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New phone app will let you know your model potential.

Have you been looking into the mirror for years, fully aware of your potential to be a model yet not sure enough that your potential could equate to something more?  (Me too!)  Now there's a phone app that will give it to you plain and simple.  Just upload your picture and see whether you've got it or you don't.  Do let us know!

Via Vogue UK

New iPhone app allows you to make Super 8-style video.

The bonus part is that it is free right now as they are tying it into that big mysterious summer blockbuster mover Super 8.  Sort of like a Hipstamatic for video, the Super 8 application is chock full of features:

» RECORD
- Scratch-and-Dirt Overlay
- Add/Change Filter Effects
- Switch Between Front and Reverse Camera Views (iPhone 4 only)
- Analog Time Elapsed Counter
- Turn On Camera Light (iPhone 4 only)
- Turn On Frame Shake Effect (set accelerometer or tap activation in app prefs)

» CAMERA FRONT
- Change Lenses Between:
• Color
• Chromatic
• Black & White
• Sepia
• X-Ray
• Negative
• Infrared

» CARTRIDGE
- Arrange or Delete Scenes (clips)
- Add or Delete an Authentic Super 8 Film Leader
- Edit Film Title
- Add Credits
- Develop Your Film

» LIBRARY
- Select Movie to Play
- Change Movie Titles
- Delete Movies from Library

» PROJECTOR
- Pull Down Screen to Start Movie
- Reverse, Pause/Play and Forward Playback Controls
- Share (email movies or save them to a computer via iTunes)

BREAKING NEWS: "Slut" is not an acceptable word on Words with Friends.

Do you ever suspect that other folks are having more fun than you?  Now there's an app that can prove it.

Civilization Progress Report: Don't eat dinner at Damien Hirst's house!

There comes a point in every young man's life when he grows older. He notices bags bulging out from underneath his eyes and silver hairs sprouting like weeds from the lush, thick forest that is his black hair. And he wonders how many more hairs are going to turn silver before his faith in the world around him is restored because a critical decision he made back in 2008 suddenly stands for nothing. But then he remembers that he doesn't deal in politics. He deals in pop. And he is me, readers! So if you're burning in anguish from what seems like a pandemic of disasters worldwide, pop music will always save you. Your life-preservers follow below. Have your pick.

• 2010 was the year of "Fuck You". 2011 is, then, the year of "Fuck Me". I told you this last week, but some of you aren't good listeners. [FYF]

Not a bad daily planner, Mr. Franklin! I am not a morning person at ALL and have only recently come to the realization I can't roll out of bed and in to work in 30 minutes' time. Having made that realization, and having felt the benefits of a more leisurely rising, Mr. Franklin's three-hour allotment to rise and start the day pretty much marks the opposite end of the spectrum from mine, yet it's making more and more sense to me as the days (mornings) go by.

His demarcation of "work" time as apart from the hours immediately preceding bedtime for "diversion" appeal to my sensibilities these days as well as I'm learning I can't be busy all the time, but must structure my time to include downtimes as much as I include time to "get things done". Without the breaks, I get run-down quickly and am far less productive - despite the increased time allotment for being productive - than I am when I limit my work to "work hours" and make sure to leave time for leisure.

Taking into account modern technological advancement, FYF recommends this, a more modern tool, for scheduling your day/to-dos. The companion book, Bit Literacy, is equally genius.

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The "Situationist"(s): now on iPhone

The Situationist International movement of the 1950s and 60s culminated philosophically in the publication of Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Google Books has it here.) in 1967, and politically in the May '68 uprisings in France.

The ideas that informed the movement have never been more relevant (I mean, come ON! Society of the SPECTACLE!? Just the name alone...! How many "bold-faced" names flashed through your head when you read "spectacle"? ...EXACTLY!) and Benrik, a Situationist-styled performance art duo, aim to mass-market (ironically?) the construction of situations via a somewhat anarchistic app, available now.

Read more here (Please!).

From the comments: More ways to get kicked off of Grindr

 

Grindr continues to be a place where you just can't be honest or sexual or music-loving or well, much of anything.  From the comments:

I got flagged for saying I like the band Genitorturers. Then I got kicked off for placing on my profile "I like the white stuff" but left it open without specifying what.

I finally succumbed to the hype and got Angry Birds and...it's fun, addictive...even brilliant!? ...And now you can "upgrade" to include Halloween themed backgrounds and levels! Yes this post is a total shill!

Video taste after the jump...

MOMA is now an iPhone app

The MOMA iPhone app is pretty user friendly, with calendars, audio tours built in, an index of the collection, basic museum info and other features.  You can even use the index to pick out a new "ironic" Grindr profile pic.

Fabulis releases new iPhone app which is basically Grindr with real names (and parties).

 

The Grindr experience is what it is.  You have a picture; you have a few hundred characters.  Based on those you decide to chat, maybe exchange pictures (possibly of your penis) and then possibly meet up and fuck make rewarding connections.  Fabulis is taking that idea and expanding on it with their new iPhone app.

Instead of just thumbnails and quick descriptions of the members, you get full names and profiles along with general distance.  More interesting is the ability to view events going on near you in that location at that time.  So, imagine you are in a place where you don't really know many folks or what's happening.  (Perhaps "Boston" or "Hell's Kitchen".)  The app could tell you where the party's at and who's attending.  

Fabulis Creative Director (and FYF friend) Bradford Shellhammer replied to an email where I asked for some clarification:

Plans right now can be sorted by date and popularity. Popularity is based on RSVP numbers. ... You can see the people who have said they're going to an event and you can message them in advance.

Soon we're also working on enhancements which will make it easier to know who is actually at an event or a bar or a restaurant RIGHT NOW. So you can see if Amanda Lepore is having a party, who is actually there now and who is planning on attending.

In the converse, you could also see who is attending a party and make the decision not to attend.  Or make decisions about a person regarding the parties they attend.  Useful!

While no fan of the word "fabulous" or any other non-specific adjective, or of misspellings, or of overly-rounded fonts,  I am a fan of utility and efficiency.  In this case, the latter certainly outweighs the latter.

PS - Hi Brian Mills.  We see you, baby, pimping your blog.  (And no, I don't see us doing "fabuliscapes", but you never know.)

Grindr is pretty much just for Victorian ladies now.

 

When you logged into Grindr today (don't be coy, I just admitted to it, so you can too), you might have noticed the quick message at the beginning noting changes in the Terms of Service.  Included were changes as to what can and cannot be put in profile pictures and texts.  Essentially, in their goal to create a wholesome, sexless homosexual utopia they have added several items to their "thou shalt not" list.   

Presented with commentary in italics are some highlights of the new and improved Grindr user guidelines: 

 Profile photo:

• No bare skin below the waistline (hip bone area) or above the upper thighs can be shown.  (Also, no ankles may be viewable below ye bloomers.)
• No underwear can be visible. Swimwear must follow the bare skin rule above.  (A quick look this morning saw lots of underwear visible, so many a deletion is coming.)
• Pants and shorts must be worn normally, buttoned, and not pulled or hanging down.
• Hand or fingers cannot be down pants or pulling underwear outward.  (Remember that old Coppertone ad?  Verboten!)
• No photo that is sexually explicit or overly suggestive.  (So my 'come hither' look is forbidden?)
• No nudity (particularly the genitals) covered up by a towel, hat or other means.
• No grabbing/holding or touching genitals or genital area.  (So Gawker is more permissive than Grindr.)
• No pubic hair can be visible.
• No outline of genitals through clothing will be allowed.  (Baggy pants only!)
• No crotch area only, neither back nor front.
• No images that show suggestive or overly sexual poses.
• Photos cannot contain sex props and toys, including the use of fruits/vegetables.
• No images of illegal drug use and paraphernalia.
• No images of firearms or weapons.
• No photos of any obscene gestures and/or lewd behavior.
• No image used to advertising your services, goods, websites, or events.  (Nice of them to put it in writing, but we learned this already.)
• No profanity or curse words.  (Are you fucking kidding me?)

Profile text

• No text referring to genital size or sexual acts.
• No sexually explicit or overly suggestive text.
• No mention of illegal drugs.  (420 friendly?  Guess not.)
• Expressions of a desire to engage in unprotected sex is not allowed.  (Isn't the purpose of forming relationships so that one can engage in bareback sex?)
• No profanity or curse words, including abbreviations and masking (i.e. f**k, a$$, etc.)

Web Link

• A link to your Facebook profile is allowed in the Facebook field. MySpace and Twitter profile links are allowed in the About field; these links must have a user name attached and cannot contain advertising or pornography or they will be removed. No other web link of any kind will be allowed in any of the profile fields.

According to Grindr, the application is to be used by guys to meet guys that live nearby:

Thousands of gay, bi, and curious guys in your area are chilling out on Grindr. It’s easy to find a nearby guy in no time. Whether you’re in the mood to chat, a date, or a buddy to grab a drink with, Grindr makes it happen. Guys into other guys are just a quick download away. And with Grindr they’re also right around the corner—just waiting for you to show up.

Apparently when they show up, you can show them your ankle, and perhaps play cribbage. You would think something named "Grindr" wouldn't be eschewing sexuality so much, right? The desexualization of the gay man continues.

Confession:  I'm a math geek.  No, really.  As in perfect score on the SAT math geek, so when the check comes, I tend to have it all figured out in my head before anyone else, unless there was booze with the meal.  Since there often is booze with the meal, the iPhone is pulled out and the calculator is employed.  For times when a drunken math genius or a calculator aren't handy though, there is a handy new app that not only calculates the tip and amount per person, but takes into account the country in which you are dining.

Cool Apps/Sites

 I can't say whether or not Mr. Marson uses B-Rhymes when composing his "Rest in Poetry" poems, but he very well may! It's that good! Aspiring poets, rappers and/or wordsmiths, add this to your arsenal.

CreativeApplications.net is exactly that. Lots of that. Maybe so-much-it's-overwhelming of that.

Your beard is on the phone for you.

Ever wondered if a Fu Manchu was right for you?  Think you could pull off a Chaplin without pulling a Hitler?  Wonder no more.  The BeardMe app is for you, friend.

Check out a demonstration (which puts a beard on the baby), after the jump.

Emoji Art

 

"Color Stories" by Steve Winick.

In a Grindr and GWIP (NSFW) world, you need help taking your portrait with your iPhone. Self Image is there.

You see, Grindr is for social networking, not hookups.  So it survived Apple's culling of sexual applications.