Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

• Maybe you don't hear the term "photo essay" very often (we sure don't), and maybe it sounds kind of boring, but this one from Time is actually really cool. They basically took a bunch of character actors, asked them to display various random emotions, then photographed them. The results are surprisingly entertaining. (Via)
• Dueling Analogs won Joystiq's latest best web comic of the week poll with this fantastic video game-themed parody of The Da Vinci Code. It's really only funny if you're an old school gaming geek, so if you have to read the notes to understand it, don't bother. Btw, the comic's author enjoyed the title of Joystiq's post about it so much, he changed the title of his comic to match. Together, Joystiq and Dueling Analogs have produced a work of staggering genius. Enjoy! (Via)
• The LASIK@Home website is just professional-looking enough, and just dry and serious enough, to make you think it might be for real...well, for a little while, at least. It's really the "Four Easy Steps" page that gives it away (step 3B being the all-important, "Don't blink!"). And the fact that the order form doesn't work. And the fact that the site has a CafePress page with "Don't blink!" merchandise... (Via)