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"My Hair Song" By Rhett & Link
The guys responsible for Chuck Testa and the Dope Zebra have made a music video about whether your hair goes up or down. Thoughts?
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Video: u8a22 Sings “Beat It”
u8a22, of SunnyD and Rum fame, is back. She deleted her YouTube channel a couple months ago, but as of this morning, it's back. She also uploaded this stunning cover of “Beat It.” Enjoy.
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Caitlin Hill
Tech Buzz Meet the new host of Rocketboom: Caitlin Hill. Formerly known by YouTubers as TheHill88, Caitlin has officially taken the big seat at Rocketboom and says “Uranus” in the first episode.
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The CollegeHumor Show
TV Buzz It's official: MTV is giving the fratty geeks at College Humor their own TV show, to debut on February 8, 2009. The show will focus on the College Humor office, meaning it will basically be a string of their “Hardly Working” shorts with lush, Hills-like cinematography. Maybe Whitney Port will make a cross-promotional cameo!
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Image: Amelie Jr. T-Shirt
The Cutest Girl on the Internet gets her own t-shirt (helpfully translated into English) and the proceeds go to charity. The internet did something good! Community hug, guys. We can all go home happy now.
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Image: The Meme Tree
Let’s collaboratively create a huge “meme tree” that starts with early viral hits and extends forward through the history of the viral web. Post memes. Post responses to those memes. Post responses to the responses. Keep going until we have a big branching tree of related memes. Start with the big classics viral hits and work forward to the present. Where possible embed actual videos or screen shots using the video and image post formats.
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Hot For Words
Culture Buzz “Hello my dear students.” Marina Orlova is a Russian Philologist (one who studies linguistics and etymology) who discusses the origins of English words on her website and corresponding Youtube Channel, Hot For Words. With over 100 million video views and the title of Sexiest Geek of the Year, Marina proves that you can be sexy and smart (if you consider being able to trace the origin of the word “Boobs” smart.)
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T.I. And Rihanna Do The Numa Numa
Music Buzz T.I. samples the Numa Numa kid in his new song with Rihanna, “Live Your Life.” Check out their world premiere performance at the VMAs here. It’s actually a really hot jam.
