A few months ago, I finally broke down and made myself a Friendster account. For much of the last year, I was only on Orkut, but the reliability of the system has sort of gone to shit – and MySpace has an ugly UI.
Little did I know, Buttons had trumped me with his social networking listing. But what else is new?
L'appel Telephonique Sauvage A One Act Play Based On True Events By Dan Dickinson CURTAIN UP: INT. DAN DICKINSON'S APARTMENT. DAN DICKINSON sits at his desk. His computer is playing "Narcolepsy" by Ben Folds. His wife, KATIE DICKINSON, is sitting on the couch typing into her laptop. THE PHONE RINGS.DAN DICKINSON Hmm, wonder who that could be. DAN mutes his music and walks over to the phone, picking it up in his right hand.DAN DICKINSON Hello? There is a SHORT PAUSE, followed by a click.MALE VOICE ON PHONE (background noise indicates some sort of call center) Hello? DAN is visibly irritated, knowing this is a cold call.DAN DICKINSON (irritated) Yes? MALE VOICE ON PHONE Dan? DAN DICKINSON (somewhat surprised they used just a nickname) Yes? MALE VOICE ON PHONE (jovial) How's it going? This is Pam from Girls' Gone Wild... DAN DICKINSON *(V.O., representing internal monologue)* What the FUCK? MALE VOICE NAMED PAM (still jovial) We're conducting a short phone survey and... DAN DICKINSON (strongly) Could you PLEASE put me on your "Do Not Call" list? DAN hangs up the phone, then stares at it, baffled. CURTAIN FALLS. END.
I wish I had the wit, comedic timing, and tape recorder of Eugene Mirman – I can only imagine how much unbridled hilarity could have been in store.
(If you liked this one, be sure to read my other life-is-surreal play, The Market Of Boston.)
I’ve waxed
ecstatic previously about how much Flickr rules. It’s ridiculously simple to use, it has nice social software functionality, it’s syndicated up the wazoo, etc etc etc.
Tonight, as the saying goes, Flickr has passed rad and cruised straight into awesome.
Everyone who purchased pro accounts at some point in the past n months
(and there are a lot of us) just received:
– Double length pro accounts (mine won’t expire now until the end of 2006)
– Double the monthly upload capacity (1 GB -> 2 GB)
– Two free Pro accounts to give to friends.
Not only that, but people with free accounts have had their monthly upload capacity doubled as well, from 10 to 20 MB, and their storable photos doubles (100 => 200).
And not only that, but Pro accounts are now just $24.95 a year. Talk about a steal!
That’s some good stuff. Check out more on the FlickrBlog, including the best pictoral pun in ages.