I’ve updated whyisrossbrown.com with some direct linking/history functionality. Matt forked my repo and rejiggered the script to use sammy.js for back button functionality.
This means I can link directly to my Signal Chains project which loads that tape immediately. It’s one of the coolest things you’ll see all day.
Why is Ross Brown?
Matt suggested a while ago that, since I own ‘rossisbrown.com’, I buy the domain ‘whyisrossbrown.com’ as well. After about three minutes of laughing, I did.
I am now using it to point to a portfolio (or what I’m calling a Portfolio Machine) of both my web and music/audio work. Looking at it makes me think of a wood and plastic iPad. I built and designed the thing, with occasional input from Matt.
The page is javascript-heavy. The portfolio items, shown as VHS tapes on a shelf, are made up of markup generated by underscore.js, meaning I only have to update a nicely formatted javascript file to add new portfolio items. It also means search engines won’t crawl it, so there’s a trade-off. It’s a work in progress, but I think it’s a lot of fun. The next version will include direct portfolio item urls and back button functionality, provided by Sammy and Matt’s brain.
It’s open sourced on Github with very little documentation, so fork it and hack away at your own.
I’m an awesome Twitter user, there’s no question about it, but it seems some of my best tweets slip under most people’s radars. I will now attempt to remedy this by providing a list of my best tweets to date. You’re welcome.
The Best Tweets from @albatrocity
Presented in reverse chronological order
- “Gloves: the hands you never wash.” »
- “Urinals are fun. #urinals #fun #sexism” »
- “Veganaise” on a turkey sandwich. #counterproductive” »
- “Just accidently launched the calculator app. LOL WHAT DO I NEED A CALCULATOR FOR??!?!?!!!?!” »
- “Someone pay me for being cool and alive.” »
- “Guys, read Brenda Starr today. It’s hilarious.” »
- “Today’s challenge: Have an IM conversation with a friend while holding down both shift keys.” »
- “I’m going to start a line of corned beef inspired clothing called Rueben Outfitters. #rimshot” »
- “HELP! I HAVE UNSYNCED WAVES!!!” »
- “When you realize your “world is small”, are you supposed to feel big? Where does this metaphor place you in the grand scale of things?” »
- “Eating a Jonathan apple. Please RT.” »
- “When saying “iPod Touches”, it’s funnier to think of “touches” as the subject and “iPod” as the descriptor.” »
- “I think the letter “B” is wildly underrepresented in the 50 state names.” »
- “It’s easier to polish a terd when you re-poop it.” »
- “Nivia Energizing Face Scrub = aftershave + sand. #equations” »
- “Telling myself I wasn’t going to burn my mouth on the pot pie, I flipped it over onto the plate, during which it exploded and burnt my hand.” »
- “Twitter challenge: Name one word that describes how a potato tastes.” »
- “Noon is a time, not an age. #swineflu” »
- “BEST PRESIDENT’S DAY EVER” »
- “Every time I hear “Car Czar” I think “Charizard”.” »
- “I think I just gave a hooker a ride to her client.” »
- “I love this weather. I don’t care what any of you booger-eating nerds think.” »
There are about a bajillion more awesome tweets that I did not list here. I value my time more than that.