Internet Time Waste #12: Anne Kadet's Myspace

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's internet time waster: Anne Kadet's Myspace.


I found out about Anne from Kevin Maher when I asked him who wrote the theme music for his monthly show (I believe it's titled "The Kevin Geeks Out Haunting Theme.")

I had a dream last night that I had to make a video and I needed to figure out who I knew that would let me use their music royalty-free. Luckily, I have, in real life, already made a iTunes playlist of that music.

Internet Time Waste #11: Aaron Diaz's art blog

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.


Today's internet time waster: the blog of Aaron Diaz, author of the webcomic Dresden Codak.

I'm making a point of flying through these things, but with Diaz I want to point out a few things just because they each took me a while to figure out:

1) This webcomics process blog is not just useful to artists, but also will change the way you read comics. After reading Diaz's post explaining silhouette and comic, I often find myself checking the silhouette of the characters in the panels of the comics I read. I've found myself appreciating good design more and noticing when artists get it wrong.

2) When I need to explain to people that Diaz is a genius, this is the individual comic I'm most often thinking about.

3) Aaron is also a member of a video tribe that did the most compelling fan-made video ever shot in a basement with a single camera angle.

4) He invented a "pretend to be a time traveler" day (video here.

Internet Time Wasters #10: Videogames Reviewed by a Nine-Year-Old

This game reviewer is nine years old & very talented.

After intense thought and study, I've decided the user name "horible game reviewer" is not misspelled and self-effacing, but simply misspelled and a misplaced modifier.

You can skip the Chase Utley tribute video if you like, although I think the editing shows real promise.

Internet Time Waster #9: Surprising Sex Terms

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's internet time sinkhole: a surprisingly broad list of technical and slang terms for sexual acts, fetishes and devices. The best thing about reading this list is stumbling across things that obviously make sense to somebody, but you've just never thought of. Sample:

angry dragon
slang for when sperm shoots out of one’s nose after giving a blow job

forniphilia
fetish for turning humans into furniture, through elaborate bondage, etc.

TENS unit
electrical stimulis device originally intended for us by chiropractors for muscle work; used in electrical play by Tops on bottoms to cause involuntary muscle spasms

Internet Time Waste #8: Muscle Milk from Hot Sugar

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's internet time waster: the awaited Muscle Milk EP from Hot Sugar.

Hot Sugar is this kid Nick Koenig, a talented director whose first short film I produced in what was (I'm a bit ashamed to say) the most successful creative project I've ever pulled off.

The EP is free to download from Bandcamp with an email address. The trailer gives you a good impression of the Nick Koenig Aesthetic:

Hot Sugar - Muscle Milk EP (comes out 1-26-11) from Hot Sugar on Vimeo.

I'm writing this a bit in advance of the 1/26 release date, and I have to say the early-release tracks are tremendous.

Hot Sugar! Muscle Milk EP! Do it!

That is all.

Internet Time Waste #7: The 2010 Kickstarter Awards

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's time waste: The 2010 Kickstarter Awards.

Internet Time Waste #6: The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's time waster: someone has taken the time to map everywhere the characters in the Jack Aubrey / Stephen Maturin novels rode around on their little boats.

(Below: Desolation Island)

Internet Time Waste #5: Int'l Gaming Awards Something Something

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet.

Today's time waster: the international MObile Gaming Awards announces its nominees for best iPhone and iPad games in six time-wasting categories.

Internet Time Waste #4: Drinking Bird Explained

Finally, a new way to waste time on the internet every day for at least a week.

Today, the Drinking Bird explained.