Dark circles. Bags under the eyes. Panda eyes. Whatever they’re called, we can all relate. Who hasn’t looked in the mirror and seen these gloomy facial features? It’s so easy to get dark circles these days; we’re all working hard. But just because we work hard, doesn’t mean we have to look like we work hard. Is it too much to ask for a bright and rosy complexion even though we feel the complete opposite of bright or rosy (dark and thorny?)?
Donate to this Kickstarter to get rid of AJ’s bags once and for all. Eye creams are expensive and zappy laser treatment is even more expensive, so AJ needs your help in raising funds to buy the most expensive eye creams and to drown her face in them. If that doesn’t work, the plastic surgeon can give her eye bag implants for all she cares. She’s just tired of being compared to a panda, cute as they can be.
AJ will graciously share her results with her donors so they can know which expensive cream works. For triple-digit donors, AJ will personally come to your home and dab some of the expensive eye creams under your eyes. Don’t worry, she’s very gentle.
You may not recognize his name, but once you hear his voice there’s a good chance you’ll recognize his voice.
His name is John Baily and he is a voice actor best known for voicing the insanely popular Honest Trailers from the Screen Junkies YouTube channel.
Screen Junkies is owned by Defy Media and has three main shows, The Screen Junkies Show, Movie Fights, and Honest Trailers, as well as other short clips also about television and movies. With their growing popularity and strong presence on YouTube, Screen Junkies recently collaborated with Kevin Smith and fully jumped on the YouTube Red train.
Honest Trailers is their most popular show, with over 300 million views. There is a new Honest Trailer every Tuesday, usually around noon. Each video tends to parody popular movies, television, and even game trailers. Their most recent video was a two-parter: Superman (1978) and Batman (1989) to coincide with the new Batman vs. Superman movie.
John Baily has that deep rumble of a voice that’s just perfect to utter the words, “In a world…” Since he joined the team in 2012, he has been the vocal representative of the Screen Junkies and Honest Trailer brand. Although at first he only narrated the videos, he started to take more of a role and become more than a voice with the growth of his popularity. Once in a while the trailer will pause so that Baily can add his own bit as part of the script.
At the end of every video John Baily reads out comments from previous videos, and that in itself has become a familiar and well-liked part of the Honest Trailer experience. It’s also a sneaky way to get a lot of comments on their videos, but never mind that. It’s hard to mind when you can hear John Baily say “My llama crashed into a cactus,” just because someone asked him to.
Honest Trailers are popular because they take all the things that movie-goers talk about, but visualize it into a parody trailer. The trailers are usually witty and will point out inconsistencies, clichés, and outside references. Not only has Honest Trailers evolved into a definite and reliable persona, so has John Baily. He’s not just the narrator anymore, he’s an integral part of the Honest Trailer experience. Not only that, the team behind Screen Junkies has expanded and the production quality of their videos has increased as they become one of the most popular YouTube channels. It’s a popularity that is hard to deny or even argue against; I dare anyone try to just watch one without getting sucked into a never ending queue of parody trailers.
K-Pop is gaining popularity in the U.S. and getting more media coverage through different platforms. FuseTV has recently started a weekly podcast, hosted by Jeff Benjamin and Tina Xu, Fuse staff members who have experience not only writing about K-Pop but also being a fan of it. Only in their second week, “K-Stop” is still trying to find its identity and the hosts are discovering their flow and chemistry with each other. From chart toppers to recent news, “K-Stop” does a good job of covering different areas of K-Pop within thirty minutes, and to their credit they do not shy away from criticism and controversy. K-Pop fans, new and veteran, will enjoy listening to Jeff and Tina talk about this week’s favorite songs and have opportunities to join in on the conversation through social media like Twitter. Jeff and Tina offer fair but personal views on the songs and artists; they also explain Korean terms in an easily understandable manner. Hopefully this new podcast will find its unique voice and blend of the two hosts and become a “must listen” for any international K-Pop fan.
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I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a Redditor. I use Reddit religiously a few times a day, and I’m not quite a lurker as I have commented and even dared to share links. Obviously, I’m not your average expected Redditor, but Reddit has grown beyond the typical beard-neck Internet geek community it is often portrayed as.
I went back to November 26, 2005, one of its first popular days. Aside from the thumbnail previews and the many subreddits, the look is mostly the same. Even the little robot logo is still there. That early incarnation is much cleaner than the current version, but that’s simply because there just wasn’t as much content in 2005. Reddit is way bigger than it was then because the Internet is bigger now. As Reddit likes to claim, it is the “front page of the Internet.”
Screenshot of Reddit as it appeared in October of 2005.
Since the format is simple, it works on mobile devices, but the log-in box is so far to the right that you have to move the screen around.
Reddit now has a lot of content and relies on a combination of simplicity and variety for its design. It has taken up most of the white space it had before. Links are still ranked on the front page by popularity, but now they can be customized for each individual user based on what subreddits they are subscribed to. At the top, there is a bookmark bar of all the subreddits for easy access to all the various topics.
Reddit in its current incarnation.
The thumbnails give an idea of what kind of content to expect, along with the more descriptive titles. The right side has been filled up with options to make posts and ads from within Reddit. Despite its large user base, Reddit, for the most part, keeps away from large outside ads.
While the design of the website may not win any stylistic awards, Reddit’s design succeeds in keeping things simple while presenting as much information as possible. The core of Reddit has always been its content and community, on which it relies heavily.
For whatever reason, Reddit still has yet to create an official app and mobile access can be annoying because the text is so small. However, there are independent apps for Reddit—I use one called Bacon—but the sheer amount of content on Reddit makes it slightly unfavorable to mobile devices.
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