Bill Gates Is Cooler Than Steve Jobs (for about 5 minutes)

Bill Gates capitalizes on the ongoing writer’s strike by employing the best script writers to actually make himself appear cool. For a few minutes, in a short movie about his Last Day at Microsoft, the ‘Chairman’ is seen at his self-depreciating best. The premiere at CES 2008 features cameos by the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Bono, Hillary Clinton, Guitar Hero, Barack Obama, Steve Balmer, Al Gore, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, and Jay-Z. Gates is typically self-conscious at the end of the short when he states, “I really don’t think it’s an accurate representation of what’s likely to happen [on my last day] but it was fun to put together.” That’s just in case we think the movie is real, right Bill?

Boundless (f)Art

Looking for a piece of art for your home, office or car? Simple! Select the colour you’d like. How much you’d prefer to spend. The dimensions of the space you have. And Ta Dah! Boundless will spit out a list of objet d’art that match your green curtains or lilac bed sheets.

It sounds like a good thing right? It gives minor artists exposure to a public that prefers to be told what to like. You can get a painting that matches your curtain pattern. It’s as easy and painless as only Web 2.0 can be.

Then why do I find this service quite horrible? Perhaps it’s too many years of liking art.

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Zombie Survival Explained in Plain English

From the good folks at commoncraft.com who brought you convenient and simple explanations like Social Bookmarking in Plain English, Wikis in Plain English, and RSS in Plain English comes the soon-to-be Halloween paper-presentation classic Zombies in Plain English.

$300 Lobotomys in Toronto

This might explain why Toronto had Mayer Mel Lastman for so many years…

The Politically Incorrect Alphabet

Inspired by Dick Bruna’s Miffy, The Politically Incorrect Alphabet was supposed to just be a cute little one-off creative joke created by one Mark Jones to taunt his wife (who just happens to be a kindergarten teacher). Of course, ‘project creep’ sunk in and the effort snowballed.

As an online alphabetic flash-card set, it’s equally offensive, cute, fun, inspiring, stupid, useless, awesome, and completely politically incorrect (hence the name, duh). Most of the illustrations were inspired by suggestions culled from the site’s various forums (one for each letter).

It doesn’t look like it’s been updated in about a year, but I guess that’s what happens to weird stuff like this on the web – sooner or later, anyone can discover and ‘explode’ it.

Be sure to check out the additional downloads and look for animated easter eggs.

Viral Video Gets A Theme Song: Internet People

Remember Dramatic Chipmunk? Or Star Wars Kid? Or how about Numa Numa, Napster Bad, Swearing Winnebago Guy, Bert Is Evil, Goatse, Jib Jab This Land, G.I. Joe PSA Body Massage, Your The Man Now Dog, Sponge Monkeys- We Like Tha Moon, Ask A Ninja, lonelygirl15, Chad Vader, Ze Frank, Lazy Sunday, Whistle Tips with Bubb Rubb, George Lucas In Love, Kramer Meltdown at the Laugh Factory, MySpace The Movie, The Chuck Norris List, Mahir The I Kiss You Guy, Leroy Jenkins WOW, Homestar Runner, Grape Stomping Face-Plant, Paris Hilton Sex Tape, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Coke and Mentos, OK Go On Treadmills Video, The Shining Trailer Remix, Sneezing Baby Panda, Dick In A Box, Rocketboom, Snakes On A Plane Early Auditions , Angry German Kid, Otters Holding Hands, Bridezilla, Steven Colbert at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Little Superstar, Tom Cruise Kills Oprah, White and Nerdy, K-Fed Playing Popo Zao, Boom Goes The Dynamite, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Christmas Lights Gone Wild, William Shatner does Rocketman, Evolution of Dance, or Chocolate Rain? All of these and a few others are covered briefly.

The Simpsons Star Wars Intro

UPDATE: This article has been moved to 1over100.com

While we all wait for the Star Wars version of Family Guy to come out, along comes this surprisingly authentic-looking Star Wars introduction to the Simpsons. It’s actually a homemade parody by illustrator ‘dude’ Rich Cando. First he’s going to get a big cease and desist from Lukas Arts and Fox. Then he’s going to get a big juicy job offer. On the internet that’s known as a win-win scenario.

SPOILER ALERT!
Here are some screengrabs for when the video gets pulled:

Bart Skywalker and Yoggie

Darth Homer

Ned Solo and Chewbarney

Abe Kenobi

Moe’s Cantina

No Droids

Bart Skywalker’s Speeder Bike

Darth Homer Runs Past Ned Solo Frozen In Carbonite

Darth Homer, Queen Margeidala, Bart Skywalker, Princess Lisa, Yoggie, Rush For Couch. (Note homage to George Lukas’ first movie, THX 1138)

Simpsons Star Wars Family

Please don’t sue me!

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Kids Tote Machineguns at Canadian Summer Camp

A brilliant viral marketing campaign for War Child Canada, a charity which provides aid to war-affected children, raises awareness of the estimated 250,000 child-soldiers worldwide. Welcome to Camp Okutta, a friendly Canadian kids camp where counselors train kids how to throw grenades, shook AK-47s, and look-out for landmines.

(via trendhunter)

Zune Is Ass Backwards

I feel guilty beating up on the Zune, but Microsoft just makes it so easy.

(via Fake Steve Jobs)

See also: Crazy Balmer Zune Dance or Zune Becomes Slang for Wannabe. Ouch.

Briefs – Episode One

Check out the debut episode of Briefs, an online animated series about the ins, outs, perils, foibles, quirks, cliches, idiosyncrasies, truths, lies, and graphic violence of the advertising world.

To quote one advertising Blogger:

“…it may be offensive to some in our business since [Briefs] pokes fun at advertising stereotypes like excessive drinking, creative directors that don’t work, internships that last forever for no pay … there is a bit of cartoon gore, men in tighty-whiteys and mistreatment of both interns and account executives.”

If this sounds like something up your alley, go take a peek… but beware, the above part about men in tighty-whities is true.

Absolute scads of episodes are in production and coming soon!