Flipmeat roundup: the mashup matrix
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So: there's all this Michael Jackson newsdumping that's been happening, and that's going to keep happening. But one thing's becoming readily evident: his death surged record sales and re-ignited interest in his music. The results, like this one,...
It's a fair question. Judge for yourself with this mashup by Nick McGlynn. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because... some people out there in our nation don't have maps..."
The Flip Trifecta is still open for your predictions (sent to tips@valleywag.com with the subject "flip trifecta"). Entries must be in by Monday at noon or when the first company sells, whichever comes first.
Tired of camps about actual from-scratch products, Valley developers, pundits, and businessfolk mixed it up at Mashup Camp, the two-day "unconference" about remixed tech. Laughing Squid tentaclemaster Scott Beale kindly let me abuse his pics from...
When Mashup Camp calls itself "the unconference for the uncomputer," is that like 7-up being "the uncola"? The upcoming camp sounded pretty indie at first. But after sponsorships from Adobe, AOL, eBay, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Sun...
Today and tomorrow: Catch the tail end of Mashup Camp in Mountain View, even though you missed lunch. Remember: "Camp" is what the kids are calling conferences. [Mashup Camp]Tonight at 6: Two boys from Facebook speak at this month's Creative...
Scientists find the secret cause of flame wars. Surprise! It's not Kirk vs. Picard. [Slashdot]
Speaking of Anderson Cooper, someone has, of course, remixed the CNN anchor's coverage of an adorable bear and posted it to YouTube. Cooper, America's secret boyfriend, did ask people to send in sightings of cute bears to his website, so...
We apologize in advance for this highly sophomoric clip, but it emerged from video minion Richard Blakeley's fascination with Conan O'Brien's whiteboy dance moves. Hence, a compilation of Conan's antics set to the calendar-appropriate "Monster...