The Ad Generator is kinda addictive (for a couple of minutes).

The BS explanation:
“The ad generator is a generative artwork that explores how advertising uses and manipulates language. Words and semantic structures from real corporate slogans are remixed and randomized to generate invented slogans. These slogans are then paired with related images from Flickr, thereby generating fake advertisements on the fly. By remixing corporate slogans, I intend to show how the language of advertising is both deeply meaningful, in that it represents real cultural values and desires, and yet utterly meaningless in that these ideas have no relationship to the products being sold. In using the Flickr images, the piece explores the relationship between language and image, and how meaning is constructed by the juxtaposition of the two.”

The link:
http://www.theadgenerator.org/

It’s axiomatic to say that Nickelback spews only vapid drivel, but what if you want proof? What better way to attest to Nickelback’s dillholery than to compare it to the generally accepted yardstick of dreck… more Nickelback. Someone made a flash movie that plays one Nickelback track on the left speaker and another one on the right. Aside from the circular reasoning, the comparison shows the tired formula quite clearly.

Apparently there will be a Bruno movie next. Will it succeed? Ich don’t think so. Has anyone seen Borat yet?

Christopher Martin, formerly “Play” from Kid ‘N Play (aka, The Unremarkable Guy of the Two) is now teaching a class called “Hip Hop in Context” at North Carolina Central University. There’s a video clip of him promoting the class. In his words, it’s “crazy important.” No word yet on whether the “Kid ‘N Play Kick Step” will be covered.

The MPAA has convinced the L.A. Boy Scouts to offer a badge for “respecting copyright”.

In other piracy news…

Iron Man will be played by Robert Downey, Jr. Everyone’s favorite substance abusing millionaire playboy will played by everyone’s favorite substance abusing millionaire playboy.

The WSJ posts a debate between Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, and Encylopedia Britannica editor-in-chief, Dale Hoiberg. Barbs are thrown, caught.

Hoiberg: We want our articles to be correct before they are published. We stand behind our process, based on trained editors and fact-checkers, more than 4,000 experts, and sound writing. Our model works well. Wikipedia is very different, but nothing in their model suggests we should change what we do.

Wales: Fitting words for an epitaph…

In case WSJ takes the article down from their site, I saved a copy as a PDF.

It’s news to me that Weird Al still makes music. He has a parody of Ridin’ Dirty, called White and Nerdy (listen). It’s actually pretty funny.