3D Buzz is an online company, founded by Jason "Buzz" Busby in 2002, that provides video tutorials devoted to various high-end applications. Its main purpose is to educate through video tutorials, rather than traditional text and image-based tutorials. The website includes a plethora of free content, as well as a sprawling community.
QT's Diary is a surreal online "blog" journal claiming to be the work of film director Quentin Tarantino. It featured humorous writing mimicking the verbal neurotics of director Tarantino (for example, constant reiteration of the word "alright").
The blog at first seemed genuine but quickly moved into self-referential satire, and "Quentin" began responding to fan mail directed towards him from people reading the blog, most of whom were under the impression that he was, indeed, the real Quentin Tarantino.
Couch Fort Records was a Chicago based record label founded in 2002 that released electronic music compilations. The label went out of business in 2005.
While working together at Vintage Vinyl in Evanston, Solypsis (James Miller) and Eft (Tim Breitberg) decided to release their own albums that would reflect their eclectic tastes in music.
Artists that have contributed tracks to the Couch Fort cause include V/Vm, Eft, Casino Versus Japan, Charles Atlas, Solypsis, Severed Heads, and Electric Company.
Strobing (also cracking) is a popping dance technique giving the impression that the dancer is moving within a strobe light setting or a low-framerate movie.
To produce this effect, a dancer will take any ordinary movement in conjunction with quick, short stop-and-go movements, i.e, a dancer may make a simple move such as waving to the audience but in a strobing motion. Mastering strobing requires perfect timing and distance between each movement. Doing the movements in pace with the music will help accomplish this and intensify the illusion of discrete steps.