This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Kanye gets the "Jerry Roll" treatment, Kermit finds a new pig, the New Yorker is sorta mocked, songs get autocanonized, and ducks make some noise.
1. What's the Deal with Award Shows?
seinye 🙏 @davidelmaleh pic.twitter.com/EWbQP3UHzL
— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) September 1, 2015
Kanye gave an epically Kanye speech at the MTV VMAs on Sunday. By Tuesday it had been turned into a stand-up routine and by Wednesday it had been turned into a cold open for Seinfeld. Thanks, internet.
2. Kermit The Cad?
Jesus Christ Kermit is an asshole. http://t.co/Ih3YSHhQGR pic.twitter.com/fYkVqu4Inq
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 1, 2015
The internet was very upset and, in some cases, very happy to learn that Kermit has a new girlfriend named Denise. Not sure where we stand yet, but it's good to know the green guy has a type.
3. The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Generator
Two dudes at the Verge made a New Yorker cartoon caption generator this week to help just about anyone try and win the magazine’s decade-old caption contest. They took the first, second, and third place winning entries, all 1,425 of them, and ran them through a text generator that analyzes the winners and creates new, totally random entries that echo the original set. Even if you don’t end up winning, it’s a great way to pass some time.
4. The Autocanonizer
In music, a canon (also known as a round) is a piece where one voice states a melody, and a second voice repeats that melody before the first is finished — think "Row Row Row Your Boat." Here’s a fancier version of a canon. The Autocanonizer takes any song and turns it into a canon by identifying melodies or motifs within the song and repeating those parts over each other in a looping pattern. If you've got nothing going this long weekend, we recommend spending a few hours of this nifty tool.