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Friday, May 9, 2008

Weepy Singer John Mayer Is Actually Funny

While I sometimes want to throttle him for his more cloying songs, like the agonizing “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” it’s clear John Mayer has a good sense of humor about his image.

The smoky-eyed singer-songwriter and guitarist, who also has yet to meet a Hollywood actress he doesn’t date (current date: Jennifer Aniston!), just released this spoof video on the songwriting process for Funny or Die comedy video site.

It’s worth a watch:

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Grand Theft Volvo

This is an hysterical spoof video, by “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien, with a very sanitized version of Grand Theft Auto IV.

The new version of the ultra-violent videogame came out this week, to rave reviews.

I would rather play this, as I have taken that crazy right on red on the way to my kid’s soccer practice, living on the edge of danger:

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Apple Earnings Coming, So Watch iJustine Mocking Madonna While You Wait!

What will be the news of how many Macs were sold in the recent quarter (2 million? More?!?), which will be revealed when Apple (AAPL) announces its earnings this afternoon?

And, even if sales are soaring, iPod sales don’t slow as much as expected and the 3G iPhone looks tasty, the stock still might not get a bounce.

Well, worry not by watching this funny Mac-related spoof by iJustine of Madonna’s latest pretentious song:

Monday, April 21, 2008

Microsoft Surface Surfaces at AT&T Stores

Don’t miss this video below from WSJ.com last week about AT&T (T) stores using Microsoft’s (MSFT) Surface table-sized touch computer to help customers, which is one of the first commercial applications of the device.

Surface actually got a demo at our D5 conference last May, but BoomTown has been partial to this very funny video spoof on the “big-assed table”:

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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