Welcome to the Happy Channel! Naturally, this is the place for all things on The Sift that bring sincere happiness and joy, positivity, exuberance, and/or inspiration to the heart, mind and spirit. This is a place for things that beam with warmth and good feelings from the inside and out, as well as the ones that uplift and lighten the mood. Essentially, this is the obvious foil to Dystopianfuturetoday's "Dark" Channel, and the opposite of cynicism. Smiles are contagious...
Hey well-wishers.....Until choggie's probationary status is lifted, he is unable to perform properly and efficiently. Can't re-rase comments from users clogging his personal profile, (some old as dirt, others banal and self-destructive), can't privatize comments (which we can't imagine why this restriction even matters with all the cut-and-pasters and ignorers out there), and he can't FIX DEAD VIDS WITH NEW EMBED CODES-Which is what he would like to do before they die.
Choggie received some auto-generated e-mails this AM from siftbot, reminding that a number of his published viddies are dead-Choggie checked, the embeds are out there for most of them. Perusers with good-intentions or otherwise in their stalwart efforts to keep the sift free of clutter have started a clock-o-tikkin' he is helpless to smash with a hammer.
Would anyone like to help fix some of them??? He would be most gracious, as always, to return the favor in kind once his restrictions are removed.
Eat More Greens, Mildred Krauthammer, SAC, SPA, NHA
The developer of the game World of Goo has made an offer that games shouldn't refuse. In honor of the 1 year anniversary of the game, they are selling it for donations until Oct 19th - you can donate what you feel is right and get a free license for the game.
The game is very amusing and I recommend it for everyone. I've bought it for $5, what will you give?
Teacher, poet, well-known lounge whore and all-round good guy, JiggaJonson has soared through the ranks of siftdom to arrive at the ruby station. He received his lovely jewel and commented "where's my parade!?", and here it is!
JJ is an avid lounge user and I have had many talks with him there. He's really a nice fella, who all the schoolgirls swoon over. He has his opinions, which have resulted in both roses and tomatoes thrown at him, but he's always come back smelling of daffodils.
He's got over 70 videos in his personal queue and usually a bunch in his queue too.
Here are his Dungeons & Sifts stats:
Rank: 72 Rating: 251 star points #1 Videos: 2 Top 15 Videos: 32 Votes Received: 6742 Average Votes Per Video: 27.08 Votes Cast: 2142 Comments Posted: 1018 Comments Applauded: 22 Sifted Videos: 249 Unsifted Vids: 3 Sift Talk Posts: 14 Quality Sift Talk Posts: 2 Poll Posts: 1 Blog Entries: 30 Dead Pool Fixes: 3 Profile Views: 15718
Not much of a dead pool fixer, but a nice ratio of comments about 1 quality per 50 boring rants.
Let's all encourage him to make a great channel and give it up for JiggaJonson!
We have another crown in our midst, siftizens, and it's none other than Monsieur Arvana. By now everyone who's been here for more than a few months knows his name. He's the dude who routinely brings us some of the most interesting and most entertaining videos the net has to offer. That arvana. (You know, the one who reminds you of Jeff Bridges. Or maybe it's just me. Hey, I still remember his long-haired look, and even then he reminded me of Lebowski. Sort of. Or Patrick Swayze. Just ask rottenseed. Except he's alive. Arvana, that is.)
Okay, so where was I? Oh yeah, arvana just got a thousand stars, so I whipped up this half-assed shopped photo of him. Blame it on Monsieur John Daniels for its amateurish....ness. And my lack of shopping skills. But give it up for arvana while you're at it. He deserves it.
And here's my recent favorite arvana video, so vote it up if you haven't done so already. It's been such a long time, baby.
Our little boy is growing up! EndAll now has his ruby. Who says pot heads can't get anything done????
If you have spent time any amount of time talking to Ollie, you know that he is a wonderful and lovely person. Not only is he fantastic but he also is the youngest sifter that I know of. I have had the pleasure of talking to him on many occasions and I can tell you without a doubt that he is a quality member of the sift. His contributions have been many, and I am willing to bet he will be one of of crowned members in the not too distant future. He also loves a good conspiracy and has a bit of the art bug in him.
So get his PQ sifted and leave him a note. Take a drop by his Flickr to see some of his art work as well.
Ollie you are a real treat and, on behalf of the entire community, thanks for being a part of the ever growing family!!!
P.S..... I don't do HTML or else I would have done a picture, sorry Ollie.
posted by Issykitty2 months 1 week ago • 646 views
Hello Happy Sifters!
Happy Channel owner Issykitty here, and my dearest then-fiance dystopianfuturetoday and I had been away on vacation for some weeks in the good ol' state of Montana, USA.
Last night we made it to the state of Nevada...
and earlier today we made a few stops in the city of Las Vegas to obtain a marriage license and then went on to have a civil ceremony that took place at about 2:30 pm (Pacific Time). What I'm trying to say is that I am now legally and officially MRS. DFT as of today, and we are very overjoyed and elated to share the news with all of you!!!
The Daily Dish, by Andrew Sullivan, is one of the most popular blogs on the Internet, winning Best Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Anything it links to will get a considerable amount of exposure. Today one of his substitute bloggers linked to the Craig Ferguson rant on VideoSift in a post . Not only did he mention the Sift by name, but he quoted EDD's video description.
Congratulations to EDD, and to everyone involved with this excellent site!
Girls and boys, women and men, y'all give it up for this fine eclectic active mind-expanding rising star Ollie O. a.k.a. EndAll!!! Still some videos waiting is his PQ.. Cheers! (echoing in space)..
posted by kronosposeidon4 months 2 weeks ago • 856 views
VideoSift just crowned another member, brothers and sisters, and this one is a man of the people. It's none other than Sift newsman and politico NetRunner, Now many of you know that NetRunner started his meteoric rise a little over a year ago, but actually he's been here for almost 3 years. That is, if you can trust his birth certificate. In any event, he's brought us a lot of great political discussions via his video selections, and his News channel has become a valuable addition to this place. He also brought us Mrs. NetRunner, better known as mintbbb, and even though she's taking some time off she's also brought a lot of great videos to this place. They've both had a very positive impact on this place, so I'm really glad that NetRunner decided to become active.
So let's congratulate our Obamunist friend, unless you want him to send you to the gulags Obama is having built at this very moment. He's already mad with power, I tell you.
Ponceleon might not be a 3-year-veteran of the Sift (then again who knows, he might've been a long-time lurker (or even... mlx! gasp!) before he joined), but he's definitely become one of the most likable folks around.
If there's anything really important I've learned about this Prius-riding, left-leaning, videogame-playing Bostonian (apart from the fact his username has two 'e's in it - which I managed to be unaware of until today ), it's that one of his life-long ambitions is to engage in intercourse with animals. But hey, let's not jump to hasty conclusions and label him a pervert right away, it's not like he's some sicko who'd eat a pizza with cutlery, you know...
posted by kronosposeidon5 months 2 weeks ago • 2240 views
Yes, it's true, brothers and sisters: At long last the don of VideoSift himself has gotten his silver diamond. Member numero uno. Can you believe it? That it took him so long, I mean? Seriously, how cool is that? Think of how great the house that dag built is. Think of all the great videos you've seen here. Think of all the great comments you've read here. Think of how many great people you've met here. Then think about the man who dreamed it up while he was between jobs. Totally awesome.
Thanks for making this place, dag. There are a lot of people who've left their mark on this place, that's for certain. But there's only one person who's left a place to mark called VideoSift. So good on you, mon ami.
Also, I've had a lot of fun photoshopping dag since I've been here, so here are a few more pics. Feel free to link to any photoshops you've made of him too. Let's make it a party.
posted by rasch1875 months 2 weeks ago • 505 views
A lot of milestones being reached these days. The latest is upvoter in extremis, Gratefulmom, who danced her way to a bronze diamond.
The bear who seems pleased with her cubs has upvoted over 8500 videos since the siftocalypse, which I'm pretty sure must be some kind of record. Speaking of records, she has reached the diamond rank just 5 months after joining the sift. That's some impressive powersifting, GM
So show some love for this quality sifter and upvote her petite pqueue or have a look at her sifted vids. Congrats, Gratefulmom, and well done!
posted by kronosposeidon5 months 2 weeks ago • 412 views
Do you know any? I know many more than a cynical bastard like me deserves. Take moodonia for instance. He mentioned in his recent congratulatory post that since he recently hasn't had any exams to worry about he's been spending the evening "enjoying the rain." How beautiful is that? I mean I've known from almost from the beginning that ol' Moody is a righteous dude, but this is like the cherry on top.
Other beautfiul Sift persons? Well who could exclude Ms. Issy. She's the bomb. Makes me jealous of DFT. She embodies the meaning of happiness. Good on her.
Schmawy is another. He obviously has partaken of the milk of human kindness. I feel privileged to call him a friend.
Swampgirl is another. She has a heart bigger than Indiana.
And Mrs. Dag, aka persephone, is nothing but a big heart. I've communicated with her numerous times before she became inactive, and I can assure you that dag is indeed a lucky chap.
Okay, so I'm drunk right now. But I'm a happy drunk. So if any of you wish to share anecdotes of any members who you treasure, now is the time to do it.
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