Famed Blogger Interviews Tommy Chong

Digphilly’s Teresa Masterson — it’s been a while! — recently interviewed Tommy Chong, apparently. The interview is six minutes and forty-seven seconds; one can only imagine Dr. Chong had to be high to get through this. (Rimshot!)

Tommy Chong on Cheech, Tours, and of Course, Weed [Digphilly]

Google Body: Denouement

It appears DigPhilly caught wind of my little media expose about its Google Body story (uhh, yeah) and now there’s an explanatory note on the text by its author, PWD fave Teresa Masterson.

Awww, crap. It has come to my attention that the Google Body story from wired.com may really be made up… I already knew I hated certain Philadelphia bloggers. I’m ready to expand my hatred to wired.com bloggers. Suck it Bruce Sterling.

Hey, hey. Hate me, sure — unless Masterson’s referring to Dan Rubin — but wired.com’s Google Body blog entry was dated the year 2022 and featured quotes like “You know what the top two search terms are, after ‘ass’? They’re ‘aorta’ and ‘arterial plaque.’” Hating Bruce Sterling for thinking that entry is real is like hating a stop sign because it doesn’t turn green and tell you to go.

But I really enjoy the comments of another apparent NBC 10 staffer, PSUPhilly22, who states the following:

Look, if Philly and wired.com bloggers can giggle at the joke, then clearly - mission accomplished. remember, these people don’t get out much anyways - they have to do what they can for entertainment. as for the story being made up, it’d be funny if it was about a joke or something, not about a computer program. it’s like trying to joke about HTML coding - it’d be more fun to hit your hand with a hammer repeatedly.

Well, I’ll agree that the Google Body entry wasn’t funny, but it certainly spawned some hilarity. And HTML jokes are awesome. Haven’t you ever seen my page trying to validate? And remember when I left that </strike> tag open and the entire page was crossed out? Ha!

Google to show your hoo-ha to the world [DigPhilly]
Yesterday: DigPhilly Speaks Out Against Fictional Programs

DigPhilly Speaks Out Against Fictional Programs

Yesterday, NBC 10/DigPhilly’s Teresa Masterson reported on a pretty creepy new Google technology: Google Body, which will attempt to scan the body of every living thing on Earth. Google said they’ll be able to help companies know where to spend their research dollars and help match up organ donations. There is a way to opt out.

I don’t like to use strong language in writing, but there is no other way to describe it: This is fuuuuuucked up.

The project, known as Google Body, sees the company partnering with public transportation systems, libraries, and motor vehicle departments to place scanners in highly trafficked areas, doorways, etc., that will scan every person’s body in order to make it available to anyone.

The best part? If you don’t want people to be able to google your ass, (and yes, I mean your ass in the literal sense) you need to wear a yellow and black headband in public. I really wonder if this is a joke. I’m praying that this is a joke. But it’s not. It’s insanity masked as innovative technology.

You may have guessed it already, people: The original article on Wired’s website was a joke.

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Finally, A Media Outlet In This Town With The Panache To Call The Phillie Phanatic A Douchebag

DigPhilly’s Andrew Hickey on the Phillies:

But consider this – the Phillie Phanatic is a d-bag. Seriously, that thing is too hyper for its own good. All that gyrating and gesturing gets a little creepy after a while. Give a couple hundred fans some of those shirt cannons and see how long the Phanatic can stay on top of the dugout. That’s mid-inning entertainment.

Let’s also talk about Rod Barajas and his success in reaching base four times on two hits and two walks. His double in the bottom of the fourth inning was the highlight of the game. Rod, chugging away as 39,000 people collectively gasped, would have been out by a mile if the throw was on the mark. You could tell that the entire city of Philadelphia was preparing to boo this man if his short legs failed to carry him to second safely.

And, most importantly, Barajas gave my crappy fantasy baseball team a nice boost – everybody wins.

Wait. What? How many fantasy teams are in his league, 40? Because there’s no other reason to have a backup catcher who’s hitting .208 in 48 at-bats on your team.

Sober Sunday at the ballpark [DigPhilly]

NBC 10 Product Incredible, Says NBC 10

Ah! It took months of waiting, but the long awaited Teresa Masterson/MySpace/NBC 10 mashup is finally here! Yes, DigPhilly launched late last week, with pretty much everything you expected, although the design is decent.

NBC 10, though, did a little promotion of its own with a whole story about DigPhilly, including person-on-the-street interviews.

“You try to Google something and you have to sort through 80 million pages of whatever, so this is exactly what you need,” Matt Seeker, of Media, said.

Digphilly.com is a social networking and city guide Web site that was launched this week out of NBC10’s offices. It has five options from which to select: learn, do, share, find and shop.

“I think potentially you are going to see stuff here you might not find anywhere else,” Drew Salamone, manager of Interactive Promotions and New Media, said.

The “learn” section includes local feature stories that may not be in the mainstream media.

“There are very few rules about what we cover,” John Davidson, digital content producer, said.

Digphilly, attacking mainstream media from the inside. The NBC 10 report also featured a comment from Alexandra Trignani, of Manayunk, who noted the website was helpful, local and fun. Sounds like a tagline to me.

DigPhilly
Philadelphia Is Digging Digphilly.com [NBC 10]

Chat™: Wither Digphilly.com?

Anonymous Reader: so . . . digphilly. i’m saying it launches in june. you?

me: hmm, i dunno, i’m thinking envigiron 45th, 2145
by then we’ll have new months
Reader: ha!
me: the hell? we’re on a different chat program now, aren’t we?
Reader: yeah, we’re on gmail talk now
me: oh, right. i’m glad i made it a point to keep continuity in this feature. that’s attention to detail that wins dennis mcquade all the big awards.
Reader: have you seen the theme song contest
me: because if there’s one thing a website needs before it launches, it’s a theme song
Reader: like “The Charge of The-Light-Brigade.com”
me: i like how it notes “Original composition must be written and performed specifically for digphilly.com”
damn
i was thinking of sending in “i want to hold your hand”
Reader: i really want to submit something
me: wait
“i want to hold DIGPHILLY’s hand”!
me: they didn’t say it couldn’t be a song parody
maybe i can parody a weird al song and send it in
Reader: you definitely should
me: yeah, i’m going to do that right after i begin writing whiteboy hip hop songs about baseball history
oh and after i redesign the blog and update my list o’ links
Reader: yeah, get on that
me: fortunately, digphilly.com will still be looking for a theme song when i finish all of those things
i wonder why it’s taking so long
i bet they’re spending time figuring out ways to accelerate my demise. (especially teresa masterson.)
and therefore have no time to launch the site
Reader: yes… that must be it

Update, 2:17 p.m.:

me: aw, looks like we missed this teresa column from valentine’s day

Anonymous Reader: noooooooooo!

We Need A Theme Song [DigPhilly]
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