EPIC FU (iPod/iPhone/PSP)

vampire bloodlust + how to hack the world!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:56:43 -0800

It seems like vampires are running rampant, but do they make good bloggers? The FU of the Week is served by the Internet's MacGyver, Bre Pettis, who recently shot a TV pilot. Plus, furniture made from skateboards, stop motion video goodness, and you can make your own TV commercials!

FU of the Week: Bre Pettis - His site, His blog, His History Hacker TV pilot for the History Channel, NYC Resistor

Music Video Spotlight: Gunfight by The Mighty Underdogs featuring MF Doom - Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta

Artist of the Week: Kevin Morgan - Some photos by Brienne Michelle

Campfire: Is Crowd-Funding a Sustainable Alternative to the Hollywood Studio System? - Post a video response!

Show Links: Screen Actor's Guild planning a strike?, Twilight, True Blood, Vampires Blog, Skateboard furniture, Shoes made from skateboards, Snackr, Fluid, ShapeShop3d, Megaman stop motion video, Svelte made their own stop motion music video, Blip.tv developed iPhone video embeds, SaysMe.tv

Featured MIX Members: Derek, I'llturnnative

Credits Video: St. Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor by Ha Ha Tonka, Their site

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overthanked and underspanked

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:22:44 -0800

It's the week of Thanksgiving in the U.S. and there's no better time to get drunk with the creators of Tiki Bar TV, serving an extra-strong FU of the week! Plus, we should be thankful for hacking Ikea, a sex life tracker, and a science dance contest, just for starters! Ain't no turkey on the FU this week!

FU of the Week: Tiki Bar TV - The show, Tiki Bar on iTunes, Get the Tiki Bar DVD!, Come party with the cast and producers of Tiki Bar for the DVD release!

Music Video Spotlight: Go Go Go by The 88 - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Know Hope - His site, Interview on Sezio

Flash Game Challenge: New game: Scenic! - Patrick gets the prime real estate for DHTML Cocentration!, Patrick's MIX profile, The DHTML Concentration thread on MIX

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Alex! - Alex's profile on MIX, His site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Gmail's video and voice chat, Ikea Hacker, Bedposted - track your sex life!, Shifd, 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest, Electrode face-dancing, Tumbltape, Freesound, Creepy "hug" pillow, Dating site for nerds, geeks, and intellectuals of all kinds

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Erica, D-Dave

Credits Video: Animals by Minilogue - Their site, Video by ljudbilden.com and varelsen.com

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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hollywood 2.0: use the web to make your movie

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:35:05 -0800

This week we're wondering who our new enemy should be! And we are also looking at ways that social media can unite people. Howard Stern thinks blogging is for losers, Ze Frank is trying to bring together voters, and the FU of the Week is delivered by a filmmaker using the web to bring people together to crowd-fund her new movie.

FU of the Week: Jessica Stover - Her site, Artemis Eternal, Wingman Central

Music Video Spotlight: Sleepyhead by Passion Pit - Their MySpace, Their label

Artist of the Week: Mr. Brainwash / MBW - His site, NYC street art, An exhibition in Los Angeles

Campfire: Is Crowd-Funding a Sustainable Alternative to the Hollywood Studio System?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Kristen! - Kristen's profile on MIX, Her site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Who Should Our New Enemy Be?

Show Links: Ze Frank's "From 52 to 48 With Love" Project, Howard Stern on social media, Gary Vaynerchuk, Photo of Internet's Martin Sargent (his Wikipedia page), Meet In Between, My Biggest Complaint, YouTube Live event on Nov. 22nd, Infinite Bubblewrap, Infinite Unwrapping, Smithsonian purchasing Shepard Fairey's Obama fine art portrait

Discussion Roundup: If You Could Change One Thing In Your Life, What Would It Be?, Featured Responses: Pious Renegade, Dani3, Opus V, Richa

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Rudy, Paul

Credits Video: Want You Back by The Mighty Underdogs - Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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has everything gone retro?

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:32:54 -0800

It seems like everything old is new again. This week we check out retro hipster fashion tips, see some sexy retro people, avoid a retro burger that won't die, and review some great journal projects and timeline tools. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by a social media expert, and our Artist of the Week has a true gift for seeing people.

FU of the Week: JD Lasica - His blog, Darknet, MediaMobz, OurMedia

Music Video Spotlight: Dambusters by TZU - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: James Jean - His site, His blog, His Wikipedia entry

Flash Game Challenge: New game: DHTML Concentration! - Jiggajayd gets the prime real estate for Micro Olympics 2!, Jiggajayd's MIX profile, A Micro Olympics hack video

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Lee! - Lee's profile on MIX, His site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Scandalishious, Her YouTube channel, Sexy People blog, The everlasting McDonald's burger, Stripping Hungarian teacher (SFW), 1000 Journals Project, Art Activism Change journal project, Write In My Journal, Timerime, Dipity, Dark matter particles?, Startech, He-Man on Ice

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Angel, >Rae Rae

Credits Video: Summer Song by Team Yacht - Their site

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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what would you change?

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:57:19 -0800

Change is in the air, but now what? There's change all around us if you know where to look. This week we have a game hacker's marriage proposal, an art exhibit based on LOLcats, and the FU of the Week is served by Causecast, a cause-based social network. What are you going to change?

FU of the Week: Causecast - Their site, Organizations they work with, Leaders they work with

Music Video Spotlight: You by Atmosphere - Their site, Their label, Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta!

Artist of the Week: Phil Hansen - His site, His collaborative moments project

Discussion: If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

Campfire Roundup: Is Citizen Journalism and New Media Making a Difference?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Rupert! - Rupert's profile on MIX, His site: Twittervlog, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Game hacker proposes to his girlfriend, MTV's new music video site, Francois Macre's Thriller recreation, Comedian Mark Day at the LOLarts show, Disaster Girl!, Poladroid, Paint-on abs Rev3 and EPIC FU parting ways

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Beth, Barrett, Edward, Laurence, Alex, Tubejay, Tsuko

Credits Video: Virus by Deltron3030 - His MySpace, Submitted by Ben W!

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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tim and eric give good halloween!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:38:10 -0800

This week Tim and Eric from Adult Swim take us on a wistful (not) journey through their show's evolution! We also run down Halloween costumes for the lazy, check out some ridiculously amazing pumpkin carvings, check out some old people fighting, and throw in a few upside-down dogs for good measure.

FU of the Week: Tim and Eric - Their site, Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Adult Swim, Their MySpace

Music Video Spotlight: Feast of the Dead by Autumns Eyes - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Justin Aerni - His site, His Flickr stream, His blog, Justin on deviantART

Flash Game Challenge: New game: Micro Olympics!, Samm get the prime real estate for Luminara!, Samm's MIX profile

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Michael! - Michael's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Watch the rocking chair closely, Extreme pumpkin carvings, Awesome Predator pumpkin, Pumpkin House, Politician masks from Forbes, Star Wars Halloween masks, American Apparel's DIY costume builder, College Humor's "Girls Costume Warehouse", Collection of old people fighting videos, Toilet with one-way glass, Fun with McCain, Pequena Hillary Hulk, Upside-down dogs, iFanboy on Revision3

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Casey, Trip D

Credits Video: You Don't Know Her by Maps - Their site

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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arianna huffington, zombie outbreak, superstruct

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:48:05 -0800

This week the FU of the Week is served by author and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington! We check out some zero dollar bills, look at a new alternate reality game set in the future, and check out Semapedia, which allows you to post links to the web in the real world! Plus a new Campfire discussion!

FU of the Week: Arianna Huffington - The Huffington Post, Arianna on Wikipedia, Her newest book

Music Video Spotlight: Id Engager by Of Montreal - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Harriet Russell - Her website, Her encrypted address project

Campfire: Is new media making a difference?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's promo by Jonny - Jonny's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Sad Guys on Trading Floors, Artist Laura Gilbert gives out "zero" dollar bills, The Superstruct, Survive the Outbreak, Nine Lives, Carcade, Purple Pedals, Semapedia, QR code generator, What would you use QR codes for?, We will miss Oscar Grimm, co-creator of Freshtopia (video interview with Beet.tv)

Featured Fans and MIX Members: DasEnergi, Mboogie

Credits Video: Sweet Disposition by Temper Trap - Their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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why ninjas kill people

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:09:32 -0800

This week we're dodging the Ninja's blade with the creators of Ask a Ninja! Plus, a global Space Invaders game, how to dodge the economic disaster, T-Mobile's new G1 Android phone, and we take flight with SpaceX and a rocket man. And we have a new flash game to play along with the first of your t-shirt mashups!

FU of the Week: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine of Ask a Ninja - The Ninja site, Get a free Ninja Handbook survival kit!, The Ask a Ninja Handbook, The Ninja Community, Call the Ninja at 818-237-9807, Kent's blog, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes site

Music Video Spotlight: You've Got To (Norman Cook Remix) by the Young Punx - Their site, Their MySpace, Submitted by Ehsan K! Thanks Ehsan!

Artist of the Week: Wim Delvoye - His site, His Wikipedia entry

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's promo by Angel, Angel's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Flash Game Challenge!: New game: Luminara!, DeadPianoPlayer gets the prime real estate for Ragdoll Avalanche, DeadPianoPlayer's profile on MIX, The Ragdoll Avalanche game thread

Show Links: Local Harvest, Investing in gold, Everbank, Currency Shares, Ready.gov for emergency preparedness, Jefferson State secessionists, T-Mobile's G1 Android phone, SpaceX launch video, Rocket man Yves Rossy, Space Invaders by the Invader -- a global street art game, Last Music Map -- a mashup of Last.fm and Google Maps, Sonic Living, Check out popSiren Thursdays at 3ET/12PT

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Tricia, Excalipoor

Credits Video: Berto by Danxzen - Their site, Their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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how to be a twitter power user!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:48:00 -0800

This week we run down all the Twitter tools you'll ever need to make yourself a Twitter God or Goddess! Plus the FU of the Week is served by an IBM Master Inventor who connected his house to Twitter, and the Artist of the Week is the designer of the infamous FailWhale!

FU of the Week: Andy Stanford-Clark, IBM Master Inventor - Andy on Wikipedia, Audio interview with Andy, Andy connected his house to Twitter!=, Video with Andy from IBM's site

Music Video Spotlight: The Disco Song by Torpedo Boyz - their site, their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Yiying Lu, FailWhale creator - her site, the FailWhale phenomenon, FailWhale on Flickr

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Show Links: Twitter, Twitter Fan Wiki, Twitterholic - find the big hitters on Twitter, Twitter API, TwitterLocal - find tweets in your area, Twubble - see who you're missing, Twitter Search, FeedMyInbox - get search results delivered to you, TweetScan - search alternative, Twitturly - find popular URLs posted on Twitter, TwitScoop - creates a Twitter tag cloud, TweetMeme - find tweets by category, Twhirl - desktop app, Twitterific - another desktop app, TwitPic - send photos, Twittergram connects to Flickr, TwitSay - call in your tweets, Hahlo for the iPhone, m.twitter.com - Twitters' mobile site, EPIC FU folks on Twitter: Zadi, Steve, Rick, Mike, Daniel, Annie, Sarah, Check out Tekzilla on Rev3!

Featured MIX Members: Drew, Wardere

Credits Video: The Twitter Song by Ben Walker - his site

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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fight for your right, music fest, creative commons

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:18:59 -0800

The show is jam-packed this week with U.S. voter tools -- register online, call b.s. on politicans, and track where their money comes from. The FU of the Week is served by Creative Commons, enabling a culture of content-sharing, plus, popSiren's Sarah Lane checks in with us from an awesome indie music festival!

FU of the Week: Creative Commons - license your content, CC case studies, CC Creative Director Eric Steuer's Meanest Man Contest

Music Video Spotlight: No Strings Mixtape 08 by Mishal Moore - her site, her MySpace

Artist of the Week: DAIM - his site, DAIM Flickr group

Correspondent: Sarah Lane from popSiren! - Treasure Island Music Festival

Show Links: Declare Yourself, Rock the Vote, blog post, MySpace's MyDebates, Factcheck - call politicians on bullshit, MAPlight - track special interest money, Tigh-Roslin '08 - Battlestar Galactica presidential candidates!, Darth Dog, Slotmusic -- DRM-free music on microSD cards??, Campfire DRM discussion, Tomas' discussion about government Internet monitoring, Check out Revision3 Beta!

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Andrew, Smoke E. Digglera, Clintus, Laurence, Dale, Tomas

Credits Video: Tea Leaf Dancers by Flying Lotus - his MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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banned books, forbidden beards, lg15 resistance

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:31:25 -0800

This week we're immersing ourselves in the web for cutting-edge entertainment, to create collaborative fiction, and to check out some sweet beards. All while trying not to get banned. The FU of the Week is served by the creative team behind the Lonelygirl15 universe, and we have an insane music video road trip from Liars!

FU of the Week: Eqal - their site, Lonelygirl15, Kate Modern, The Resistance

Music Video Spotlight: Plaster Casts of Everything by Liars - their site, their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Ron Mueck and his (much) larger than life scultpures - article in The Guardian, video created by The National Gallery, London

Show Links: U.S. banks are getting bailed out with taxpayer money, Sarah Palin's GOP convention speech, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (the movie's release delayed for 8 months), Banned books week - blog post, on Facebook, on MySpace, DeadPianoPlayer's discussion on MIX about Banned Books Week, World Beard Championships - Sweet group shot by Joe Goldberg, Sweet massive beards by spookyamd, Spider-beard by Stephanie Watson, A beard adventure, by spookyamd again, Ze Frank's Fiction project, Hand-drawn maps, Draw on top of Google Maps with QuikMaps, Hobnox, the sickest online music tool ever, 5 1/2 Gigs of free samples, MIX discussion roundup: should a politician's private life be public knowledge?, Check out the Totally Rad Show on Rev3!

Flash Game Challenge -- Ragdoll Avalanche 2: Play on MIX and post a screenshot of your high score!, Ragdollsoft - the game creator's site

Featured MIX Members: Vincent, RychlewC, Spytap, George, Zuw, Dale - Check out Project 2357 and submit your video!

Credits Video: Arrest Yourself by Hot Chip - their website - their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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television is our b1tch

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:46:33 -0800

This week it seems like everyone is watching the new fall TV shows, but what are you watching online? We run down a few of our faves, check out what Jimmy Fallon is up to, and watch McCain get Barack-rolled. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by an organization empowering young filmmakers, and the music video spotlight thrashes your brain!

FU of the Week: Film Your Issue - FYI site, FYI on MySpace

Music Video Spotlight: Big Timber by Himsa - their site, Himsa on MySpace

Artist of the Week: William Lamson - his site, his video work

Video Campfire Discussion: When does DRM cross the line from protecting a product to killing it?

MIX Discussion: What original web shows are you watching this Fall?

FUcabulary: Fake Take

Show Links: More people watching online TV than ever, The Legend of Neil, Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, Retarded Policeman, Jimmy Fallon will start his show online, Van Halen not happy about McCain campaign using their music, same for Jackson Browne, same for Heart, Barack-roll Rick-roll McCain mashup, Spore DRM is hurting reviews by players, Free the Airwaves movement

Featured MIX Members: Juan, Lluke, J.J, Mayank, Leadpipe, Vincent - check out his book!

Credits Video: Broken Heart (Williamsburg Version) by French Horn Rebellion - their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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face explosions, hackable wallets, sorority forever

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:58:29 -0800

This week we're longer and stronger as we start off our new format with a FU from the new media production powerhouse that brought you Prom Queen. Plus we explode all over the place with hackable RFID, bus stop swings, hide and seek, and super hi-res satellite photos!

FU of the Week: Big Fantastic - their site, Sorority Forever, Foreign Body, Prom Queen, all their shows

Music Video Spotlight: Virgin by Partyshank - their MySpace, Partyshank on RCRD LBL

Artist of the Week: Liu Bolin - his camouflage series

Show Links: Exploding banana mask by artist William Lamson, 250GB download cap from Comcast, Mythbusters' Adam Savage on pressure from credit card companies over RFID hackability, our blog post about hack prevention, How to hack-proof the RFID chips in your wallet, Bruno Taylor's Playful Spaces project, Hide and Seek Festival, Geoeye gallery, Japanese manhole covers, Michael Jackson sans surgery, Pixlr, Hak5 on Rev3!

Flash Game Challenge Winner: Alex, Coign of Vantage game thread on MIX

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Laurence, Giannii

Credits Video: Mission Control by The Dandy Warhols - their website - their label

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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