Before he turned into a Philip Seymour Hoffman clone, there was a time when Fast Company videoblogger Robert Scoble looked more like James Spader. And here we thought Scoble was a run-of-the-mill nerd before he found his videocamera! Thousands of Facebook friends and Twitter followers have not improved him. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in the comments, and the winning one will become the new headline on this post. Thursday's winner: sample032, for "Google raises the stakes in competition with rival Baidu." (Photo by Steve Sloan)
Our hero travels back in time to star in Breakfast Club 2
4:00 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By Owen Thomas
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This is what I look like with the weight off.
James Spader meets the Encyclopedia Britannica brat at a Chris Matthews convention.
Blue Steel plus blue shirt -- a dashing combo.
[graysmatter.codivation.com]
Old - We already captioned this over at LOLScobles.com
[lolscobles.com]
Not smelling like teen spirit, Robert Scoble takes solace in knowing his attire is 15 years ahead of its time.
@Matt Schlicht: lolcats has really lowered the standard for what passes as funny on the web.
Like most people, he has let himself go - after 'settling down' with marriage and the kid
Robert tries to put on his best Redford for the camera.
Harry "oh, this isn't the caption contest" Wang
Scoble Inks Instant Cheekbones Contouring Blush Cover Girl Modeling Deal
Was I Hot Or Not?
:-)
What's on his head? Is it going to attack him or has it been domesticated?
Is this the line for "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
"I want to be your friend."
Heres a better Zoolander reference.
"I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is. "
Our hero travels back in time to star in Breakfast Club 2.
He looks really handsome. Ah, youth.
Scoble was kind of twinky. Set the gaydar on stun.
Someday in the future I will be blogging this.
WagCurious: It's called "hair".
Who's head was his hand on, there?
* Still looks like a young Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I truly worship SearchEnginesWeb
Hairdresser Scobe gets ready to administer a much-needed conditioner to a patient.
or,
We need to have a naked conversation about conditioner, girlfriend.
im sorry but scoble is too awesome to make fun of. i withdraw myself from this competition.
also i couldnt think of anything resembling funny.
"Please leave me alone. Don't you have to write about some important shit like Julia Alison and kneepads for Zux?"
Robert Scoble, petting his merkin.
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