Think naming a band is hard WSJ? Try naming a show about naming bands!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized, comedy, current events, media coverage | Comments

Apparently, it is hard to find a name for a band. Problem is, as the Wall Street Journal reported today, all the good names are taken. We ran into this problem too, and wrote about it - and our unique, rigorous, ...

The VCs have spoken: Edward Sharpe is killing it. Congrats Nora from Dorm Life!

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in current events | Comments

It seems Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are everywhere lately. Possibly because they just finished a nationwide tour. Or perhaps because they are simply excellent. Or maybe because they have a great accordionist.  Congratulations to Nora Kirkpatrick - who ...

Fish Story

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized, current events | Comments

[caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="66-lbs-of-salmon"][/caption] ASM writing ace Jim Brandon is so good at, well, making things up, that we assumed he was taking some creative liberties when he emailed ASM HQ about the 40-pound Chinook salmon he'd caught on a ...

The Day Old Media Died

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | Comments

If you've got a few minutes, check out the first couple of verses of this nearly syllable-for-syllable adaptation of Don McLean's epic "The Day the Music Died."  Some clever, euphonious devil has reworked it as a eulogy for the fat ...

Bit.ly: Analytics Service Disguised as URL Compressor, Part Deux

Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in current events, ratings | Comments

This week, Bit.ly became the in-house URL compressor for Twitter, Marshall Kirkpatrick reports at ReadWriteWeb.  We wrote a few weeks ago that we love Bit.ly for the rich tracking and analytics it provides - apparently, we're not alone. Kirkpatrick quotes James ...

Video Views Surpass Searches, Yet Market Under-Monetized

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | Comments

Wow.  Well, we were given notice about a year ago that such a thing would come to pass, but it finally happened.  Online video views surpassed searches: November 2008 Video Views: 12.7 billion November 2008 Searches: 12.3 billion While the fact that video ...

2009 Oscar Nominees Parodied!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in comedy, current events, video | Comments

Sock Tube Presents is at again, with 5 new parodies of the Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees! There's even some celebrity cameos (Milk? Maury Povich? Blossom? You betcha!), so head over to Sock Tube Presents and get primed for the ...

New Dorm Life T-Shirts

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in comedy, current events | Comments

Just in time for the holidays, Dorm Life is debuting a new and improved Dorm Life Student Store, with some new T-Shirts that are SRD!  

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Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in comedy, current events | Comments

You can now follow Marshall and Gopher on Twitter!

Dorm Life is #1 web series on Hulu for day, week, all-time

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in current events, ratings, video | Comments

I'm pretty sure Hulu displays show rankings left to right by row, starting in the top row and moving down. If so: In the daily rankings, Dorm Life is the most popular web series, at #48 overall, with Dr. Horrible at ...