How To Twitter Your Way Through Alien and Zombie Invasions

You may have seen the Twitter Timeline During Zombie Attack mock-up that was a big smash on Digg about a month ago...by the time I saw it, it was too late to post. But I bookmarked the excellent blog from whence it came, Kensington Victoria, and what do you know, blogger extraordinare Andrew posted a sequel.

I present an excerpt from Twitter Timeline During Alien Invasion. Click for the full version!


And in case you missed it, here's a sample from the equally awesome (and slightly scary) Zombie edition.


Love these. On the comment thread at KV, I suggested future installments might include The Rapture and a Day After Tomorrow type catastrophe. Anyone else have ideas of sci-fi/horror global crisises that Twitizens could document?

Bonus: My other favorite piece of Twitter humor (also the episode of Rocketboom that made me fall for Joanne Colan, after the jump...


Favorite moment at 2:53. I love me some desperation.

I Can Almost Promise This Might Be Our Last Wiimbledon Post

Rocketboom has their Wiimbledon segment up, and it's a good change of pace from the others you may have seen. It's... calm. Not cut together for Generation A.D.D., it lets you hear the soft murmur of the crowds at the event and has interviews that aren't rapid fire sound bytes. In other words, it's the anti-Geekanerd coverage.

AND! It's the only video I've seen that gives THE BUTTONS their due! Well done, guys.

Tesla Coil Plays Mario Music

Some crazy crazies have set up a rather large Tesla coil in their backyard and programmed it to play the underground theme from Super Mario Brothers. Oh, and to shoot bolts of lightning in the general direction of party guests.

Watch the video at Rocketboom.