rat http://virb.com/ratsmee Virb 2.0 (@ratsmee) en Office http://virb.com/ratsmee/videos/1749485 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:59:52 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/videos/1749485 profile http://virb.com/ratsmee/photos/1312510 ]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:40:12 -0700 http://virb.com/ratsmee/photos/1312510 Well played... google. http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1079228 Account Disabled

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Lesson learned: Don't tell all your friends to click on ads to drive up your adsense revenue... or they'll boot your ass. Oh well, at least they can't take the site down.

]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:18:34 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1079228 I HATE COLDPLAY! http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1077899 Rock album of the year... are you freaking kidding me?!

The Grammys are a joke.. except for the children's album of the year award.. because THIS deserves more credit than it can ever be given by an industry of scum sucking fart sniffers.

]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:19:35 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1077899 Feed the machine. http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1077898 So you're probably going to think I'm nuts... but watch this and tell me it isn't hillarious.

Yes I recorded that from my tv with my digital camera... and yes I spent far more time than is probably sane pulling it off and uploading it to youtube. However I spent even more time crafting this email which I sent to kctv5 promptly after watching this amazing report.

Hello,Watching your investigative report tonight on the shady towing practices downtown I was very impressed with the entering of the documents into your special computer. I myself have a large stack of documents that I would like to feed into the computer and I was wondering if I could have access to this magical machine?Also I was wondering, do you have to wear any protective gear such as gloves or a lead vest when using such a powerful invention? Is it safe to use around other electrical equipment? If you put your hand into it without documents will it digitize your hand? If so.. can your hand be retrieved? If all of this is possible... have you stuck your face in to see what the computer is like on the inside? Is that how you got the shot of the digital stream of information that immediately followed the "feeding"?

Now, I encourage you to write them a similar message. Seriously, they can't keep this marvelous technology to themselves.

]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:19:34 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1077898 Newsroom Tours http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1067463 Once or twice a week a completely variable group of people is marched through the newsroom on a tour. It could be fifty 6th graders or it could be three college students. You never really know what to expect from the group but you can always expect the same thing from their "guide" who is normally someone who works in the newsroom.

It just so happens that our "Web Desk" is in the middle of the News Desk which, at night, houses our night photo editor and several layout people. On the tour the guide will bring them up to a point that is directly across from me and explain "This is our news desk, at night photo and layout people sit here and connect with editors to layout the paper". All the while the tourists are staring at me wondering what I'm doing. No doubt I must be laying out something or editing a photo, because that is what happens at this desk.

It really bothers me that the guide does not point out the web folks on the tour but what bothers me far more is that no one asks.

My advice to any aspiring journalists of any variety, don't be afraid to ask questions of these "experts" that are giving you a tour or showing you the ropes, especially if that question relates to the web. If you have a feeling that the person you are asking won't know the answer, then that's the question you must ask.

The hope being that you will both learn something.

]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:27:36 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1067463 As I walk around in... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1064343 As I walk around in public and see people in black and silver. I wonder how can anyone be a Raiders fan. listen

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]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:24:48 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1064343 Jott is canceling their... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1064342 Jott is canceling their free subscription to their service and making you pay. That is dumb.listen

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]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:24:47 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1064342 as i walked around the... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1063398 as i walked around the public listen

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]]> Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:55:02 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1063398 What some are saying... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1062237 fox4kc.com has relaunched with a brand spanking new design and the web folks and TV personalities themselves are here to tell you why they love it SOOOO much. This deserves to be parodied.

]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:11:47 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1062237 Surfin' Bird. http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1023047 Surfin' Bird.: ]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:55:11 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1023047 Testing Cinch. http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1020703 Download - Cinch from spacecowboyian on Wednesday, January 07, 2009]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:38:32 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/1020703 Brad Pitt via Wes Anderson http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/984133

It doesn't get much weirder than that.

]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:55:19 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/984133 Well, I'm testing Jott... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/984132 Well, I'm testing Jott again because I forgot what it did when I tested it the first time.listen

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]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:55:18 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/984132 700molemen.com http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/979219

700molemen.com - go now.. right now.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:12:17 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/979219 Britney's Circus http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/965015 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:50:11 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/965015 As "the same" as it may be... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/963160 I didn't just throw the kansascity.com redesign together in 2 days to make a commenter happy. It took about 8 months, while rolling out ideas like pets and varsity, to get it to the point of where it is now. kansascity.com has about 1000 sections, receives over 31 million unique visitors a month and is THE future of The Star.

All of that is enough to make everyone of the major stakeholders try to "leave their mark" on what was supposed to be just a simple re-tooling of the navigation and advertising. I had to force my hand on any content changes just to get even a few pixels of padding here and there.

]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:12:39 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/963160 The Funk goes national. http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/942431

Kansas City Gives Mayor's Helpmate the Heave-Ho From City Hall

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:13:39 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/942431 Just got back from listening to Chip Kidd speak at the KC Public... http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/939543 Just got back from listening to Chip Kidd speak at the KC Public Library. He has a new book about Batman manga produced in the 60s. When he was being interviewed about it for Time he mentioned that his favorite incarnation of Batman was the animated series from the 90s. I couldn't agree more and watching the opening again makes me appreciate it that much more.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:22:25 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/939543 Minority Report stylee http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/934751 g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:50:56 -0800 http://virb.com/ratsmee/posts/text/934751