Important (Temporary) Video

2009-05-03 · announcement · John · 1:16 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, community lore

Unable to find a FireWire cable in Minneapolis on a Sunday, John says his proper video will be a day late and uses the iSight clip to tell Nerdfighters that Hank's birthday is Tuesday so they can get him something.

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 this is on the iSight camera: a fruitless Sunday search for a camcorder cable in Minneapolis; proper video delayed

• ★★ John records on his iSight because he spent an hour and a half in downtown Minneapolis looking for a cable to get footage off his camcorder and, it being Sunday, could not get one. (playful) — 00:00:00
• ★★ John says his proper Sunday video will not come out until tomorrow. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Hank's birthday is Tuesday: gift ideas (his CD, a Hank cake, YouTube wishes); vote on John's punishment; sign-off

• ★★★ John tells Nerdfighters, asking Hank to stop watching, that Hank's birthday is this Tuesday (5 May 2009). — 00:00:29 · Hank Green
• ★★ John says he is getting Hank something he thinks is pretty nice. (hedged) — 00:00:29 · Hank Green
• ★★★ John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria, YouTube, Hank Green
• ★★ Apologising for the late video, John says viewers can vote in comments on whether he should be punished, swearing he looked hard for a FireWire cable. — 00:00:58 · Punishment

Threads in this video

• callback · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) — John imagines viewers asking why his puff levels are so high. (00:00:00)
• promised · John: post his late Sunday video the next day (May 2009) — John says his proper Sunday video will be up tomorrow. (00:00:58)
• promised · John: give Hank a birthday present (2009) — John says he is getting Hank a birthday present. (00:00:29)
• asked · John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) — John asks Nerdfighters to get Hank something for his birthday on Tuesday: his CD, a Hank cake or YouTube wishes. (00:00:29)
• reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) — In the description John repeats that Hank's birthday is May 5 and asks that only two-dimensional items be sent to Hank's PO box. (video description)
• asked · John asks viewers to vote on whether he should be punished for his late Sunday video (May 2009) — John invites viewers to vote in comments on whether he should be punished for the late video. (00:00:58)
• reminder · John asks viewers to buy Hank's first CD (April 2009) — John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (00:00:29)
• launched · Hanko de Mayo 2009 edition: Hank's 29th birthday — John tells Nerdfighters, asking Hank to stop watching, that Hank's birthday is this Tuesday (5 May 2009). (00:00:29)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) — reported back; last: thanks, 2009-05-13
• John: post his late Sunday video the next day (May 2009) — kept
• John: give Hank a birthday present (2009) — kept
• Hanko de Mayo 2009 edition: Hank's 29th birthday — completed; last: outcome, 2009-05-05

Mentioned

Central: Hanko de Mayo

Also: IEEE 1394 · iSight · Minneapolis · Punishment · So Jokes · the Puff · YouTube

Also centred on Hanko de Mayo: The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! · Meeting Greg Mortenson · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!!

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