Daniel’s post, which linked to a Ben Folds video where he improvs about one of the Harvard houses, reminded me of this gem.
This is Common freestyling at/about NU a couple years back—he pulled a couple students aside 5 minutes before he went on and asked them to tell him everything they could about campus. This is the result. I figured it was appropriate on the eve of my last undergraduate class.
“Why is this story even included in the New York Times? Even if it’s included in the New York Times, why is the article so long and descriptive?
Can you, Mr. Journalist, explain to us mere mortals back here on Planet Earth why we would care about the circumstances of some clown who calls himself “Lil Wayne?”
Considering how much energy you must have consumed on your computer to write this article, and for the New York Times to post it on the internet, you should be arrested for endangering my environment with a useless article such as this.”
Chris Harrison, of Carnegie Mellon, developed this “Skinput” interface. Unbelievably innovative.
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