Since we’re on the subject of messing around with media today, I’ll also point out PikiPimp, a new service that lets users quickly create pimped out versions of pictures and them embed them on other sites or download them in fairly good quality. I think the one I did is much more creative than Steve or Orli’s, but you get the idea. I’d make one of these for TechCrunch writer Natali Del Conte, but she’d probably resign (readers are encouraged to do so, however, and link to them in the comments). More fun for MySpacers.
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This reminds me of http://www.celebsfun.com , which enables you to pimp celebrities.
Anyway, all these stuff sure are fun but quite useless in my opinion.
yeah, well, I thought Ksolo was useless, and then Fox bought them for $7 million. Plus, I really wanted to post that picture after I went to the trouble of making it.
You must be running out of stuff to evaluate to put that crap on your front page.
@Michael: Ahh well, fair enough =P
Happy Holidays, Slappy.
I love Mike.
blah i give up =(
hahah, made me laugh!
piki pimp seems rather useless….this is a little different from most techcrunch articles..but what the h@ll mike..its the holidays!!!
There is also a similar service called Zingfu
http://www.Zingfu.com
Mildly entertaining.
Mike — agree with Slappy, some ofthese reviews are bordering on absurd. I can’t believe investors are actually fuding these startups…pimp your pictures, add silly comic bubbles to video..cmon.
Bah-humbug!
Looks like a Zingfu.com rip-off. I admit to having some fun with these sites.
Very cool site. I still think Photochop.com offers the best touch-up services for digital photos – both real and fantasy edits.
Check out the venturebeat article here:
“Photochop.com offers one hour photo touch-up jobs for holidays”
http://ventureb...s-for-holidays/
If Fox buys something for $7 million, that may say more about Fox than it does about the thing they buy.
As a version 1 with lots to follow – this site is a bit of fun – but definitely not a rip off of any site we have been able to find – this is a venture in Ajax, Ruby and explroing the limits in what takes people’s fancy
“readers are encouraged to do so, however, and link to them in the comments”
Do I get a say in this???
Sure. You get to judge which one is best.
We did a takeoff similar to that with Celebs like Britney Spears & Madonna & Bush & Bono eating Baloney Sandwiches on Flickr but it came off the Rails a lil bit*
Here’s Christina Aguilera enjoying her $B Baloney*
http://www.flic...rhol/118752518/
Mike – Yeah, I played around with this and posted a bit on Friday. It does however seem to be that time of the year. I’ll have to take it from the pro, and learn to respond like you have to the “you suck” comments.
– Rex
They have some great objects for christmas.. nice things for this time of the year to have some fun..
“readers are encouraged to do so, however, and link to them in the comments”.
Nobody pimp’ed Natali’s picture – TC readers are smart not spending quality time for doing silly things – Sorry Mike, pimp’ing did not work
Now this is why I don’t have a photo on the about page.
Funny.
I could be wrong, but after reading Natali’s bio, I don’t remember her ever appearing on DL.TV. She has definitely been a popular panel member on Cranky Geeks, though.
ah tis the season to be…..pimped… fun and having a laugh are still high on many agendas pikipimp helps achieve that:-) we jazzed (or should that be Ajaxed) up the office party shot – even the wallflowers blossomed:-)
Still waiting for the Natali Del Conte doctored photos.
She has blanks on her flickr page if people are having trouble getting started:
http://flickr.c...Conte&w=all
(all in good fun
)
Doctored photo forthcoming…..because I need to get my brain off business plans today…
There you go TC…..Natali the TC X-Mas Elf….
http://www.imag...t&tp=476948
PS: I was going to modify some of the other flickr photos but um….well lets just say given this challenge and the available modifacations and flickr material there would have been some interesting results
engtech – I tried to post a bunch, but some type of moderation must be turned on (or else their spam blocker recognizes pikipimp as spam, wouldn’t that be a kicker). I know others tried to do the same (using the direct link from pikipimp) and the post didn’t come through, so I guess we’ll all have to be satisfied with Allen’s pic.
Picture reminds me of the Doctor that Alex Albrecht plays on Ctrl-Alt-Chicken over at Revision3.
Check out http://www.greetlets.com/
Great library of graphics, along with the ability to add text to your photos.
Agreed – http://www.Greetlets.com is far superior with a much larger library of artwork and more flexible design.. Plus it has a larger community..
Ok I guess I win!
Wheres my free TC T-shirt, Arrington…..
Oh yeah have Natali sign it k thx…
www
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