Watch this peice on [news] from the Wall Street Journal’s Timothy Farnam. Listen as Farnam sounds … well, he REALLY wants to warn you about the kind of trolls and goblins he interviewed. The troll’s name is Brian O’Neill, a 33-year-old student at Northern Kentucky University.

“And while politics is certainly not the only blog topic PLAGUED BY TROLLS, it is an attractive prize for online goblins given its controversial nature. In the real world, the website Technorati now tracks 40,000 English language politics blogs. And by all accounts, the number of TROLLS has grown like MAGIC right along with them.”
[YOUTUBE: Web trolls plague politicians - Wall Street Journal - 01-02-08]

Where can I share the latest from Rocketboom or Todd Oldham begging for attention? It’s on ”Kicks,” the latest channel I created for kicks and giggles (click the “Kicks” tab above).

The latest video reminds us of a very important holiday that’s easy to miss as we scramble to celebrate the birth of Santa. Let the light shine. It’s National Flashlight Day. 

Dax Flame produces the strangest series of videos on YouTube. I’m not sure where his accent is coming from in his latest video. Dax says he is posting his “excellent motion picture” Saturday or Sunday. His first video was one year ago today. In that video he says his name is Bernice Juach III, but you can call him “Dax Flame.”

School was very hard today I did horrible on the chemistry test and I have to resist itching my face. And the I was just doing a joke to the kid, I was walking in the hall and I said “Sneak attack” and I did that with my fingers and he acted super mad. He is stupid.
[I am Making a Motion Picture - Dax Flame - 12-04-07]

First it was the pirates. Now it’s the ninjas.

• Ask a ninja all about it.
• Day of the Ninja
• Annual Day of the Ninja
• ‘Ninja Got Answers’ for Hollywood Writers on Strike