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The vimeo guys strike again

Posted by Jorge Bernal September 25, 2007

Some months ago, the guys at Connected Ventures (those behind Vimeo) became famous for this video:

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

It was an amazing viral campaign which served perfectly its two purposes:

• Promote their video platform (vimeo)
• Promote their open positions at Connected Ventures to people willing to work in that happy environment

Today this other video is gaining popularity:

Update: the video has been removed from youtube, but here it is again, with a second part

It’s really fun and any of you who have experienced the weirdness of youtube commenters will enjoy it even more. It’s not only fun but maybe the best way to laugh at their direct competition. Brilliant!

Amazing open source image resizing technology

Posted by Jorge Bernal September 19, 2007

Déjà vu? I wrote about this amazing algorithm not so long ago. And less than a month later we have Open Source Seam Carving (that’s the name of the technique), GIMP plugin included.

Update: it seems there is another implementation.

aibohphobia

Posted by Jorge Bernal September 05, 2007

It’s amazing how can it be that from the 150+ rss feeds I follow, one of those which make me laugh more frequently is the Urban Dictionary’s word of the day. It’s not so much about the jargon itself, which I must admit it’s sometimes incredibly fun, but the examples given.

aibohphobia: The irrational fear of palindromes (words that read the same forwards and backwards).

Dude 1: Hey, what’s your name?
Dude 2: Bob.
Dude 1: AAAAAAAAAAH! *Runs and hides behind sofa*
Bob: Wow.
Dude 1: AAAAAAAAAAH! *Runs away and falls down stairs*