Homestar Runner is a cartoon of humble proportions. Using web technologies like Flash and MP3s merely as vehicals to convey their fractured fairy tales, the Chapman Brothers, Mike and Matt (with guest appearences by Melissa Palmer), brighten many a geek's Monday morning with Strong Bad emails, fake commercials and one-off non-sequitors. What's most remarkable is that their humor is accessible to an audience of wide ranging ages. I trust I don't need to further sing the praises of Homestar and the gang to the use.perl community?
So, who would like to see the Brothers Chap at OSCON this year? I know I would. Perhaps you can show your support for the idea with a comment? By some miracle, someone organizing OSCON might read this blog and pursue this further.
Do you really want to hear another talk on how OpenSource software is ready for e-business? Neither do I. ;-)
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hfb on 2004-03-01T14:26:11
Well, everything has gotten stale in the past few years. I'll bet 50 bucks right now that there'll be some wanker talking about the miracles of Orkut as proof of the 'revolution'. It's not like people sitting in the back of the rooms with their laptops and wireless are bothering to pay attention to the talks anyway.
Maybe they could just have filler like porn movies or LotR extended editions during the day and save the money for the speakers and whatnot for the parties in the evening. Homestar Runner: The drink meet. Who cares about the terribly tried and tired technology behind the web site? Get those boys drunk and enjoy an evening of conversation instead.
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mdxi on 2004-03-01T14:47:10
Hey, my brother was killed by an open-source XML-based templating system once! You shut your dirty mouth!Re:indeed
chaoticset on 2004-03-03T03:24:59
Excerpt from I Never Meta Killer, directed by Clint Eastwood, coming to theaters this fall.The doors of the saloon were kicked open, and a man walked through who it seemed had rode through Hell itself. He stalked up to the bar, and the barkeep obliged, coming down to him."What do you need, Mister?"
"I'm looking for the open-source XML-based templating system that killed my brother."
(In an ideal world, I'd have him talk, then Brian Eno, then Laurie Anderson. I assume the latter two are much less available, but it wouldn't hurt. Depends on the conf budget -- e.g., Eno would probably have to be flown in from London then. Sterling, in comparison, would probably be just in Austin, rather closer.)
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pudge on 2004-03-02T21:29:06
I say we invent Donald Rumsfeld!Re:Speakers
jjohn on 2004-03-02T23:44:14
I say we invent Donald Rumsfeld!
Too late. Someone already invented him, however implausible that may seem.
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pudge on 2004-03-03T00:17:06
Did I say invent? Hm. I meant invite, but invent sure is funnier! My subconsciousness is funnier than my consciousness!Re:Speakers
chromatic on 2004-03-04T18:01:28
Does that mean you're best of all unconscious?
