- Carl Peaslee on Summer Stories Series: "The form is fixed now. It is at the bottom of the post...."
- Kelsey Brown on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "I believe what she meant was that if you are consumed by your relation..."
- missed the point on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "I think my name says it..."
- in a relationship on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "why can't someone feel satisfied with their relationship and be happy ..."
- Jillian on Pimp My Campus: "oooh, new walkway! so excited to see it when I get back!!..."
Goodbye a/s/l, Hello Chatroulette
Gone are the days of mystery and deceit. Gone are the days in which you could think that you were having an hour long conversation with a cute 22-year-old Swedish boy, only to realize that you had in fact been talking with a 64-year-old woman from West Virginia. That’s right, the increasingly popular website Chatroulette allows you to see who you are talking with now.
Without a doubt, it can get kind of addicting. You could meet a bunch of people and costumed characters. But, on the other hand, you’ll likely come across guys (and girls) who have nothing better to do with their time than masturbate in front of the camera. But, you can always just “next” them. All you need is a web cam and an internet connection. Here’s a video that describes the general Chatroulette experience, as well as the basic ins-and-outs:
Needless to say, while Chatroulette has around for months, it has recently gotten some news outlets in a tizzy–Jon Stewart addressed this overreaction in a segment a few weeks back:
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Clearly there are some things to be aware of but just go ahead and explore Chatroulette ! Maybe you’ll even do something memorable, and make new friends! However, before you start, you at least need to know that the bar has already been set very high for originality–check out the following video, For example, this is an awesome video of Merton, who freestyles memorable piano improv tunes on Chatroulette:
Many people have said that Merton looks/plays/acts a bit like Ben Folds. Well, he’s not, but Ben Folds did just recently do a Merton tribute at a concert in North Carolina:
Chat on!
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Solon
Solon Christensen-Szalanski is a senior at Claremont McKenna College. Given his propensity to suddenly come out of a stupor and realize he has been reading Wikipedia for two straight hours, writing for 8:27 Procrastination was a natural transition. Solon would also love to create a future internet meme--he hopes that his "Piano Panda" will become the next "Keyboard Cat."
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2010-03-21
17:36:57
www.RandomDorm.com chat roulette for college kids only
2010-03-21
18:09:54
http://mashable.com/2010/03/21/ben-folds-chatroulette/ awesome.
2010-03-21
22:44:18
you do realize that link was in the post, right?
2010-03-22
00:27:37
"Gone are the days of mystery and deceit. Gone are the days in which you could think that you were having an hour long conversation with a cute 22-year-old Swedish boy, only to realize that you had in fact been talking with a 64-year-old woman from West Virginia. That’s right, the increasingly popular website Chatroulette allows you to see who you are talking with now."
Thank god for .gifs. I'll see you on chatroulette!
2010-03-22
10:24:07
is random dorm for real ?
2010-03-22
14:19:37
Haha, yeah... it was started my HS friend who also started goodcrush.com. Not the most serious venture but I guess he's playing around, trying to find something that works
2010-03-22
18:44:55
hahaha i tried using it but everytime i do it says that all users are busy.... needs more publicity i guess
2010-03-22
14:17:18
YouTube took down the original Merton Piano Improv.
Here's his re-upload:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTwJetox_tU
2010-03-25
10:16:43
[...] ride. We debated, reported, hunted, complained, reflected, questioned, answered, and so. much. else. I’m just grateful for having a front row seat to it all.The Forum is very much student-run [...]
2010-04-13
11:28:43
http://www.sitz.cz.cc/umppehebot/lasse3.jpg
I am asking for my friend who is a foreign student and he wants to study accounting in new york for the fall. He already lives here studying language , but is now looking for graduate schools. I am not from new york so i am unable to help him cause I've only lived here for a few weeks. any suggestions would be great thanks.
:.: karvakedon karamelli :.: