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October 10, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. As far as we can tell, the hottest thing on the internet right now is this video of a monkey waiter in a Japanese restaurant. Enjoy! (Via Sarah) How about some fun quizzes? We've got one on super hero secret identities (and if that one's too easy for you, here's another), and one on Harry Potter spells. (Via Sarah) Joystiq recaps its coverage......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"

October 2, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The iTunes Music Store could be closed soon. The Copyright Royalty Board is scheduled to hand down a decision today on royalties paid to publishers and songwriters for downloaded music, and if those rates are increased by six cents per song, Apple says it will have to shut down the iTunes Music Store because it will no longer be profitable. (Via Sarah) Nintendo......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"

September 16, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Time picks SNL's ten most dubious hosts. The host from the most recent episode, Michael Phelps, makes the list (via Sarah). Phelpsy's episode wasn't all bad, though; after all, it also included the Space Olympics (via). More sad news: Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, has died at age 65 after battling cancer. (Via......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"

August 13, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Guardian altered some photos of our president from the Olympics and created LOL Bush. Enjoy! (Via Sarah) Ooh, remote control zombie! (Via Sarah) Cinematical lists seven men gone too soon. It's been a rough year. The poorly named site Galactic Binder picks the top 31 bad-ass Star Wars moments. Some of these aren't exactly "bad-ass," but most of them are pretty......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"

July 14, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. There's nothing at the URL as of this writing, but PR people tell us that some time early this week, code.google.com/radiohead will host a clip of a video for "House Of Cards" created using two crazy technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Not used in creating the video were cameras of any kind. Those crazy Radiohead peoples. Great moments in......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"

June 30, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Cinematical's review of Hellboy II is encouragingly positive. You can check out the new, third trailer for the film right here (via). Two Greek mythology movies are on their way and are likely to end up fighting it out at the box office. One is a remake of Clash of the Titans, to be directed by Louis Leterrier and written by......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"

May 27, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. We love bacon and all, but the scratch 'n sniff bacon tuxedo takes things a couple dozen steps too far. (Via Sarah) Geeks, your list is here: the 11 Most Scorching-Hot Female Cosplayers Ever. (Via) Another casting call for Transformers 2 will be taking place this Saturday at Bullies Bar at the Spectrum. It's another "one photo a......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"

May 7, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Hooray for bacon! Slashfood examines the popularity of the tasty meat slice with a couple of amusing links. (Via Sarah) Tastykake is going to release Philadelphia Eagles snack cakes later this year, and the Eagles Cheerleaders will be on hand for Tastykake promotional events. (Via Sarah) Some British Burger Kings are now offering a $167 hamburger with Kobe beef. Apparently it......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"

April 1, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. It is, if you hadn't noticed, the first day of April, which is a day on which it is traditional to prank people, lie to them, and just generally wage war on them psychologically and physically. We promise not to do any of these things to you, less because we respect you too much as people, and more......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"

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January 14, 2008


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