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Actually, GRRM types his novels on a computer running DOS; he rather famously uses WordStar 4.0: http://teamcoco.com/video/george-r-r-martin-dos-program

Or they might be on shrooms.

But was the screw up Flash, or the fact Flash was needed to make websites able to show animations, videos, and play audio, because until HTML5 nobody was willing to set the standards necessary?

Flash didn't come out of no-where, it was necessary to implement certain concepts over the web - and to a certain extent, still is.

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For some entertainment, there's some clips of Conan O'Brien dicking around in Cuba.

http://teamcoco.com/video/george-r-r-martin-writing-fast

Transcript:

CONAN: Do you ever have trouble keeping it all straight as the guy who is writing this?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: Occasionally, yes.
I have a guy in Sweden that I call, not one of Alexander's nude polar bear writers, but he is actually an American fan who lives in Sweden and they run the website.
They know the world better than I do.
Occasionally when I'm stuck on something, I call them up and say what color eyes did this guy have?
Was that his nephew or cousin?
He has it all.
CONAN: He can tell you right away?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: That's right.
CONAN: You made mistakes that these fans have caught, is that right?
Over the books, there are inconsistencies?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: I'm terrible with eye color.
Some had blue eyes and then green eyes.
Fans noticed this, I get tons of letters.
A horse changed sex between the first book and the second book.
I'm not good with horses.
CONAN: That happens.
It's legal.
[Laughter]

http://teamcoco.com/video/george-r-r-martin-writing-fast

http://teamcoco.com/video/george-r-r-martin-writing-fast

Transcript:

CONAN: Do you ever have trouble keeping it all straight as the guy who is writing this?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: Occasionally, yes.
I have a guy in Sweden that I call, not one of Alexander's nude polar bear writers, but he is actually an American fan who lives in Sweden and they run the website.
They know the world better than I do.
Occasionally when I'm stuck on something, I call them up and say what color eyes did this guy have?
Was that his nephew or cousin?
He has it all.
CONAN: He can tell you right away?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: That's right.
CONAN: You made mistakes that these fans have caught, is that right?
Over the books, there are inconsistencies?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: I'm terrible with eye color.
Some had blue eyes and then green eyes.
Fans noticed this, I get tons of letters.
A horse changed sex between the first book and the second book.
I'm not good with horses.
CONAN: That happens.
It's legal.
[Laughter]

http://teamcoco.com/video/george-r-r-martin-writing-fast

This kind of thing is quite common. George R. R. Martin of "Game of Thrones" / A Game of Fire and Ice infamy, recently talked about the obsessed fan he calls and asks to fact-check what he is writing, specifically to verify details about characters, rather than continuing to get things like "eye color" wrong, and accidentally changing the gender of a horse between books... etc.

http://teamcoco.com/celebs/george-r-r-martin

This only affects stupid people.

People like you are the easiest ones to sucker because you think you are immune.

This stuff isn't just about overt and in your face advertising. It is also about product-placement, paid-for reviews on big-name websites, shill reviews on "consumer" websites and pretty much anything people with hundred million dollar marketing budgets can come up with - like this nationwide campaign

If you believe that you are able to withstand a hundred million dollars worth of research into how to manipulate the human psyche, you are delusional.

Really? Then why is Samsung the butt of the joke on shows like Conan?

What about a t-shirt? http://teamcoco.com/buy-gear

He may have been under the influence of Minty. Once exposed, the brain may be forever changed.

http://teamcoco.com/video/minty-candy-cane

Everybody else seems to be holding it wrong.
Video.

CNN shares a funny four minutes video showing a replacement for Andy Richter on Conan O'Brien late night show on TBS (mirror).

Next Media Animation (NMA) has an one minute and eleven seconds YouTube video.

Your ant overlord uploaded an one minute and 22 seconds Vimeo video from Late Night Show With David Letterman.