The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. CNN's electoral map calculator is a pretty interesting little web app. The default values show you CNN's estimate for how the race will turn out, but you can switch any state you want to either candidate and see how that swings things (via Kevin). In other election news, the Maverick family points out that John McCain is not a maverick, by......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Read about the winners of this year's Ig Nobel Prize, "the annual award given by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements." It turns out Coca-Cola is a spermicide, and strippers make more money when ovulating. (Via Sarah) Today's bunch of political links: Colbert and Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt discuss the parallels between the......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The perfect Valentine's Day gift for that gamer you have a thing for: Chocolate Miis! (Via Sarah) Comic book fans are so pissed about the recent change Marvel made to Spider-Man - using a deal with the devil to erase Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson - that even USA Today heard about it. For the record, we think it's stupid, too.......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! As I've mentioned once or twice before on Phillyist, this year I went from being distantly fascinated by comic books to being a seriously obsessive weekly comic book collector. So here are my......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Friend and former Phillyist Neil McGarry made his stand-up debut the other night at the Comedy Cabaret in Northeast Philadelphia, and the video, as videos do, made its way onto YouTube. We swear we're not just posting it because he's our friend, though; he's also very funny! Joystiq has for us the events and the characters that will appear in Mario & Sonic......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Paul makes a good point, but...it's kind of distracting that he makes it as his Pee Wee Herman persona. We kind of half-expected him to do that silly laugh of his at the end, just to cap it off... (Via Mike) Check it out, fifty cartoons you can watch online for free! Yeah, they're Canadian cartoons, but try......