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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Roulette of Penises
My assignment for Monday's All Tech Considered was to try out Chatroulette, which I wrote about in this blog post and explained in an on-air segment.
Apart from the fact that I got to say "Male genitalia" on the public airwaves (sadly, "Dickensian" was vetoed), it was a normal segment that I thought went really well. My brother helped the day before use Chatroulette, which is much less scary when you're not doing it by yourself. As happens on this service, you see a lot of penis. A gaggle of them. A flock of cocks, if you will. It's always jarring (unless that's what you're specifically looking for), but after a while you get used to the flow of people coming into your computer from all over the world.
We had a good time, including having a talk with some guys in Tunisia who wanted us to send them some money so they could come to America. They were flashing Tunisian money (Tunips?), so I made it rain with some American money and told them that if they sent me $100, I would double their investment by sending them $200 right back. They did not fall for it.
We also talked to this cool dude in France. He didn't speak, but he was playing some house music and set up his laptop and mic to create these cool DJ feedback loops. He was wearing a bathrobe and tiny shorts and we said, "Oh no, he's gonna go Buffalo Bill on us!" We downloaded and played "Goodbye Horses" to try to put him in the mood, but it turns out he wasn't interested in dick dancing.
I've been writing entirely too much about penises this week.
Speaking of something long and hard, South by Southwest Interactive is always the most challenging part of the year for me. (Oh, also: speaking of stamina.) I did a story in the paper about South by Southwest parties in other cities and have been doing pretty much non-stop coverage with my work colleagues in advance of the fest. That's where I'll be March 12-16, and Tweeting about it, too.
Will be doing an NPR segment on Monday, too, and probably one the week after that on the festival.
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by Omar G. at 10:19 AM
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