Andy Baio's Youtube Links
November 4, 2008 12:43 PM   Subscribe

 
Whoa. I'd never even heard of this guy before. What an awesome collection. Thanks.
posted by solipsophistocracy at 1:27 PM on November 4, 2008


(here's andy on metafilter)
posted by nitsuj at 1:33 PM on November 4, 2008


Who? Oh, Mr. Waxy.org. I'm not really up on who blogs what (no snark intended, I just don't pay attention). (And on preview, it seems like I'm not alone)

And on a bit of a linguistic nitpicking, he noted that about 20% of his links were no longer living, and called it "link rot" - I'd call link rot what happens when sites are no longer paid for / maintained, and fall off the face of the 'net. Youtube videos pulled for DMCA reasons is more of a social vs legal clash, in my mind.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:36 PM on November 4, 2008


There's a misspelling of "Baio" in the title, post, and tags. You're consistent!
posted by wzcx at 1:55 PM on November 4, 2008


At the risk of this becoming too incestuous, hello! More of my YouTube favorites here, and I usually post the best stuff to Waxy.

filthy light thief: Jakob Neilsen coined the term linkrot broadly as links that originally worked but are now broken. Not all the YouTube videos were pulled for copyright reasons, but even so, I'd say it's still a form of linkrot.

And for my own nitpick, it's Baio, not "Biao." Chachi spells his last name the same way as I do, but there's no relation, as far as I know.
posted by waxpancake at 1:59 PM on November 4, 2008


Chachi spells his last name the same way as I do, but there's no relation, as far as I know.

Oh, how you must have to also put up with "Charles in Charge" jokes all of you life.
posted by ericb at 2:38 PM on November 4, 2008


*your life*
posted by ericb at 2:41 PM on November 4, 2008


I spelled waxy's name right.
posted by jessamyn at 3:13 PM on November 4, 2008


Thanks, Joanie Jessamyn!
posted by waxpancake at 4:25 PM on November 4, 2008


Whoops! Sorry about that. Thanks for correcting the typos.

I've always been a fan of consistency in spelling since First grade when the teacher chided me on inconsistent misspellings...
posted by Korou at 5:11 PM on November 4, 2008


Waxy is one of the five best blogs on the internet.
posted by danb at 7:48 PM on November 4, 2008


Waxy is one of the five best blogs on the internet.

The others being MetaFilter, Ask MetaFilter, MetaFilter Projects, and MetaFilter Music.
posted by shadytrees at 1:56 PM on November 5, 2008


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