The Best (and worst) of the Internet

[Cody]

That would be so awesome!

[zourtney]

I was really hoping to find something a little more...well, a little more like THIS! You know, a jaw-dropping barrage of foam projectiles.

But alas, Nerf gun the mechanics would never hold up. You'd probably just be standing in a puddle of molten plastic. Still, I thought it was pretty cool.

[Nick]

It would still be rather cool if you started melting the nerf gun you were shooting so fast.

[zourtney]

Ok, maybe it's just me, but I find this fascinating. It's a dialectic survey across the continental United States.

It highlights some of the finer nuances of spoken English ("gramma" vs "grandma") along with some easier ones ("coo-pon" vs "cyoo-pon"). And it's interesting how intensely regional a few terms are (see "New Haven").

It also has, hands down, the best y'all-map I've found. I attached a few favorites. Do enjoy -- I've spend hours looking at this 

http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/

[Nick]

Y'all might like this

Fun with cameras and ceiling fans:
http://jeremiahwarren.com/blog/2013/06/30/how-to-create-a-diy-matrix-bullet-timetime-slice-rig-using-a-ceiling-fan-and-a-gopro/

[zourtney]

Ok, that's cool. And inspiring! I want to do more awesome things like that. I need to be less lame...

[Nick]

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-115.91,16.11,469

I found this to be cool. It is a real time wind map map of the world with vectors.

[Cody]

That is somewhat mesmerizing...and awesome.

Also I found this comment in a guy's review of a video game somewhat humorous. "I personally think the sound of the gun is too loud with the first person camera."

I don't know if he has ever shot a real gun, but they are pretty freaking loud. I don't exactly expect to hear the birds singing while I shoot my machine gun.

[Brad]

Has anyone seen Twitch Plays Pokemon yet? It's thousands of people attempting to play a pokemon game through IRC chat all at once. Everyone is attempting to control the same character. It's kind of entertaining in an chaotic way.

Right now it's being played by more than 72,000 people.

[Nick]

So that's what that is. I kept hearing references to it, but I thought twitch was some dudes handle. I will check it out. Sounds absurd

[Cody]

Play your favorite YouTube video. While it is playing, click on some blank area of the page and hit the keys 1980. I was most amused. Perhaps a little too amused.

[Nick]

Kickstarter backed movie "Kung Fury"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg&feature=youtu.be&t=615

It is 1980-esk kungfu-parody glory.