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...perhaps they had a couple of hours to kill after a gig on Saturday. Increasingly, at that time, videos were a thing to ridicule and even MTV itself was in on the mocking. MTV's since-cancelled series Beavis and Butt-head made fun of videos; VH-1's Pop-Up Videos seemed to say, with its very format, that videos weren't interesting enough to watch anymore unless there was supplementary information to keep you from turning the channel to the Food Network...
...player, a device designed to kill off the VCR. Instead of using videotape, it burns the images directly on to a special disc, preserving them forever, safe from mold and wear. The digital format also makes your homemade discs as easy to navigate as prerecorded DVDs: for instance, a pop-up menu lets you access all of the files on a disc so you can say goodbye to the rewind/fast-forward shuffle. Among other benefits, discs take up less space and deliver better picture quality. For me, the coolest feature is that the machine has a superfast bit rate that allows...
...krunked up, get krunked up. . .” to name a few. The most appropriate diddy had to have been “Raise ‘da roof!” seeing as how the shutle is equipped with two pop-up emergency exits located on either ends of the ceiling. The bevy of boys finally exited at Radcliffe Yard repeating “Yeah, bus driver, yeah, bus driver...
...guides is what draws the students in and keeps them coming back”. Moreover, the guide’s online presence allows the experience to have a fully interactive format. Matthews points to the “ability to click on particular terms and phrases and receive a pop-up definition”, for example, as being particularly useful...
...course, these images of destruction and horror are particular striking in light of the events of September 11th. In fact, the MFA notes as much in a pop-up message on their webpage. The message in the box reads, "Art can play a significant role in our lives even in the most difficult times....Since the tragic events of September 11th, these works of art have assumed a new relevance, and some of our visitors may find them particularly disturbing. We hope that this exhibition will provide a forum for reflection and discussion...