March 2010
Wye Oak at Local 506 →
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3/25/2010
I just uploaded the first minute of the song. The clipping got REALLY bad after that. This part is beautiful, though, and worth sharing. I was much too close to the speakers for…
Is the Hipstamatic Back Story Real?
Lalitree asked whether the back story of the Hipstamatic 100 (iPhone app was real), and while I couldn’t find anything out searching obits and the like, I decided to submit to Snopes. They know EVERYTHING. Here’s what I submitted as my question:
Is the story printed on the Hipstamatic page true? That the iPhone app was inspired by a real camera that was designed by two brothers who were killed by drunk drivers before they could get the thing into production?
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Or is that just a back story to make the thing seem cooler than it really is?