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Chadrick loves looking for work (also: new Valleywag mascot needed!)
Chadrick, Chadrick, Chadrick. Most of all, we loved saying his name. Chadrick Baker, the virtual-worlds enthusiast Valleywag plucked from obscurity to be our mascot, has been fired from his day job. We think. He should have known better than to bite the digitally furry hand that feeds him. After Chadwick called a competitor — we're not sure, we don't follow the fancy 3D game worlds he runs in — a "hack" in a barely read interview, his CEO, Peter Haik, had to step in and disown Baker's comments. After Haik emailed the company Baker dissed and said he couldn't be sorry enough for what had been said, we hear he took all his apologies one step further and let Baker go. More »
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Comment by laughingcat: HAH! This guy was a joke anyway. Next time get a hotter mascot. Wait... wasn't he linked to some hot... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Chadrick worships at the Church of Google
Metaversality's Chadrick Baker, our adorably optimistic mascot, intends to become a minister in the Church of Google, a new organization for worshippers of the almighty algorithm. Commandments not issued from on high in Mountain View include "Thou shalt not build thy own commercial-free Search Engine, for I am a jealous Engine, bringing law suits and plagues against the fathers of the children unto the third and fourth generations," and "Thou shalt not manipulate Search Results. Search Engine Optimization is but the work of Microsoft." And praying to your new god is as simple as a search query. More »
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By Jackson WestComment by Khrome: Oooh! I'm there - right after I do twenty recitations of the hallowed Google Privacy Policy. more » | Other threads
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Chadrick loves Diana, and the feeling is mutual
The act that first brought Chadrick Baker, virtual-worlds advocate and lover of love, to our attention was his declaration of romantic fealty to four Valley foxes. Bad news for Sarah Meyers, Amanda Lorenzani, and Sarah Lacy: Baker has found his feelings for Ask.com art director Diana Furka requited. Before declaring their feelings, the two pursued a platonic paternship on a website, Oddistry.com. Good luck, you crazy kids! As for the rest of you, can you think of a better caption for mascot and mate? Suggest one in the comments, and it will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "You mean this isn't the Facebook prom?" by dannyisme.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Owen Thomas: There is no winner, which I suppose makes you all losers. more » | Other threads
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Valleywag mascot touts computerized beaver at Maker Faire
Chadrick Baker, Valleywag's mascot, has been suspiciously silent lately. I'd just started to worry that he'd disappeared into a virtual world once and for all when he popped up to let me know he and Ask.com's Diana Furka had posted a new video on Oddistry.com. Thank goodness! Learn about the compubeaver and the emerging popularity of "steampunk" in this episode. Check out the end, where Furka touts her employer's search engine. As a marketing strategy, it makes slightly more sense than trying to find Jesus.
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By Owen ThomasComment by raincoaster: Oh, Jesus, the compubeaver has been around so long it's not even steampunk; it's just antique. Didn't it run Windows... more » | Other threads
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YouTube's complicity in marketing booze to kids exposed by Valleywag mascot
You'd think that after all that time he spent at Linden Lab as the worst nightmare of virtual pedophiles in Second Life, Valleywag mascot Chadrick Baker would know to think of the children. By embedding a Heineken commercial on his blog, Baker may innocently believe he was just acknowledging a friend's creativity, but no — he's unwittingly aiding multinational alcohol purveyors in their efforts to stamp booze brands in young minds early and often. More » -
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Chadrick loves crowdsourcing his new look
Can you help Chadrick Baker, the Metaversatility biz-dev guy who recently became Valleywag's new mascot? He's shaved off the beard in this four-year-old profile pic, but hasn't settled on an icon that best captures his new, fresh-faced look. Chadrick has asked for suggestions on his blog, but we think Valleywag readers can best help him. Vote in our poll for your favorite window on Chadrick's soul: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Torley: Heyyy it's Chadrick! w00t! I go with "bemused", the lighting is nice and it's open to interpretation and it's not... more » | Other threads
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Chadrick loves speaking to nobody
Valleywag mascot Chadrick Baker addresses the crowd at a recent virtual-reality conference. Suggest your caption in the comments [Tech Tucked Under a Wing] -
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Chadrick loves blasphemous gay Jesus
Here's how Valleywag mascot Chadrick Baker spent his Easter. Usual caption contest rules reply, plus a special one: The headline must start by informing readers what Chadrick loves.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Chadrick: @I'm Waitin' for Dolemite: I'm the one in the blue shirt, in the back on the left with the backpack... more » | Other threads
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Valleywag mascot awarded second meaningless title
We're so proud! Chadrick Baker, the omniphilic gadabout who replaced Robert Scoble in our obsessions, has been named an advisory board member by the Association of Virtual Worlds. "The three dimensional Internet will emerge, and it's those who get involved now who will be considered the new early adopters," says our mascot, who used to work as Second Life's policy bad cop at Linden Lab. Got it! Attention, annoying VRML kids who worked at BigBook in the 1990s: You're officially the old early adopters. But somehow, I bet that Chadrick still loves you. -
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Chadrick loves helping Diana Furka launch tech blog Oddistry.com
Our new Valleywag mascot, Chadrick Baker, first came to our attention by announcing his love for the tech girls of Silicon Valley. Now he's ventured beyond love into selfless devotion. Ask.com art director Diana Furka has launched a new tech-culture videoblog, Oddistry. Baker is helping produce. I asked Baker whether Oddistry.com was anything like JakobandJulia.com, the ill-fated relationship blog of Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick and reality-TV hopeful Julia Allison. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Dweezil: @Alaska Miller: I've seen two photos of her and she looked pretty hot in both, so I don't know. more » | Other threads
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Chadrick loves big hairy men in dresses
When last I saw Valleywag mascot Chadrick Baker, he offered to make out with me. I assumed he was kidding. But then he turned up looking natty in a tux, with a drag-queen bride at his side. Really, Chadrick, we don't care which way you swing — just keep swinging. Chadrick with more brides, after the jump. More » -
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Chadrick loves Southwest calling the cops on him for being a "fuckin' genius"
"I've just been the victim of an attempted undressing by Southwest Airlines," Valleywag mascot Chadrick Baker informs us via his blog. Returning from SXSW, Baker sported a T-shirt he'd borrowed from Ask.com's Diana Furka (shown here modeling it). It announced to the world what Valleywag already knew about our Chadrick: He's a "fuckin' genius." Such a genius that he wore said shirt while flying Southwest back to San Francisco. Come on, Chadrick! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by D IS FOR DENTATA: @twig: Because commentary like this proves your genius and worth to not be thrown off planes for sheer stupidity. ;-) Moron. more » | Other threads
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Chadrick, the new Robert Scoble, loves everything
The best thing about drunkblogging? When people send in detailed corrections about your alcohol-addled ramblings. Chadrick Baker, lover of tech women, lover of the Internet, now informs me that his affections are unlimited. I'm appointing him Valleywag's new mascot, replacing Robert Scoble. His email, after the jump: More » -
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Chadrick loves the Internet
Remember Chadrick Baker, the fellow who loves women who love tech? We hear he met Julia Allison at SXSW, an object of his alienated affection, and the two made up. And we also hear he's discovered the future of the Internet. It has something to do with logging onto Facebook and MySpace at the same time. This kind of thing always sounds better with beer.
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By Owen ThomasComment by macbeach: Linden is the company, Second Life is the product. (I don't know if he works there or not.) Maybe the... more » | Other threads
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Chadrick loves Sarah, Amanda, Diana, and Sarah — and thinks you will, too
If only you people would stop clicking on posts about Julia Allison and Meghan Asha, you would make Metaversatility biz-dev guy Chadrick Baker very happy. "Please, please for all that is good and is right in the world," Baker beseeches us in an email, "please stop reporting on nitwits." Below, the "smart, attractive geeky entrepreneurial type girls" Chadrick thinks we should be writing about instead. Who's your favorite? Vote for her in our poll. More »
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