Peter Vidani: Archive

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“it all comes at you at once. hunger. bad breath. weak limbs. confusion. gravity.” —waking up is the worst thing in the world

once you get past the intro page, click around the 4 links on the bottom. very cool presentation.

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“Our family needs more men! If you like the beach, golfing, or are a Republican cowboy, hunter, or veteran hero please e-mail us to set up a phone interview. A "Prospective Grandpa" will be treated to a homemade Thanksgiving feast and lots of family fun. You must like dogs, cats, and talkative children. Please respond soon so that we have time to choose the lucky winner! P.S. Grandma can be a bit sassy, so you'd better be a REAL MAN with Jesus on your side!” —craigslist

no sound effect added when I kick the shit out of that chair.
made with brian.

“A fourth grade Oakville student has been expelled from a Waterbury school for bringing a toy gnu onto the property. The action falls under the school district's 'zero tolerance' policy, according to administrators. Officials believe the student, who is dyslexic, tried to intentionally break the policy.” —Dyslexic Student Expelled Over Toy Gnu

brian: reading about a text game kind of spoils it
peter: yeah
brian: it’s like seeing a movie before you see the movie
peter: it’s like calling masturbation a handjob
brian: exactly

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through years of producing internet videos, i’ve collected all sorts of weird mp3s, and am pleased to share with you one per day. here’s a vo artist doing several takes of “eat a wolf.”
— samreich

I hope he posts more of these. I love a good voiceover, especially with ridiculous out-of-context scripting like this one.

paying too much?

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PEV: What’s one word that best describes, JakeandAmir.com?
Amir: Not reverent.
Jake: That’s two words. And you’re extra dumb because you could have easily said “irreverent.” Same meaning, but one word.
Amir: …that’s 18 words.

& jakeandamir.com

“Humor is an intellectual puzzle, “How can this particular set of esoteric trivia be constructed to maximize hilarity as quickly as possible?” Your nerd listens hard to recognize humor potential and when he hears it, he furiously scours his mind to find relevant content from his experience so he can get the funny out as quickly as possible.” —my favorite paragraph from the nerd handbook

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Looks like we aren’t the only ones that kill for oil.

or skip the article, get to the music

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“If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0” — michaelv

why this design is better

I already like this design much more than the last one. This feels much more like a tumblr, sort of like a big tall cork board that has a bunch of “stuff” found on the internet. The last one was a bit too traditional. Also, I like this one more because it’s not going to look like crap when I only want to post 1 item per day. If I did it on the previous design, I had all these long black stripes cutting up the page as you scrolled down. I’m happy.

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obviously something is different

and there’s quite of bit of tweaking to do, so keep your trousers on.

Because when cell phone companies give up on noise isolation, you’re going to wear a giant wooden dome. Like Dark Helmet found inspiration in a forest.