The newest social media platform is making a huge splash.  It’s like Omegle 2.0  In January, Chatroulette.com had 750 users.  Today, more then 20,000 people are on to talk to complete strangers.  However, not everyone is a stranger.  There have been sightings of Ashton Kutcher, Paris Hilton and everyones favorite:

The Jo-Bros

The reason for this post is a tag-along of Chatroulette.com called Chatroulettemap.com.  Chatroulettemap (CM) is interesting because it captures peoples IP address and enters their image to their location.  Check it out.  But let me warn you – some of the pictures are not safe for work.

Notables:

• Kennewick
• Hawaii (the one by the airport)
• San Juan, Puerto Rico

I’ve yet to dive into Chatroulette.com.  Have you?  How did it go?

/juice

Check out this non-Weird-Al-Yankovic spoof on Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ ‘Empire State of Mind’.   This guy does so many geeky shout-outs I felt the need to watch football and lift weights just to prove to myself I’m not a full geek.

Here’s the words for you to rap with:

Now I’m in the blogosphere,
Now I’m in the twitterverse
Fans get so immersed, But I’m a nerd forever
I’m the new Zuckerberg, And since my website
I been cookin dough like a chef servin killa-bytes
Used to be the basement, Back at my mom’s place
Buildin web traffic so that we could sell an ad space
Make way for the, One man businesses
Bail outs finished with, White collar criminals
New sega genesis, Entrepreneur time
Makin big plans, To dominate the online
Yeah, I’m on YouTube, this is one man
Sharin’ google revenue, With songs on my webcam
Science is the new art, Databases day to day
Geeks spreadin’ sheet smarts, Hustle, make the data pay
I could be in Valleywag plus Geekologie
Tell from my avatar, That I’m most definitely

The New Dork,
Social networks – what dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re the New Dork
This V.C. money is brand new, The geek is now damn cool
Let’s hear it for new dorks, new dorks, new dorks

Catch me up in Techcrunch, Right on the homepage
Hell, I’m on Gizmodo, In a photo bout a phone craze
And Im up in Mashable, weekend trip to New York
Bar pitty, 1oak, parties full of New Dorks
Now I’m pitchin business plans, From the backs of napkans
Micro-lend to Africans, Monetize Kazakastan
Catch me up on linked-in, Dog, C.E.O.
You can see where I be, With the I.P.O.
Now I’m up in skinny jeans, Now a hipster’s lurkin’
Used to be a reject, But now I’m steady jerkin’
Now my glasses mainstream, Now the girlies eyein me
Popular kids copy me, The new swag is irony
Comin’ from the small time, Girls couldn’t find me
Now I scale models, Like I climb on top of Heidi
Start big trends, with tweets that I pass on
You should follow me, cuz I’m friends with Ashton

CHORUS

/juice

Direct Link: Lamebook.com Dead Serious(ly)

xoxo,
adam

(originally seen on @Christinajwu)

So the two-month hiatus is done.  Be sure to check back periodically for updates.

/juice

ps. I missed you.

Today, Frusciante made an official statement on his blog -

When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. They are supportive of my doing whatever makes me happy and that goes both ways.

To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer.

I really love the band and what we did. I understand and value that my work with them means a lot to many people, but I have to follow my interests. For me, art has never been something done out of a sense of duty. It is something I do because it is really fun, exciting, and interesting. Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature.  There was no choice involved in this decision. I simply have to be what I am, and have to do what I must do.

Sending love and gratitude to you all.

(Source: http://johnfrusciante.com/?p=53)

Ugh.  It appears that John Klinghoffer will be replacing Frusciante, being the back up axe-man on tours.  Klinghoffer also worked with Frusciante on Frusciante’s solo albums.

I can only cross my fingers in hopes they get back together.

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