Useless Machine was on The Colbert Report!
Make Magazine's editor-in-chief, Mark Frauenfelder was on the CR promoting his new book and he brought a few gadgets with him. Imagine my surprise when he brought out the Useless Machine.
After letting Colbert try the machine, Mark explains that it's only function is to turn itself off. The audience laughs and Colbert says "I'll tell you what it does Mark...it breaks my heart."
I guess I should mention that the machine will be featured in the next MAKE magazine and that was why Mark brought it on the show!
My mind is officially blown.
Mark had sent me a heads-up letting me know about this, but I didn't receive it until after watching the show. I'm a regular viewer of the CR so for me this was especially sweet. Thanks Mark!
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311944/june-08-2010/mark-frauenfelder
Cheers,
Brett
After letting Colbert try the machine, Mark explains that it's only function is to turn itself off. The audience laughs and Colbert says "I'll tell you what it does Mark...it breaks my heart."
I guess I should mention that the machine will be featured in the next MAKE magazine and that was why Mark brought it on the show!
My mind is officially blown.
Mark had sent me a heads-up letting me know about this, but I didn't receive it until after watching the show. I'm a regular viewer of the CR so for me this was especially sweet. Thanks Mark!
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311944/june-08-2010/mark-frauenfelder
Cheers,
Brett
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DIY gets the Colbert Bump! Thanks Everyone! Especially Mark Frauenfelder and Stephen Colbert.
I could I have sworn I thought of that invention first...
I went on the front page today, and this featured forum topic was next to the ible about it (I think the ible got re-featured).
It is Popular -- there's an orange banner in the corner that says so.
Jun 9, 2010. 7:25 PMzascecs
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No, it's just popular. I don't think an i'ble could get re-featured anyways...
By re-featured, I mean that the ible appears on the front page again after it appeared on the front page a few weeks back.
That'll happen if something is featured, which pushes it to the front page, and then later becomes popular, pushing it to the front page again.
Jun 9, 2010. 8:32 PMzascecs
says:
Oh. Well then you could probably say "recognized", to not confuse people...
;P
;P
Instructables can be re-featured, but that can only be done by Staff messing with the database directly. The Feature Team can't do it.
Jun 9, 2010. 8:32 PMzascecs
says:
Oh. Well then you could probably say "recognized", to not confuse people...
;P
;P
What the banner actually says is Popular, indicating that it has received a large number of views in the past couple of days (presumably as a result of Mark's appearance on The Colbert Report).
Jun 10, 2010. 7:20 AMzascecs
says:
Something went wrong, because I never posted that comment...
>=/
>=/
Did you perhaps try to write two different comments in this thread, very close together in time? I've had the experience twice now, after posting a comment, having my second comment in the same thread disappear, and become a repost of the first one. I've had to delete and rewrite, and then it's fine.
Jun 10, 2010. 10:54 AMzascecs
says:
Oh, well yes, I did post 2 different comments within a short amount of time...
I was going to ask who is in the Feature Team?
I was going to ask who is in the Feature Team?
The Feature Team conists of Instructables' staff plus a couple of dozen long-time users who've been asked by Eric to assist with the featuring process. Most of the members of the team are in the Feature Team group.
Lots of people like Kiteman! I do, Nacho does, Lithium Rain does,... He can come of a bit rough at times, but usually only to people who say stupid things :-)
Jun 10, 2010. 2:44 PMzascecs
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You do! You've been around about as long as I have; but I see the point. I'm wondering, does only one person decide per instructable, or do a lot of people have to agree if an instructable is featured worthy?
Yes, I certainly do like Kiteman! Don't you? I know there are some people around here who don't like him, but that's usually because they fall into the category of people to whom he needs to explain things with small words and short sentences.
Jun 10, 2010. 5:30 PMzascecs
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lol, I think you misunderstood me...
...anyways, of course I like Kiteman!
...anyways, of course I like Kiteman!
Jun 9, 2010. 6:18 PMKeith-Kid
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I just saw this and I couldn't believe it!! It was so awesome to see DIY on one of my favorite shows! :D
Here's the master copy, so to speak:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311944/june-08-2010/mark-frauenfelder
Be warned, it is horribly slow with all of the ads and whatnot being fetched from hither and yon. The Useless Machine appears at 4:25.
SaskView, you might want to add that link to your text!
Bleach. Sorry about that, Kiteman. Not something I can readily test :-(
I loved the useles machine, so I just want to say:
Nice job!
(In instructables orange!)
Nice job!
(In instructables orange!)
Nice! He also signed off with it.
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Sign Off - The Most Useless Machine | ||||
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Ha ha I saw he was going to be on it. What did you do when you saw it?
It was one of the coolest moments I have ever had!
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