Summer Time-Wasters: My Internet, For Your Consideration.
May 19th, 2009 | By Greg Gangelhoff in Techno Tuesday, Wednesday Time Wasters | 2 Comments »
This is exactly what being a member of the class of 2009 feels like.
In the words of a former Indy Editor in Chief, I am officially donezo with this place. Before I start to forget everything that happened on the Hilltop, however, I wanted to leave you all with a gift. That gift? The internet, or at least my experience of it as seen in glimpses on Wednesday Time Wasters. Get ready for most of the links that I have been holding back, and some of the links that are too fresh for previous columns.
- Everything Is Terrible finds incredible and awkward videos, mainly from the 1990s, and provides a window into why we laugh at what we do today. It turns out that people were absurd and weird before the internet!
- If you haven’t seen it yet and are interested in advertising, Copyranter has a sharp wit and an excellent cross-section of the world’s ads. Plus, lots of phallic imagery to gawk at.
- For those of us who just graduated, check out this rundown of our job situation and the best places for us to seek work. The numbers and graphs don’t make this any less depressing, though.
- Here’s what happens when prom goes wrong.
- This blog collects and displays Awkward Family Photos.
- Let this guy decipher the implicit messaging behind corporate logos for you.
- If you wanted more awkward, check out this ensemble of Awkward Boners.
- Picture Is Unrelated is full of visual WTF moments.
- Find all important facts concerning Gary Busey at Busey 101. Then you can contribute to this important font of knowledge in your spare summer time.
- This image has been my GChat ID for months, and will not soon be changed (GET IT!?)
- Andy Samberg high-fives a bobcat and his way into my heart. Also, watch Motherlover now.
- ManBabies takes photos of a father and son, and transposes the two figures’ heads. Creepy stuff.
- Next time you get the urge to make a lame pose in a photo, remember: Photo Cliches is watching.
- Yooouuutuuube takes any YouTube video (duh) and makes it into a moving video mosaic. I recommend trying it with this video for maximum effect.
- Maybe You Shouldn’t Buy That details things that you, well, shouldn’t buy.
- This flickr image lets you measure exactly how funny something is.
- Photobombers are those people who ruin photos for those in them, and make them awesome for everyone else. They are a credit to humanity.
- How to make Candied Bacon Ice Cream. Perfect for those hot/thin summer months.
- Turn any video into a wacky Benny Hill-esque adventure.
- The Greatest High School English Paper of All Time. Gives me hope for my new job as a teacher.
- Generate warning labels of any kind and content with this site. Perfect for satire or your emo cousin.
- The Customer Is Always Right documents the trials and tribulations of those poor saps that try to complain to various companies. Sometimes with hilarious success!
- The Dork Yearbook is an anthology of dorks in their more candid moments.
- How Steven Seagal makes a movie. I’m telling you, the man is a genius.
- This is a neat computer that lets you manipulate things in the style of ‘Minority Report.’
- After a shipping accident in Australia, this guy does his worst to patch thing up. This one has percolated around the internet for a while, but is still required viewing.
- Here’s a look at the consumption of alcohol per capita across the world. Hey, we’re not number 1 in something! Hooray for Ireland!
Hit the jump for my favorite videos, plus one last hit of house music.
