...based on a fan base almost exclusively composed of the same technologically savvy geek set of which he is a part and that he wrote for in his previous job...
Although probably a holdover from the Popular Science reference, it may very well still be true ;-) Who can tell what code he moneyed in his previous life?
And he's also said that he used to use Visual Basic for said software. I remember in one particular YouTube video (with TheDoifter at Joe's?), he asked if VB.net was out and how was it.
Stop making me laugh, I'll die of either choking or starvation.
(We've already had 'Till the Monkey Comes' as an oblique clue in the twenty questions game. Is there anything that isn't made funnier by switching those two words?)
Monkey monkey monkey, must be funky, in a rich man's world! (This means that if you can afford a monkey butler, you must assure that it is modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way.)
@Angelastic: Believe it or not, I just had that exact thought ten minutes ago.
I suspect we should really be starting new thread for this, because I imagine it dragging on. Having said that, one could expand on Jmonkee's thought by picturing Steve Ballmer jumping around like an idiot, shouting "Geneticists! Geneticists!"
If you were looking to find a mistreated monkey butler a nice home and the men taking it away came and told you "we have found your money a nice home, you won't be seeing it again" I'm not sure I would find it especially more funny. But I just don't like sweeping statements as there are usually exceptions to them. You may now continue making funnies.
I said usually not always thus not making an all encompassing sweeping statement, there are lots that always hold true but equally lots that have exceptions.
one could expand on Jmonkee's thought by picturing Steve Ballmer jumping around like an idiot, shouting "Geneticists! Geneticists!"
Hilarious as that idea was, I have just discovered that it's even more amusing to imagine him jumping around shouting 'Bananostring! Bananostring, bananostring, bananostring!'
Sorry for pulling the string [and this whole thing's coming down] thread off topic.
Strictly speaking, this interview should go in the "Hodgman in the Media" thread. But since there isn't one, and he discusses JoCo at some length, I think it's fair to post it here.
Uhm, sorry folks .. new is new, and cool is cool, but the all time best Beatles cover will always be Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends?! Take it from someone who has loved and hated a lot of Beatles covers.
That article is right. I bought the Thing A Week boxset cause I felt guilty for stealing. Not that I didn't have inklings of plans to buy it one day, but the fact that I had all the mp3s, and they were selling them not 10 feet away from me at the Highline...it was an impetus. Let's leave it at that.
Hodgman and Coulton recorded a "holiday special" with Leo Laporte that will air next weekend. It will be episode 174.... get it on TWiT or get the iTunes podcast (audio or video) as well.
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(We've already had 'Till the Monkey Comes' as an oblique clue in the twenty questions game. Is there anything that isn't made funnier by switching those two words?)
Yeah, that still works.
Yep, definitely funnier that way.
I suspect we should really be starting new thread for this, because I imagine it dragging on. Having said that, one could expand on Jmonkee's thought by picturing Steve Ballmer jumping around like an idiot, shouting "Geneticists! Geneticists!"
Sorry for pulling the
string [and this whole thing's coming down]thread off topic.I just hope "monkey" is a euphemism here and not to be taken too literally.
"My monkey drinks bitter, sometimes.. my monkey's got a lot of bottles hidden at his work..."
(My favorite Beatles cover is still Bobby McFerrin's version of Blackbird. Just - wow.)
They're only rocking out HALF THE TIME!
I'd also have to add for consideration
John Tams cover of Girl on the Rubber Folk album
Carry that weight medley by Phil Collins on the In My Life album by George Martin
In my life by Sean Connery as a spoken work off the same album
Drive my Car by the Donnas on This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul
and Hello Goodbye by Beatlegras
Another lover over Beatles covers
The same guy wrote a bit about the "Coulton Conundrum" a few months back. Worth a read if you haven't seen it.
(edited by Bry to fix the link)
(Clive Thompson, some might remember, wrote last year's brilliant New York Times Magazine feature on JoCo.)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTO5yiN1b-I">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTO5yiN1b-I</a>
That must be the best 5 seconds on the internet, at least for a JoCo fan....
Here's the link again
ETA: The finished product has inspired a total bullshit wikipedia page, seemingly cribbed largely from the similarly total bullshit JoCopedia page.
Hodgman and Coulton recorded a "holiday special" with Leo Laporte that will air next weekend. It will be episode 174....
get it on TWiT or get the iTunes podcast (audio or video) as well.