THAT IS ALL
Our great guestblogger John Hodgman is out there fondling touchscreens today, and he asked me to post this final BB guest blog post on his behalf. Thank you so much, Mr. Hodgman -- it's been an honor and a pleasure having you here on the blog these past two weeks. Video: FAREWELL BOING BOING.
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Does anyone else think that Xeni is buttcrazy in love with Mr. Hodgman? I mean not that you could blame her...
All the book titles are backwards. I wondered if he was going to make a joke about this, but he did not. I am puzzled as to why this would be, as most cameras do not mirror-image the things they record. Surely there is a simple explanation?
Every time John Hodgeman is on TV in my house, the dog scoots across the carpet. I can't blame her either.
Thank goodness I always do my web surfing with the help of a mirror.
I, for one, regret the departure of our new John Hodgman overlord, and hope he will come back sometime soon.
P.S.: Yeah, what's up with the bizarro-world reversed video?
If im not mistaken the macbook built in camera automatically flips the image for some reason.
We'll miss ya Johnny! THNX!
Da Vinci used the mirror trick... Great minds as they say.
You cannot look upon the John Hodgeman directly. His image must be mirrored to prevent one's skin from turning to stone. For he lives in the backwards world of Namegdoh where vodka flows from the taps and everything important is typed in CAPS.
He is likely using the iSight camera on an iMac to record the video. In an attempt to recapture the kitsch of ye old photobooth, the software keeps the image backwards (as cameras really see the world) instead of flipping the image like a normal piece of viewing software would. Thus - backwards titles. If you notice, even the part in his hair is backwards, so no trick covers.
Yeah, he's probably recording the mirror ^^
Dude, I'll MISS YOU.
Ha ha, "I'll bet he was asthmatic too"
Thanks John for your superlative bloggery. The mirrored book covers made it difficult for me to read the next post on bb...it felt strange and I liked it, so thanks again!
Hodge-man should do his next project: 99 Intarweb Trolls.
Well, I, for one, won't miss you since I've decided to be your most faithful virtual (sigh) stalker.
See ya. :)
Jean
Hodgeman is so advanced that he wills you to see things backwards. Sick @ss T!
FAREWELL HODGEMAN!
LOTSA COOL POSTS, BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL MISS BEING SHOUTED AT...
He also wills me to put an E in his name when... There really isn't one there to begin with! Freaky!
He seemed so sad to go. :(
we will miss your mad posting skillz mr. john. that is all.
I would have loved to create an account but your program does not recognise my perfectly valid e-mail address. :{
Perhaps Dan Ackroyd's Crystal Skull Vodka is really an elaborate parody of a work by Damien Hirst, world's worst artist and best self-promoter.
Beekone @1
"Does anyone else think that Xeni is buttcrazy in love with Mr. Hodgman?"
I hope not. I was kind of hoping I still had a shot with her.
@15: Agreed. I'm not the hugest-ever fan of M. Hodgman, but this parting vid sure was sorrowful. "Aww"-eliciting, even.
Bye, bye John.
Don't forget to vote, boys and girls!
John would want that.
Beekone @1
"Does anyone else think that Xeni is buttcrazy in love with Mr. Hodgman?"
I hope not. I was kind of hoping I still had a shot with HIM.
In closing, I have just one thing to say to/about our esteemed Mr. Hodgman:
>H
Gemini Gypsy, a/k/a MaryWit
Aww! I saw the ukelele in the preview and for some reason I thought he was going to perform "Still Alive" from Portal. You know:
"This was a triumph!
I'm making a note here:
"HUGE SUCCESS!!"
It's hard to overstate
my satisfaction."
And so on. I think it would've been highly appropriate.
And John Hodgman is married. (And did a very cute and touching TED Talk in which he expressed surprise at that state.)
FORGET HODGMAN, WHAT ABOUT THAT KILLER T-SHIRT??!?!?
I kid. toodles, john-boy. you will be missed.
pssst: can he come back soon?
oh, double psst: anyone got a link for that shirt? i'm too lazy to bootleg it. plus i'd like to support the makers.
Just when I think my love of The Hodgman can grow no more, he does something like this. Newfound waves of Hodgmania wash over me like the lapping tongues of kittens or ferrets.
W00t. W00t indeed.
"If im not mistaken the macbook built in camera automatically flips the image for some reason."
Sorry, that's stupid.
You were great fun!
And now, when I flatten your namesake, the Hoboverlord http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Hodgman%2C_The_Hoboverlord in Kingdom of Loathing.
Xeni, Cory, Mark and all you guys. Howsabout making Mr. Hodgman a regular?
I believe the t-shirt was created by someone named Bret Chambers as referenced here http://tcritic.com/archives/top-ten-star-wars-t-shirts/ but it links to a no longer valid myspace profile, so no idea where someone could pick one of those up. It is pretty cool.
You still point to his old site in your link
John, you have this odd way of making everything you touch simultaneously more reasonable and more absurd. For this, I salute you. Thank you so much for your contributions.
Incidentally, are those role-playing books stacked on the windowsill behind his right shoulder?
Now that his stint here is over, please tell us you will be revoking his CAPSLOCK PRIVILEGES.
(I had to say it, you see)
IS that all?
Personally, I think a bit of CAPSLOCK hyperbole adds TEXTURE. (that is all)
Jives the butler @ 33 - your comment had me re-watch the video, and I found myself transfixed by Mr Hodgmans neighbour-across-the-courtyard (top middle window), who seems to be endlessly cross-referencing stuff in a VERY BIG BOOK.
.sknaht dna ,nhoJ lleweraF
Oh boogers, I meant to write that now, when I flatten your namesake in KoL, I feel strangely guilty.
Election night and I was distracted. Had to run off nad meet some friends because I could not sit still.
But it's looking good, it's looking good.
Yeah, That t-shirt is now out of production... Sad... If I remember correctly, it was originally for sale on threadless tees. But im sure you can still find it somewhere.
THANK YOU, Mr. Hodgman, for your extraordinarily QUIRKY AND AMUSING posts to Boing Boing. I FOR ONE will miss them!
Mirrors.. pah!
John Hodgeman inhabits the Reversiverse.
Semi-random CAPS ON for our departing HOMEY. See yas tomorrow night Hodgeman.
EVERYONE can see him tomorrow night, 11/8, as long as they're attending the Live Wire! WORDSTOCK EXTRAVAGANZA in Portland OR at the ALADDIN theater.
Smoov.
Sorry about the e in Hodgman. We all are...once we realize there's no e in Hodgman.