The Sweded Internet

I don’t know if any of you have gotten to see Be Kind Rewind yet (I haven’t), but the film’s ideas resonate with the class quite a bit. So if you see it, report your thoughts here.

And be sure to check out the film’s website, which reimagines with a D.I.Y. aesthetic. Don’t miss the Trailer page for a “Sweded YouTube,” and the ability to make your own video boxes. Like this:

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Political Comedy

Its astonishing the role comedy has played in this election cycle. Barack shows up on SNL for halloween, McCain announces his candidacy on Letterman; Thompson on Leno; Edwards on The Daily Show in ’04 (this time too?).

Now, I know he doesn’t believe in evolution, but Huckabee’s appearance on SNL last night is pretty funny:

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New York Times Blog: The Medium

“With television and the Internet converging at last, who’s going to watch all this here-goes-nothing online video? Everything from political propaganda videos to pseudo-candid celebrity rants seems to expect an audience. “The Medium” will find, review and make sense of all those senseless new images: web video, viral video, user-driven video, custom interactive video, embedded video ads, web-based VOD, broadband television, diavlogs, vcasts, vlogs, video podcasts, mobisodes, webisodes, mashups and more.”

This seems like a ridiculously pertinent blog!