Here are ten songs that WINNERS listen to. Enjoy!

Tiësto & Mark Knight - Beautiful World

When you want to KICK THE WORLD’S ASS.

DJ Fresh - Hypercaine

FREAK OUT and SCARE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU.

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix)

Get in on SOME ACTION.

Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica

Don’t like something? DOMINATE IT AND CHANGE IT.

Fatboy Slim - Wonderful Night

Enjoy the world for what it is AND THEN MAKE IT YOURS.

DJ Deekline & Ed Solo - Handz Up (Stanton Warriors Remix)

REPRESENT NO ONE BUT YOURSELF.

Parov Stelar — Catgroove

CLASS it UP and MAKE EVERYONE ELSE KNOW YOU MEAN BUSINESS.

Flanders - Behind (Callea Radio Mix)

LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE that drags you down BEHIND.

The One AM Radio - Everything Falls Apart

HOLD ON and SUCCEED in EVERYTHING YOU START.

Today, I’ll be sharing some of those shows that had great potential, but a bad time slot. With all the garbage on TV these days, it might be good to shed some light on some shows that were unique, well produced, or ahead of their time.

I just need to preface this by saying that these shows didn’t necessarily end due to lack of interest. Some may have just expended the storyline.

1. Kings (NBC)

This is number one for a reason. Rarely do I find a drama that I can actually recommend to people, and with Kings it’s no exception. Sure, the environment in which the story takes place is derived from the Bible, but that doesn’t bug me at all. The compelling acting and ever-evolving story always kept me counting the days until I could catch the next episode online. Unlike a lot of other shows that have a new scenario for each episode, Kings makes sure to play things out like one very long movie that’s been diced up into 43 minute pieces. You can typically expect what’s going to happen, but never how it’s done or what happens along the way.

It’s too bad this show was up against American football as it had great potential. Also, this was a more recently canceled show, so there’s a lot of outrage from the community to bring the show back. If not on NBC, hopefully we can see Kings on some other cable network. Make sure to share your thoughts, if you like the show, with NBC’s executives.

2. Bionic Woman (NBC)

Based upon the 1976 series, the modern day revival of Bionic Woman did a very good job at introducing another generation to the story that they would have missed out on otherwise. I thought it did, anyway. Alas, it only ran for one season in 2007 with a concurrent six million viewers and only consisted of eight episodes.

There was a mess of speculation as to whether the show was canceled. You may or may not remember the 2007 writer’s strike, which occurred during the production of the first season. Of course, without writers, production halted and no more episodes were released. After the strike had ended, it appears that everyone had seemingly forgotten the series as it’s content was slowly pulled off of the NBC sites and hulu. Two years later, and I still hold out a bit of hope for a revival, but it looks bleak.

3. LAX (NBC)

It’s probably the aviation nerd in me, but I loved being able to see some (although scripted) behind the scenes action in one of the larger airports in the United States. Like Bionic Woman, LAX averaged about six and a half million viewers across it’s thirteen episodes and only lasted one season.

I can understand why this show was canceled. It only seems mildly interesting to a small subset of people, and to everyone else it just seems like a drama encoded in the mundane operations of an airport. I do admit that I cared little about the actual story of the show and more about the United 744s in the background, but at least they tried. Still, it was very enjoyable to watch as it was a very unique setting for a drama to take place. I commend NBC for giving the show a shot.

4. Last Comic Standing (NBC)

Last Comic Standing lasted through six hilarious seasons and is essentially the American Idol of comedians. A panel of judges listen to comics at various casting calls throughout the United States, determines if they have the stuff, and forwards them onto proceeding rounds (in front of live audiences) if they do. However, in the later rounds, teams are developed and rivalries form as the two teams compete against each other and ultimately only one comic is left standing, hence the name.

As I mentioned, six seasons of this show were produced, ending in 2008. The show itself was genuinely funny, and I loved the idea of listening to concurrent acts and jokes while the comedians telling them were rated. Near the end everyone tended to step up their game in attempts to win, and the result was hysterical.

5. My Name is Earl (NBC)

This show had a very unique setting that I enjoyed very much, and a plot centered around a society in which “hillbillys” rule is certainly fresh. My Name is Earl is one of those shows where each episode drops the characters into a different situation, advancing the storyline very little. Something that always irked me was whenever the show made progress to further develop the characters, it would always be reset to how you knew them back in the very first episode eventually. That’s something I’ve always hated about that type of story, but I still found the 22 minutes of it each week very enjoyable.

Four seasons were eventually produced, raking in around eight million viewers for each episode. The show was canceled in 2009 during the production hiatus.

6. Airline (A&E)

Again, the aviation nerd in me loved this show. There’s just something about pissed off, incoherent passengers that makes me all giddy. Also, the seemingly genuine look into the operations of a CSA (customer service agent) for Southwest Airlines always was interesting to me. I’ve always been interested, for some reason, in careers that most people take for granted.

The United States series with Southwest as the focal airline was actually based off a United Kingdom program of the same name, only featuring Easy Jet as the airline in the show. Unlike the UK series, however, Airline in the US was canceled after three seasons in 2005. Production of the UK version still continues.

7. Thank God You’re Here (NBC)

Derived from Australia, Thank God You’re Here is one of the few improv shows that seems to strike my funny receptors consistently. Actors are essentially dropped into skits with no idea what they’re doing, and they must play along to find out what the skit is about from the actors who are in on the story of the skit. The only clue the actors had before hand as to what the skit was about was the costume they were told to wear. This show was on caliber in terms of funny with Who’s Line is it Anyway (another show I deeply miss).

Lasting one season over seven episodes, Thank God You’re Here was a very unique way of presenting improvisational comedy. It’s short life was during the year of 2007.

8. This American Life (SHO)

I’m a fan of the This American Life radio show, and when it was announced that they would be producing a short, thirty minute show, I was estate. Basically, interesting stories from typical people are delivered as usual, but with visuals and interesting cinematography. A few of the stories were even taken from the radio show and retold (or maybe it was the other way around).

I wasn’t able to catch the reason of the series ending. I’m assuming that it was just too much work to keep going, as poor Ira (the host) also needs to work on the radio show. Regardless, it was very provocative and interesting while it lasted and I hope it returns. The last episode aired in early 2008.

9. Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)

Most people from my generation remember watching the antics of the dysfunctional family in which Malcolm is in the middle of. I did. Malcolm in the Middle was a unique spin on a [generally] family friendly show. Each character had his own quirks that made him diverse from the rest of the family, keeping each episode a treat to watch. The show lasted six years, and it was great to see how the characters matured over that time.

Sadly, the show ended in 2006 with seven seasons. Perhaps it was due to a growing lack of interest among the viewership. Malcolm int he Middle had a good run overall, but didn’t quite end with anything significant as I had hoped. Alas, the show was very fun to watch and will remain one of my favourite programs.

10. King of the Hill (FOX)

Like Kings, King of the Hill has been canceled recently. Most episodes featured a form of satire in one way or another, and generally wasn’t a dumbed down animated comedy show like Family Guy. Although entertaining, the comedy in this show was not in the form of jokes, but rather in how the characters lived their lives. The look of horror on Hank Hill’s face when he sees someone grilling on charcoal instead of propane is just hilarious.

The reason for the cancellation is due to lack of interest. FOX is trying to cater to the kind of person that finds Family Guy funny, and a show like King of the Hill doesn’t really follow suit of that atrocious program. More insulting, King of the Hill was replaced by a program entitled The Cleveland Show, a derivative of Family Guy. Thirteen seasons can’t lie — this show was popular.

I’ve always loved typography used as the focal point in motion graphic videos. I’ve even tried my hand at making them. Needless to say, I wasn’t successful due to the lack of patience on my part. However, that made me further appreciate the time and effort that these people have put into making these videos.

Sure, they’re cool, but take into account that each movement of text is scripted and perhaps you will understand the almost artistic beauty of these videos.

These videos are not order in any specific way.

#1: “Still Alive”

#2: “The Big Lebowski”

#3: “Online Songs”

#4: “Typefaces Give Us Signals”

#5: “If”

#6: “Into the Ocean”

#7: “The Cigarette Is Dead”

#8: “That Was Epic”

#9: “Lions Roar”

#10: “Dane Cook”

Bonus

These videos have more imagery than typography, but the motion graphics are still present nonetheless. Of course, the cool factor remains as well.

“Non-O-Biography”

“You’ll Rebel to Anything”

“Tangible Actions”

Everyone wants to relax once and a while and become entranced by the stupid humor that YouTube so graciously harbors. Once in a while, I come across an amusing video that should be much more popular than it currently is. In this post, I’ll share some of those videos with less than 300,000 views (at the time of posting) that will surely make you laugh or smile. No guarantees though.

Just a warning: these videos may be stupidly funny, so your self-pride may be at risk. It also might be a good idea to watch these when you’re alone, as some may be distasteful for the workplace.

1. “Fat Cat Can’t Scratch it’s Chubby Cheeks”

2. “Ysketball”

3.  “Kops Scontro Finale”

4.  “Dents and Dings”

5. “Police Fail to Catch Bank Robbers”

6. Let’s Play a Drinking Game!

7. “Cat Flushing the Toilet”

8. “A Letter From Martha”

9. “Dr. B’Bam’s Family-Style Medical Clinic”

Let me know if you liked or disliked one!

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I would be lying if I said this wasn’t Twitter inspired. I initially started with an ugly black colour palette in mind but quickly swapped that for a clean, white and blue scheme. From there, I immediately thought of clouds — that’s where cloud-no9’s brushes came in handy. Admittedly, the placement of everything isn’t very original, but that’s alright.

I probably won’t end up converting the psd to xhtml, but if someone wants to, or just wants the psd, leave a comment and I’ll send it to you.

Hopefully, if I do another one of these videos, the end result will be much more interesting. It should be noted that I still consider myself an ametuer at web design.

I personally hung out with Regicidal1 for a while, and we went over to Clan Wars and lost multiple times. I pwned with my Mith stuff… But hey, who cares about me?

Videos and pictures after the break.

Runescape 2008 Gathering

Video by TheUnforgiving

Here are some pictures I took in the short while I was there.

Ice Mountain

Clan Wars

DETAILS…

• Where: Ice Mountain — Worlds 125 & 126
• When: April 19th — 7:00pm (Eastern)
• Why: For fun?
• Who: Loads of people, “famous” RS players, and hopefully you.
• Picture: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8682/icemountainmapyi7.png (Credit: ThePwnageNinja)
• COUNT DOWN TIMER: http://countdown.pending.be/2508/

Video after the jump…

Anyways… preview the song and read a little more after the break.. Just hit the Continue Reading link.

1. Fizzed out
2. Tired of shooting
3. Out of ideas
4. Never had ideas to begin with
5. Annoyed to death by people in-game
6. Discomforted by the temperature
7. My glucose level is 0.68 below the minimum
8. All of the above

So yeah, a lot of things bug me when shooting .

Watch the videos by clicking Continue Reading…

Soulless’ Video

My Video

Now, I make RuneScape videos and all (and I made Sims 2 videos at one point too O_O), but It really starts to numb your head a little.. when you play one game, and only one game. That game would be RuneScape.. duh, and the only reason I really play it is because of the whole video-making thing, but those of you that really know me know that I don’t play much anymore — but I haven’t quit!…

Anyways, I have a capture card, a few gaming consoles, and a knack at gaming (I think so at least..)… So, I can make gameplay videos, or even a series possibly (like Red vs. Blue).

The thing is, I don’t know if you guys would care to watch those kind of videos, so I neeeed to know, should I make them and post them on my main YouTube channel, a secondary channel, or not make them at all?

I have a lot of games, so here are a couple of the more interesting ones..

PS2

• Grand Theft Auto 3
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Star Wars Battlefront 2
• A bunch of Simpsons games O_O
• A bunch of Sims/Sims 2 games O_O
• A bunch of Need for Speed games O_O_O_O

PSP (I would need to get an A/V cable though)

• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
• NBA Street Showdown
• The Sims 2
• Star Wars Battlefront 2

PC

• The Sims 2 (I have almost all the expansions..)
• Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
• Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
• Flight Simulator 2004
• Slight Simulator X Deluxe Edition
• Sim City 4 + Rush Hour expansion
• Zoo Tycoon
• Zoo Tycoon 2
• And a bunch of others…

I don’t have an Xbox, but I have a friend that got a 360 and doesn’t use his old box anymore…

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 (AGAIN)
• And a bunch of others…

…as you can see I like Grand Theft Auto, simulator games, and fighting games in general… I don’t know if any other games other than GTA would be great for any videos.. I’ll figure something out eventually, if you guys don’t help me out.

Drop me a comment below on what you think ;D

Cheers

Please be aware that this is a very old post and is no longer very accurate. YouTube has since disabled animated .gifs and most of these programs and techniques are out of date. This is being left up because it may serve as useful to some. Enjoy.

Hey, if you have any questions, you should probably ask them here. There’s a better chance that they’ll be read and answered. Same thing with comments. There is no written tutorial. However, there is a video walkthrough after the break.

The Tutorial

Necessary Programs

• Photoshop CS3
• Hypercam 2

I understand that there are other programs out there that do the same job. They may be easier or harder, but this is what I do.

WHY!@??@^

I’m the guy with the D legs during I Don’t Wanna be in Love by Good Charlotte. Check it out!

The title stands for
Makes Me Wonder Why I’m Hunting for the Dance Floor
This took one week to make, and I hope you like it! Happy holidays!
This video is worth WATCHING ALL OF IT. LOL

Keep an eye out for Dora the Explorer too O_O

The video is to the Rocket Power, A show on Nickelodeon based around sports.

I’m the guy in the jester hat (lol) around the end.

But anyway, on to explaining the title… If you’re farmiliar with Grand Theft Auto, then you probably know what Chatterbox is. But for those of you that haven’t experienced that pointless fun of pixel killing rampages, I better explain. Chatterbox is a radio station from GTA 3/GTA: Liberty City Stories, and it’s mad funny. What I want to do with it is chop up the 1 hour recording of the show into 5 minute segments and make an episode for each. This can be compared to Teh Noob Show or even Paranoia.

If you haven’t heard of chatterbox, take a listen right here.

Well, I should tell you a little about the video, shouldn’t I? I really didn’t think of this as a potential song to make a video with, but it really grows on you.. (I had some other ideas in mind, but ended up dropping them) If you compare this video to the original irl video, you’d see that it also has the two person view.. I had no idea that my idea was pretty much the same, really. But I might have seen the video before, and just forgot about it

Anyways, on to the embed…

Well, the video gave me a chance to try out some ideas for different angles I’ve been saving up for a song like this.. Fat Wrecked let me borrow his house, but oddly enough, he has no bedrooms in it.. Instead he has two throne rooms… But anyway, thanks for letting me use your place, and letting me [pwn] you in the dungeon.