Shyzer.com

I can already tell this post is going to be the launching point for two additional posts in the future. One on random, cool things I’ve found on the Internet lately and another on how the Internet has actually hurt “creativity” as much as it’s helped it. Well, maybe not as much, but I’ll save that for later. In the meantime, check out the first part of this video.

It reminds me of a techno song I found a while ago that used a generic beat and nothing but AOL sounds.

I’ve always loved random creations where none should exist. You’d expect to hear decent music from the radio. You know there’s a chance the music will be good if you head to the bar and listen to a local band. Yet nobody who hears the random bells and dings on their computer thinks, “now those would make an awesome song!”

I think it’s pretty nifty that the guy not only created this, but then took the time to show people how they too could make a similar song. Not many people will create something and then put their creation out there for others to modify and build upon, despite the fact that the Internet is not only perfectly suited for this, but essential built upon this model. Far too many people out there (myself included at times) will create something, stick it on the ‘net, and then expect full and total control over it. I can’t help but feel that completely defeats the purpose of sharing something on the ‘net in the first place.

Random Edit: I happened to have IE open since I’m making a new design for HIF and dear God was Shyzer hard to read. Apparently IE hates serif fonts. So I added a little code that keeps the serif font for FF and Safari while displaying sans-serif for IE. In conclusion, Shyzer is now what I deem to be 14 trillion times easier to read if you still use IE.