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Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank

2008-02-19 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:27 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, timely hook

Hank, in three parts, recommends 13 Little Blue Envelopes for the Blurbing Book Club, reveals that an Amazon affiliate link lets him see Nerdfighters' nerdy purchases, and shows the valentines made for him by the Boston Area Nerdfighter Gathering.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Three-part intro; Part 1: 13 Little Blue Envelopes finished, buy it for the Blurbing Book Club

  • ★★ Hank has finished 13 Little Blue Envelopes and recommends it as entertaining and educational, and as a prod to go to Europe; he looked at plane tickets halfway through. — 00:00:08
  • ★★★ Hank urges viewers who haven't bought 13 Little Blue Envelopes to buy it so they can take part in the Blurbing Book Club, saying Amazon delivery will be fast. — 00:00:32 · Amazon
  • ★★ Hank says they will announce the next Blurbing Book Club book before wrapping up the current one, so readers can have it in hand for the next two weeks. — 00:00:32

00:00:58 — Part 2: the Amazon affiliate link and what Nerdfighters buy

  • ★★ Hank put an affiliate link in the sidebar Amazon link, earning 25 cents per copy of 13 Little Blue Envelopes sold; so far it has made about $10. — 00:00:58 · Amazon, link in the sidebar
  • ★★ Hank says the affiliate reports also show what people buy, and that Nerdfighters' buying habits are 'interesting', meaning nerdy; he lists examples. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria, Amazon
  • ★ Hank calls Elsewhere one of his all-time favourite books: a young nerd taken in by a bookshop owner and a bunch of elves. — 00:01:27
  • ★ Hank says the original Star Wars series is something we should all own. — 00:01:27

00:01:57 — Part 3: Valentine's Day; valentines from the Boston Area Nerdfighter Gathering, a Jane Austen valentine for Katherine; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank didn't expect valentines this year (2008), but Nerdfighters at the Boston Area Nerdfighter Gathering (BANG) made him a bunch, and some for John with postage included. — 00:01:57
  • ★★ Hank says he will send John's valentines to him shortly, apologising that he hasn't yet. — 00:01:57 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank shows several valentines: one 'from Helen Hunt', one naming Queen Ranavalona, a 'place head here' card, and one shaped like Nerdfighter fingers; he promises to treasure them. (playful) — 00:02:28 · Stuff on Heads
  • ★★ Hank made a valentine for Katherine that he shares for any Jane Austen Nerdfighters. — 00:02:50 · Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank announces a three-part video and voices John's likely objection. — 00:00:08

    “Three parts isn't very many parts, Hank. And this video isn't very long. Well, I'm sorry. I really am.”

  • Hank introduces the Amazon affiliate-link segment. — 00:00:32

    “Part two is the part where I talk about how I've kind of been spying on you and also stealing your money.”

  • Hank reads out Nerdfighters' Amazon purchases, shouting 'Nerdfighters!' after each one. — 00:01:27

    “Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius. EcoGeek Nerdfighters.”

  • A valentine reads 'place head here'. — 00:02:50

    “a little bit of a turnaround in the putting stuff on your head thing, but it works just the same.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: 13 Little Blue Envelopes · Boston Area Nerdfighter Gathering · Valentine's Day

Also: People: Helen Hunt (actor) · Jane Austen · Katherine Green · Ranavalona I

Projects: Blurbing Book Club · EcoGeek · Stuff on Heads

Works: Elsewhere · Fraggle Rock · Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need Them · Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences · Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius · Star Wars · The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide

Organizations: Amazon

Rituals: Nerdfighter gang sign

Terms: DFTBA

Only in the description or credits: Will Shetterly

Also centred on 13 Little Blue Envelopes: Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club!

Also centred on Valentine's Day: The Puff Pwns Gravity · CHUBBY BUNNY...blergh! · Happy Third Chocolate Day! · Valentines Candy Taste Test with Hank and Katherine

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