawkins for introducing me to this.

    3) Pop Corn Slow-Mo

    Ok, so this one is just plain silly. It’s super slow-mo’d, high definition, close-up footage of popcorn popping on an open pan. It’s cool, it’s pointless, it’s almost a complete embodiment of the internet.

    Just try to ignore the annoying guys talking.

    4) Scott Pilgrim Wedding

    This is a cute video that has been making the rounds on the internet, and for good reason. It’s a wedding present for a couple with very inventive friends. They took the Scott Pilgrim game and inserted the newlyweds as they fight ninjas and zombies on their way to coupledom.

    5) 8-Bit Radiohead

    My Cabin Fever friend Brian pointed me towards this article. A brave and intrepid person has taken Radiohead’s OK Computer and completely redone it in 8-bit format. And it’s AMAZING. You can listen to the whole thing below.

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    And that’s it! My favourite things of the last month.

    – Aaron Poole is the creator of carpal tunnels. He is also more accurately an internet whore and rarely leaves the house. If you like what you read here check out his blog http://aaronfever.blogspot.com

  • My Favourite Things: January 2012

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    January

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    Hello and welcome to the first MFT of 2012. I hope to start the year as I mean to go on; with lots of fun things from across the interwebs and such!

    For those reading this column for the first time, this is a place where I essentially show you some of the things I’ve enjoyed (often but not always online) in the past month. They may not have necessarily been created in January but I’ve enjoyed them during that time.

    Now lets get to it.

    1) Address Is Approximate

    This neat animation was made by Tom Jenkins and I’ll let him explain the story in his own words “A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can ““ using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.”

    It’s a very clever little piece and it has surprisingly a lot of heart. Check it out.

    Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.

    2) Sherlock

    I think someone told me that the second series of Sherlock hasn’t been aired in America yet. Maybe I’m wrong about that. Considering so many Americans I know online have seen it, it’s hard to tell. It’s possible they’re it from .

    Either way, the BBC in the UK aired it this month and it… was… AWESOME!

    Unfortunately, I can’t post a link to the whole show here but I’ll post a Q&A with the cast and writers of the show. It concerns the first episode of the new season called A Scandal In Belgravia and as such will have spoilers from that episode. You have been warned!

    3) Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man!

    Burning Man is the kind of… festival (?) that I will never attend. It’s just not my style and the folks there wouldn’t really be the sort of folks I’d naturally hang out with. I can just tell it’s not my scene.

    However, the attendants (or more specifically, director Teddy Saunders) made a very cool video based on the words by Dr. Seuss told by the people of Burning Man 2011. It’s a simple and beautiful video executed perfectly.

    4) Tonight You Belong To Me

    Jonathan Coulton. John Hodgman. Ukulele. I need tell you no more. Now watch.

    You’re welcome.

    5) Play us out, kid…

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    And that’s it! My favourite things of the last month.

    – Aaron Poole is the creator of the chocolate breakfast. He is also more accurately an internet whore and rarely leaves the house. If you like what you read here check out his blog http://aaronfever.blogspot.com