Month: July 2008

4chan

Poole set up 4chan because he wanted to share his passion for Japanese comics and TV rather than as a moneyspinner, which is just as well. Although the site is popular, its scurrilous reputation makes it difficult to sell advertising space. ‘That’s been an uphill battle for me personally. My biggest time spent has been convincing companies in marketing potential in 4chan but no one sees eye to eye.’ For now he will have to be content with shaping western culture as the most influential web entrepreneur you’ve never heard of.

Mission Idiots

New graffiti on the sidewalk at 18th and Dolores claims nothing short of “Mission Exploitation” by Google employees. A decade ago, the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project posted flyers urging Valencia Street’s self-styled “artists” to vandalize luxury cars. Some did. In 2008, most Web 2.0 workers aren’t rich enough to draw the righteous anger of their slightly-less-privileged neighbors. Except for Googlers who dare move into the city’s youth-culture ghetto between Cesar Chavez and Market. Urban hipsters who have art degrees can wash my car.

heh

Comical Failure

Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart is facing a tough reelection campaign. He’s been accused of abusing his office for personal gain, and will go on trial in the fall on felony campaign finance charges. But apparently, this is all a conspiracy of homosexuals, liberal do gooders, and good ol’ boys to force Rinehart out of office. Rinehart lays out his case in a comic book he’s sending out to voters, which—you may be surprised to learn—he wrote himself.

i suspect this is fake, but who knows. those pedifiles are tricky.