The Blue Elephant Brigade

Lotan · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: The developer trap

The full story behind this movie is up on my blog , but I figured some of the guys around here might enjoy it. It's mostly inside jokes from our work, but there's at least one bit I threw in that most people from the board should get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSZan8I0-E

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Trassin · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

haha, well done.
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Mishlai · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject:

Ha!
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khimaira · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:43 am Post subject:

Hehe... free monitors, mmmm!
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midget · Brigadier Veteran Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 2263

Nice vid bro. I just bought that monitor.
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Glistam · I plead the Third Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 5076

Very funny.
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Lotan · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:18 am Post subject:

I found this amusing:

http://blog.standoutjobs.com/the-best-way-to-recruit-developers

http://jimstroud.com/2008/01/01/how-to-trap-a-software-developer

http://www.mapleleaftwo.com/a-blog-is-a-perfect-compliment-for-a-tech-or-any-company/

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Banzai_Kitty · Citizen Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 411

You're famous enough for people to be stealing from now.
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Lotan · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:12 am Post subject:

They gave credit I think... at least one guy did, and I left a comment on all of them just in case Very Happy

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Its just odd that someone stumbled upon it and decided to post about it.

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Exzavier · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:

Thats cool other people like your vid and posted it on their blogs too.

Did you use final cut for those effects?
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Madhatte · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

How did I not watch that until just now?

Excellent work. Everything is funnier with Yakety Sax playing.
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Lotan · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

The whole movie was made with Microsoft Paint and Windows Movie Maker. The original idea was to make it look really crappy like some 8 year old made it. Unfortunately(Or fortunately) it actually ended up looking kind of good(In my opinion)

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