Geek Humor: Gangnam Style meets Call Me Maybe in this ambitious VC holiday greeting

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All, I can say is wow! First Round Capital, the New York and Philadelphia-based venture capital firm, certainly set the bar high in terms of its holiday greeting this year. In one of the more ambitious displays we’ve seen, the firm featured members (and in some cases entire teams) of each of its portfolio companies… Read More…

LOLwork: Cheezburger TV show coming to Bravo Nov. 7

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Bravo film crews have been hanging out at Cheezburger’s offices in lower Queen Anne, getting footage for the release of their new reality TV show. Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh has been keeping his lips sealed when it comes to anything having to do with the new show. But Bravo just released some previews, and announced… Read More…

Geek Humor: Watch Jimmy Kimmel’s classic iPhone 5 prank

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This is pretty funny stuff, and speaks to the almost mythical status that consumers place on Apple’s design. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s crew hit the streets on Wednesday and asked a bunch of folks passing by what they think of the new iPhone 5. Now, here’s the gotcha moment: The iPhone 5 is not yet publicly… Read More…

Cheezburger gets Olympic spirit with ROFLympics

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Cheezburger is turning its focus from cats to Olympians with a new site called ROFLympics 2012 that’s launched just in time for the opening ceremonies in London (which start in about three hours). For those not hip to Internet slang, ROFL is an acronym which means “rolling on the floor laughing.” Cheezburger, the Seattle network of comedy… Read More…

Oh, no, now the FunnyJunk lawyer is reportedly suing The Oatmeal’s charity picks

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The legal squabbles between Matthew Inman, the Seattle based Web comic better known as The Oatmeal, and Charles Carreon, the attorney for the humor site FunnyJunk, are getting more bizarre. Reports circulating today indicate that Carreon — in addition to continuing his fight against Inman — is now turning his legal attacks on the American Cancer Society and… Read More…

Ex-Expedia CEO wants to make the world laugh with new iPhone app Dinamundo

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Erik Blachford helped build Expedia into one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, helping people from distant lands connect with one another. Now, the former CEO is looking to bring people together with a different approach: humor. Blachford just launched a new iPhone app called Dinamundo, which he said encourages face-to-face connections to share a… Read More…

Freak’n Genius: Animation startup uses Microsoft Kinect to tap your inner goofball

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Kyle Kesterson may be known around Seattle as a talented designer, artist and active participant in the Startup Weekend hackathons. But did you know that the entrepreneur also was the Geico Gecko? During University of Washington basketball games back in 2009, Kesterson donned the mascot costume of the insurance giant, entertaining fans with his outrageous… Read More…

Geek Humor: Stephen Colbert calls Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos a vindictive man

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Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Monday night, and he didn’t waste any time taking a few cracks at Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. Award-winning author and Parnassus Books co-owner Ann Patchett was the guest, telling the story of why she opened a 2,500 square-foot independent bookstore in Nashville following the closure of two large brick-and-mortar book… Read More…

Enough, already! The ‘Shit People Say’ meme comes to the venture capital business

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Is the whole “Shit People Say” meme getting out of control? We’ve already witnessed the “Shit Seattle People Say When it Snows” fascination following the snowstorm a few weeks ago, and the “Shit Silicon Valley Says” video that went viral with 1.5 million views on YouTube. Now, here’s the latest. David Hornik, a venture capitalist at August… Read More…

Startup Spotlight: BlooperBox is America’s Funniest Home Videos for the Web (minus Bob Saget)

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Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, add a touch of Fail Blog and CollegeHumor.com and then mix in King of the Web and you’ll come up with BlooperBox. The Portland upstart was founded last June after — and we’re not joking here — co-founder Brad Hogan’s dog chased after a squirrel leashed to a coffee table. As… Read More…