====== Mashed LULZ ======

This past weekend I attended the BBC's [[http://mashed08.backnetwork.com/|Mashed08]] hack day event, in a slightly more professional guise. The creative and hacker energy there was palpable, and it was good fun to be around.

There were a [[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/06/_mshed_2008_the_final_furlong.html|good number of projects]] that made me laugh in recognition. Not directly presented, but clearly a product of the weekend, was a [[http://freakymousemats.com/blog/posts/2008/06/24/mashed08-and-pylolz/|Python port]] of Dave Dribin's [[news:hi-world-.to_lolspeak|LOLspeak]] that we've discussed here previously.

[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/2600450125/|{{ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2600450125_8de9b9d5e3_d.jpg?420 |Team Bob, by Martin Deutsch, on Flickr}}]]
Another sly grin crossed my face as I saw Team Bob's [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7470057.stm|award-winning]] entry. Although not directly LOL, long readers of the site will recognize Bob Dylan, who once [[news:subtranean-hoemsick-bluz|carried the message of the LOL]] on this blog. The effect created, as Dylan highlighted arbitrary keywords from the newsreader's script, was ROFL-funny. The video has appeared [[http://www.vimeo.com/1214367|on Vimeo]] and the creators have [[http://interblah.net/mashed-2008|posted  details]].

[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/atl/2606948657/in/set-72157605788163132/|{{ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2606948657_2ddeea9856_d.jpg?420 |BBC LOLNews, by Adam Lindsay, on Flickr}}]]
Also carrying the message of the LOL was the team who did a mashup of BBC News and translated the subtitles to LOLspeak. AWSUM.

I performed a little hack, which I've (**//update//:**) //finally documented// on my [[http://lindsay.at/blog/archive/2008/06/26/my-mash.html|own blog]]. Finally, I got to shake hands with Doctor Who #7, Sylvester McCoy:
[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/27869619@N02/2601529771/|{{ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2601529771_c79145fd55_d.jpg?420 |by mashed2008 on Flickr}}]]

P.S.: Don't forget the [[news:you-gee-see|LOLCODE contest]] ends in just under a week!