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Spam, brought charmingly to life

Nicholas Carlson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:20:46 EST

The first spam email Boing Boing reenacts in this clip was authored by one Mr. Howitzer Cannonpants. It explains that while a rod in Moses's hands may part the seas, nails in yours could only build a birdhouse. Also, Mr. Cannonpants notes, women freak out when they see his crazy-sized huge brother in his hands. In the second email, Maurice asks for cash. He needs it because large-busted women — wearing no bras — tried to push him into a lake when he visited Canada's manpower office.

Xeni Jardin invades my brain

Owen Thomas — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:00:49 EST

I should be making some witty remark about Boing Boing blogger Xeni Jardin's visit to the workshops of Your Psycho Girlfriend, makers of offbeat reclaimed-materials couture and taxidermy-infused tech. But really, the whole time I watched this clip, I kept thinking, "Xeni Jardin is a gay trangender alien visitor from the future. And I for one welcome our possum-keyboard-bearing overlords."

Boing Boing cranking out even more video

Paul Boutin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:11:28 EST

Sorry Xeni, but I snarfed your embed code from IM. Boing Boing TV has added a new series of off-the-cuff vlogs to their slicker-production daily videos. In the first episode due Friday morning, Joel Johnson (blogosphere oldster — remember Gizmodo? Wired? Yeah, old) plays with a toy copter and a retro-chic radio. Full press-releasey post from Xeni after the jump.

————————— Introducing BBtv vlogs! Today: Joel from BB Gadgets. It's been a little more than two months since we launched Boing Boing tv, and we've decided that producing a daily internet show just isn't enough. Meet BBtv vlogs!
OK, seriously: starting today, we'll be releasing these additional videoblog segments in addition to the every-weekday Boing Boing tv episodes. The vlogs won't be every single day all the time, but we're going to have fun with them.

What's the difference? The BBtv vlogs will be casual, conversational stuff we mostly tape ourselves, wherever we are. They'll feature Boing Boing editors talking about things, people, ideas, places, technologies we're fascinated by. They're more like video diaries, I guess? Only less emo, no ranting about your YouTube enemies, and ffs no dance contests.

So, imagine Pesco talking with one of those artists he blogs about, or Cory wandering around in Tokyo with a handheld camera pointing out cool stuff he's seeing that day, or Joel Johnson from Boing Boing Gadgets talking about about little infrared controlled helicopters or retro-tech radios — oh hey, wait! That's the vlog episode we're publishing today, our very first.

And Joel, if you have never *seen* him speak before, is quite a funny guy. His video diary stylee is sort of like HSN meets America's Funniest Home Videos meets Slackers. — Xeni Jardin (thx, JGB!)

Xeni Jardin gets freaky with a nasty Santa

Owen Thomas — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:40:30 EST

The ironic stance, the knowing wink, the deadpan tone: They've all become cliche in Web-culture documentaries. Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin explodes the genre by taking footage of rampaging Santas and turning it into a music video. My prediction: Xeni's confession, "I'm really freaked out," will become a ringtone before the end of the year.

Lolcats history video — yes, it's a gag

Paul Boutin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:16:33 EST

Boing Boing's video tracing the origins of Lolcats to a 1912 comic strip, The Laugh Out Loud Cats, is a parody. Or a satire. Or whatever it's a joke OK? I would say I can't believe people think this thing is for real, except they do.