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These Guys Are Putting All Web Culture, from Furries to Lulz, In a Book
Posted by Don_Caldwell
on Monday, Mar 07, 2011
The three guys from MemeFactory, a live performance about web culture, want to write a book about the Internet, and they’ve made a Kickstarter page to make it happen.
As experts in Internet culture (one of them is currently pursuing a “Ph.D in lulz”) they decided they have way too much to say to fit everything into their live shows. To remedy this, they are compiling together a “Txt.book” filled with humor and insight into the wonderful world of image macros, remix videos and lemon parties.
Chock-full of the media we study, this text will contain ideas of use and interest to all corners of web culture: from b-tards to moral-fags, from redditors to SA goons, from “academics” to furries.
In case you’re still wondering what the book will actually be like, consider:
Will Goatse make an appearance in the book? Probably.
Will it also be a usable classroom text? Absolutely.
Has this ever happened before? Good god, we hope not.
They have also decided to use the Cory Doctorow model of distributing free digital Creative Commons licensed PDFs on the web, and will be selling print editions at their MemeFactory shows.
Having worked with these guys in the past, and after seeing several of their shows, I’m very excited to see what they come up with. Be sure to check out their latest show from Social Media Week São Paulo.
MemeFactory Writes A Book Kickstarter Page
Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Meeting 003: “Thou Shalt Not Kill” by FuzzWolf
Author: toonces
Maybe it’s about time Skip and I come clean about something-
You see, we’re- we’re robots. We were programmed by Alex Vance to run the book club arm of his furry publishing empire. And while we hope you won’t hold our lack of souls against us, it does explain the minor kink in our programming that causes us to identify so well with characters such as Unit JVCS3163- who you possibly know by his slave name- who skirt the line between real and unreal. Especially since that can be a rather potent source of some pretty steamy pulp. Which, as emotionless droids, Skip and I see as intriguing new territory.
If you haven’t had a chance to read the story yet, here are the text and the audiobook, including a free eBook copy you can take with you wherever you go.
Find the full article here: The Bad Dog Book Club » Podcast
Two-headed tortoise born in Slovakia
Author: Rakuen Growlithe
A two-headed, five-legged tortoise was born in Slovakia two weeks ago, and displayed in Žilina on March 7.
The left head is named Magda and the right, Lenka. They are conjoined twins of a sulcata tortoise native to the Sahara Desert. If the tortoise survives to adulthood it may reach a length of 1m and weigh up to 75kg.
Although all are scientifically known as chelonians there is often confusion about the terms tortoise, turtle and terrapin. Although there are regional differences, a generally accepted definition is that chelonians on the land are tortoises, those in the sea are turtles and the ones in ponds/lakes/rivers/swamps are terrapins.
Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Season 5 - Show 42
Talk With Uncle Kage
03/07/2011
By: CraftyAndy
Interview with Uncle Kage about himself and the furry fandom.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
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Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
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Review: Verbinski’s ‘Rango’ puts the ugly back in ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
Author: crossaffliction
When first shown the trailer to Nickelodeon Movies’ Rango, I was unimpressed. Though the inclusion of Johnny Depp would normally be interesting, I assumed he was just another slumming celebrity voice. And the character designs were a bit offputting. To put it mildly. But the revelation that the director for the movie was Gore Verbinski did pique my interest.
Rango is Verbinski’s eighth film; previous work includes such oddities as Mousehunt (which furry fans may be somewhat familiar with), the American remake of The Ring (one of Bravo’s “100 Scariest Movie Moments” selections), and the three released Pirates of the Caribbean movies — the third of which made him one of only four directors to gross over a billion dollars at the box office (putting him in the company of Peter Jackson, Christopher Nolan and Ursa Major Award-winning James Cameron). In other words, Verbinski is a director to watch.
But does Rango live up to some of his previous works?
Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Anthrocon requests conbook submissions, offers sweepstakes
Author: GreenReaper
Anthrocon is requesting submissions for this year’s conbook, and is offering a sweepstakes to attract artwork, fiction, photography, and articles for the publication.
The lucky winner gets a supersponsor membership for 2011, or an upgrade if already a member.
All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT April 23. It is not necessary to submit material to enter the sweepstakes, and there is no limit on the number of entries.
Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!my Imageboard project
For my adv web dev project I decided to make a fully functioning imageboard from scratch using php and mysql. Then after talking to some friends I ended up making into what is now Furchan.me. At the Moment its kinda empty as i just set it up on the domain but hey you can change that.
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DAE have mixed feelings on wanting "furry" not to be bashed as a perversion but at the same time fearing it might become too popular?
Every time I see someone shouting "FURFAG" on the Internet I'm happy that such a person won't ever be interested in joining the furry fandom.
I'm also very worried that the "Furry fandom" could become a trend for more and more people just like anime is. I've met many many people who were anime fanatics and ended up growing out of it, yet I still have to meet more than 3 furs who'd really stop being furry and never come back or look back.
I've been travelling the world and met many wonderful furs (and other not so wonderful). I am worried that if Furry becomes a trend that the incomming masses could change the quality of the fandom we're enjoying right now.
On the other paw I identify myself as a fur and I'll obviously try to defend my identity and myself and thus I don't want it to be seen as a perversion or something disgusting.
I can't really decide what I want and what would be best. If you ask me right now I would answer "Keep it hidden enough to allow a decent influx of people that are really interested.
What are your opinions?
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Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant
Rocket Raccoon has been a busy little mammal. He became known as one of the deadliest weapons experts in the galaxy in Marvel Comics’ Annihilation series, after saving the universe as one of the Guardians of the Galaxy. But before all that, he was the sworn guardian of the Keystone Quadrant in the original Rocket Raccoon mini-series — written by Bill Mantlo, with art by Marvel greats Keith Giffen, Mike Mignola, and Sal Buscema. Now Marvel has collected all four issues as well as the original appearance of Rocket Raccoon in the page of Incredible Hulk #271 (along with the follow-up from Marvel Previews #7) in one hardcover book. It’s 144 pages of full color, coming your way this August.
Welcome To Midwest Furfest MFF part 1 of 5
03/05/2011
By: CraftyAndy
Music
Ordinary guy by Matthew Ebel http://matthewebel.com/
Obsession by Badwill & Roscoti
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4941474
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4755509
MFF part 1 of 5 I also have interviews with some of the artist that should be posted every other week. I’ll Feature three artist at a time. Hopefully I’ll stop partying a little longer to get more during FCN. Funny the only one that refused to be interviewed was a clean artist that made bumper stickers and license plates. . . silly.
Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Episode 35 – Home again - Back home and all cozy. We are back with more great news to enjoy Take a listen and enjoy the hilarity of stupid news.
Back home and all cozy. We are back with more great news to enjoy
Click below to listen:
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Take a listen and enjoy the hilarity of stupid news. Episode 35 – Home again - Back home and all cozy. We are back with more great news to enjoy Take a listen and enjoy the hilarity of stupid news.
Episode 34 – Northward Bound - This episode is brought to you by the cold north! A new guest in this episode that was recorded away from home! Take a listen and enjoy!
This episode is brought to you by the cold north!
Click below to listen:
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A new guest in this episode that was recorded away from home! Take a listen and enjoy! Episode 34 – Northward Bound - This episode is brought to you by the cold north! A new guest in this episode that was recorded away from home! Take a listen and enjoy!
Fchan changes Top Level Domain to .ME
Because of continuing issues trying to get fchan.us DNS entry updated, fchan.me has been set up to point to the fchan server.
You can read previous details here: Fchan domain curiously unresolvable.
Get Shareaholic Link to this post!KnotCast Presents - Bad Dog Book Club
Counting sheep (also posted to /r/math)
Kittens and Existential Angst
“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that he had been changed into an adorable kitten.” If that sounds vaguely familiar, it should: It’s roughly the beginning of Franz Kafka’s best-known work, The Metamorphosis. Only this time around, it’s not giant bugs that take center stage, it’s giant kittens: The Meowmorphosis is a brand-new spoof novel coming soon from the pseudonym known as Coleridge Cook. Here’s the publisher’s notes from Amazon.com: “Meet Gregor Samsa, a humble young man who works as a fabric salesman to support his parents and sister. His life goes strangely awry when he wakes up late for work and discovers that, inexplicably, he is now a man-sized baby kitten. His family freaks out: Yes, their son is OMG so cute, but what good is cute when there are bills to pay? And how can Gregor be so selfish as to devote all his attention to a scrap of ribbon? As his new feline identity threatens to eat away at his personality, Gregor desperately tries to survive this bizarre, bewhiskered ordeal by accomplishing the one thing he never could as a man: He must flee his parents’ house.” The Meowmorphosis comes to bookshelves this May, in paperback from Quirk Books.
FurBuy proposes modified member fee structure
Author: GreenReaper
FurBuy has proposed changes to their paid membership system, introduced last November.
The proposals include a ‘feral’ membership level for those with annual auction turnover between $ 500 and $ 2000, and the ability to pay for just a 3- or 6-month term.
Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought
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