The Time I Won A Massive Can of Pringles At A Japanese Arcade

Earlier today I was waiting for a friend at an arcade in Fukuoka, Japan. Saw a claw machine where the prizes were massive Pringles cans.
“I’m going to win that enormous Pringles can.” I said to myself. “Sour cream and onion.”
¥100 per try.
I was out of ¥100 coins (from playing Street Fighter, of course.)
So I brought [...]

Posted at 11am on 3/25/13 | 3 comments | Filed Under: Fun | read on

Six seconds is the new 140 characters

Vine is out, and it’s fascinating.
Still figuring out vine & having fun doing it! vine.co/v/b129535EbiH
— Christine Walsh (@christiewalsh) February 4, 2013

Vine is Twitter’s foray into rich media. You can think of Vines as video tweets.
Just as tweets max out at 140 characters, Vines max out at six seconds. (I wonder what kind of user trials, [...]

Posted at 12am on 2/4/13 | 5 comments | Filed Under: Drumbeat, Fun, Innovation, Maker, Mozilla, Software | read on

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Hi, I’m Ben. I lead new program development at Mozilla and teach at NYU ITP. Director of the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference. Co-founder of the Open Video Alliance and the Open Video Conference.

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