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Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble

2007-02-20 · letter vlog · Hank, Secret Brother Tom · 2:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore

Hank recounts buying three computers in a week before one worked, muses about Wikipedia in your brain, reports the new Brotherhood 2.0 MySpace page and the flood of survey responses, and meets a 'secret brother' named Tom.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Why say good morning; three computers bought in a week, two returned to Best Buy, the new one works; Hank as 'the third hard drive'; Wikipedia in your brain

  • ★ Hank asks why they always say good morning, since it is never morning when he films or when John watches. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • ★★★ Hank bought three computers in the last week; two went back to Best Buy (one planned, one lacked a second hard-drive bay), and the current one now works. — 00:00:10
  • ★★ Hank muses that it would be awesome if Wikipedia could be in your brain, answering with The Matrix line 'I know Kung Fu'. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Wikipedia

00:00:59 — The Matrix line; the working computer helps Brotherhood 2.0 projects: the new MySpace page with about 69 friends; eyebrows; Montana groove thrown off by computers

  • ★★★ The working computer is helping with Brotherhood 2.0 projects, chiefly their new MySpace page, which already has about 69 friends after John's SparksFlyUp post and Hank's bulletin. — 00:00:59 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★ Hank is glad to have friends and hopes they become 'gigantic' on MySpace so all its users become their friends. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:59
  • ★★ Hank says he cannot get back into the swing of things in Montana because none of his computers work. — 00:00:59 · Montana

00:01:48 — Response to Hank's survey; who is Tom? A viewer clip of the brothers' 'secret brother' Tom

  • ★★★ Hank is amazed at the response to his survey: over 53 comments on the survey post, over half of them surveys, plus surveys on Brotherhood2.com, other posts, people's websites, audio and video. — 00:01:48 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank asks who Tom is: he did not know they had a secret brother named Tom, who seems like a nice guy. (playful) — 00:01:48 · secret sibling
  • ★★ Secret Brother Tom: Tom introduces himself as the brothers' third brother, whom they have never met or heard of, with a chemical-engineering degree, a wife and some kids. (joke) — 00:01:48

00:02:20 — iMovie keeps locking up; Hank ends the video to eat; sign-off

  • ★ iMovie keeps locking up before Hank saves, so he ends the video early to go eat. — 00:02:20

Humor (significant)

  • With the now-working computer, Hank appears on screen as if he were part of the machine. — 00:00:10

    “Like I've suddenly become the third hard drive.”

  • Musing that Wikipedia could be put in your brain, Hank finishes the thought with The Matrix. — 00:00:59

    “In your brain, I know Kung Fu.”

  • Hank wonders who Tom is; a viewer clip shows Tom introducing himself as the brothers' never-mentioned third brother. — 00:01:48

    “I have a degree in chemical engineering and a wife and some kids. Surprise!”

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Mentioned

Central: Myspace

Also: People: Secret Brother Tom

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Sparks Fly Up

Works: The Matrix

Organizations: Best Buy · Wikipedia

Rituals: Good morning greeting

Terms: secret sibling

Places: Montana

Products: iMovie

Also centred on Myspace: How Does This End?

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