That site's down...

But if you want to take it further, why not read it out loud in front of a bunch of people?
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 2:26 PM on January 22, 2008

According to Obama's website, the ringtones are actually from supporters (and supposedly amateurs), namely "Jin, Pete Miser, Brent Messenger & Don Lisy" who are listed in the thanks. Jay-Z they're not, but I still think they're better than the Billion Dollar President ones. Yuck.
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 5:15 PM on November 6, 2007

Who cares? Still fun.
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 8:40 PM on November 2, 2007

It's not that different from cooking one Julia Child recipe a week, or reading the Encyclopedia Britannica, or other crazy human experiments. Most people do it for the fun and the chance to learn something about themselves, not necessarily so they can publish the Great American Thingamabob.

Let the frozen puke-fountains be! I wrote one in 2001 as part of Nanowrimo and although there was enough good stuff in there for me to think "well, someday I'll clean out the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 5:25 PM on October 31, 2007

I was expecting the libraries to be for show as well, but now that I read the piece, I have to disagree with Artw - from the pictures, at least, the books look well-read... and many are mass-market paperbacks, not just scholarly ancient tomes. Refreshing.
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 11:11 AM on July 23, 2007

Argh, totally stuck on 11. Great game though.
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 1:39 PM on June 23, 2007

It's amusing, but it's a spoof, documented here
and here.
posted to MetaFilter by nkknkk at 8:25 AM on April 19, 2007