Sunday, February 28th, 2010
“So would you run if I told you I love you,
would you run if I asked you to stay?
“Would you cry if I said that I missed you?
Sorry is all I can say…”
(Video embedded on xcopfly.com)
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Wikipedia’s mission of becoming an Internet-based user-edited encyclopedia is looking pretty grim, as its article count is shrinking by the bulk. They give you the deletion page to look at, where you can see that the decisions are made by a democratic process run by obvious teenagers. If you thought Wikipedia was inaccurate before, it’s [...]
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
I most likely didn’t post this here before, as it doesn’t turn up in a search. But I discovered this goofy act of plagiarism a long time ago:
Rick Springfield, 1981:
Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl”
The Coca-Cola Company, 1993:
Always Coca Cola
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
“Borrowed Time” by the band Diamond Head:
Video embedded on xcopfly.com
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Apparently while recording the album “Show Me The Way” was on, they hired a new Bon Jovi-like singer and recorded a dance song which doesn’t sound anything remotely like Styx.
(Video embedded on xcopfly.com)
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
These quizzes have been around for ages, but I haven’t been to BBSpot since way before xcopfly.com came into existence. So I took a bunch of these quizzes again.
Which OS are You?
Which File Extension are You?
How White and Nerdy Are You?
Which Caffeinated Beverage are You?
Which Nigerian spammer are You?
Which Programming Language are You?
Which Website are [...]
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
From YouTube:
Hulk Hogan – Real American
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Journey’s low-budget video for "Separate Ways" is always criticized. Sure, it’s not like "Take on Me", Peter Gabriel’s stuff, or other early MTV material, but it conveys a simple image of "having fun" (the opposite of, say, this cause of childhood creepiness)
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
"Do You Love Me" by Andy Fraser
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Really funny:
Saturday Morning Cartoon Parody Video
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