Week in Famo (week 09)

by Evan Roth | November 13, 2007

Here we go again….

Digg
A screen shot wins the most dugg article of the week. Nerds love screen shots…. use this to your advantage. Nerds also love BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death).
- 9 Creative Staircases proving once again that image based list posts clean up…. has anyone tried one of these yet?…. WHY THE F*&k NOT!
- Digg title of the week: Unbelievable Egg City! Real Photos

- 2nd best title: Huge Super Soaker Collection [pic]

youtube:
A pranks video is the #1 viewed video of the week:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=h4yTg5A9zmw]

The Office goes on strike:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=b6hqP0c0_gw]

This one makes the front page twice:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=VBGHer3yFyc]

Shocker… Oprah makes the front page of youtube (complete with Oprah Cam)
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=jXLeYp2NMg4]

Boing-Boing
- More How-To’s: How To Make Chemical Snakes

- Fake robot walker (via Make and Youtube):
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIQuXk8wQOA]

- G.R.L. Vienna makes the Boing by eating a US dollar bill.

- Boing Boing loves sign photos…. has anyone tried this yet? WTFN!??!?!

- Barbie Trapped in Carbonite

- Another How To: HOWTO make a speaker out of a magnet, a cup, legos and wire

Note the difference in how the two title the page:
- José Pino – “How To Make a Speaker”
- Boing Boing – “HOWTO make a speaker out of a magnet, a cup, legos and wire”

- Balloon organ:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDTygFNhA5A]

Break
- Fishing Line Prank
- And another.

I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t talk about 2girls1cup…. I’m not going to link to the original video… to be honest I haven’t seen it yet (not because I’m scared but because the site isn’t loading). [UPDATE: I just saw the clip in question, and it's un-appropriateness is not to be take lightly.... it's bad.] That being said, this seems to be the biggest meme of the week and several of the top break.com and youtube.com videos of the week are of people reacting to said video:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=OtRzf_ZcM0U]
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=V-bsP04dyjY]

If you are feeling particularly brave you can view the video below. BE WARNED, NOT WORK SAFE, and as long as you are going to watch it you might as well have some one video tape you as well:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=QRWVtgUGExw]

- If this wasn’t one of you guys I’m going to be disappointed.

And my personal favorite meme of the week (as reported on buzzfeed.com)………. rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs. Some favs: