Here’s a little something Chris and I helped make over the weekend.

Summer is officially here for all students not in year-round institutions. My buddies at Santa Clara and University of Washington finished up their finals last week. Any self-respecting person probably is not resting for long, because those internships or jobs. This post is for those of us who have scored internships and are maybe getting a little run down. Here’s how to stay at the top of your game and be remembered long after you’ve left. After all, not many people want to stay in academia for the rest of their life…

Do Everything

As an intern, you should never have dull time. Ever.

If you find yourself watching an inordinate number of YouTube videos (perhaps a college podcast that we all know and love), you’re doing something wrong. Maybe your boss(es) is too, but you’re the only one who can solve the problem.

Start reporting to people who are not your superior, but people who are peers with your superior. Get your hands involved in as much as possible.

I try to practice what I preach. Here’s an example: My job title at Revision3 is “modern culture intern.” That means I get to work on awesome shows like popSiren and Scam School. When I’m not busting balls on those shows, I’m writing software to help the company, brainstorming new shows, helping other people edit, contributing to the intern blog and appearing on other shows, like Internet Superstar. I am so self-righteous.

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Check out a site called commoncraft which has a collection of videos on how certain web technologies work. The next time someone asks you, “What’s an RSS?” point them to common craft.

Check out their Twitter video:

Take that, Chris.

It’s a week away, but if I hear one more Christmas song on the radio, I think I just might explode. If you’re like me (or even if you aren’t), check out the newest game from SuperDeluxe: Violent Night: Win the War on Christmas.

Armed with a cannon, you have one mission: Destroy all the holiday cheer. And enjoy the heavy metal background music.

It’s almost Thanksgiving. You’re probably at home. Bored.

So are we. CollegeHumor is fantastic for this:

Watching this video made me think: HackCollege needs some cheerleaders. And a theme song. Anyone creative out there?

Here’s a quick video to kill some time. Some interesting and some rehashed/whiny material presented by some Kansas State students:

[via digg]

If you’re not going for productivity today:

• Bloxorz shapes your spatial skills. [via DownloadSquad]
• UpBeat could be called Keyboard Revolution (i.e., similar to Dance Dance Revolution).

I’ve been playing the latter game for a while now, but I am nowhere near any of those high scores.

Sorry, between working graduation, finals, my birthday, and moving out, I haven’t had time to write posts. I’ll write a few the next day or two before I drive home (with Trippish).

Here’s something to keep you busy until the next post.

Again, for those of you with final exams: IGNORE THIS POST. It’s another distraction.

But for those of with time on your hands, I’d like to introduce you all to Joost (if you haven’t already heard of it):

From BET to Comedy Central to Guinness World Records TV to Healthination to MTV to even Ren and Stimpy, Joost is a great way for the college student with a high-speed Internet connection but without an actual television set to catch their favorite shows (a full channel list is here) via their PC. For free. Awesome.

So if you’d like an invitation to join Joost (as it’s currently invitation-only), just leave us a comment with your email address, and we’ll send you one!

[Edit] No more invites! [/Edit]

How many of you all already knew this PornoTube existed? I sure didn’t until today.