Ever since his not-so-amicable split with NBC in January, Conan O’Brien took to the internet, not only to passive-aggressively rage against the machine, but to tout his next venture, Conan on TBS, which debuts on November 8, 2010. His newest venture is slightly more ambitious than a series of tweets. Starting at 1 pm ET, Conan takes to the web ...
Read More »apps-developer
Facebook Circa 1984
In 1984, computing as we know it was still in its infancy. Almost purely text-based, PCs and the internet were indistinguishable from what they have become in modern times. Yes, I remember it well. I had a perfect view from the glimmer in my daddy’s eye. But what would have happened had social networking evolved faster than computing progress could ...
Read More »Minecraftr: A Social Network for Minecraft Gamers Only, Also Known As Where Sex Lives Go To Die
Despite the amazing Minecraft videos I’ve come across over the last month or so, I’ve yet to actually play the game. I’m not much of an assembler. Minecraftr is a social network exclusively dedicated to the Minecraft community. So in other words, I’m not welcome. Do I really need to shell out the $10 to join you guys? Is that ...
Read More »A Day in the Life of an Internet Commenter
Don’t be confused. This is not the life of a troll. No, trolls relish their hate and return over and over, refreshing the page every few seconds looking for more troll bait. Most internet commenters are a different species all together. They only speak up when there is something wrong or they’re disgusted, vowing never to return to your site ...
Read More »Mozilla Crowdsources Firefox Customer Support with the Twitter-Aided ‘Army of Awesome’
With the massive number of people who use Firefox and the rather limited resources that you can expect from an open-source company, Mozilla has decided to turn over their Twitter customer support tasks to the people. Mozilla’s new Army of Awesome encourages Firefox lovers to help their fellow FFers by answering Twitter mentions of Firefox, which are updated in real-time ...
Read More »Deleting Embarrassing Facebook Photos Doesn’t Actually Delete the Photos
As Facebook strives to quell their privacy woes, more and more risks to our security are unveiled. This time, it’s the fact that deleting photos doesn’t actually delete your photos. Deleting your photos on Facebook is simple, you just click the delete photo link. Sounds easy enough. But what Facebook doesn’t want you to know is that even when you ...
Read More »Porn Versions of Classic Films
SomethingAwful asked their readers to recreate classic movie posters in the spirit of adult entertainment using the power of Photoshopped images and perversion, two of the most abundant resources on the internet. The results were both vast and insanely funny. Here are a few of our favorites but there are tons more over at the source. Have any ideas of ...
Read More »Cigar Guy’s Identity Revealed
A week or so ago, an amazingly striking (no pun intended) photograph of Tiger Woods shooting a golf ball straight at a photographer went through-the-roof viral within a matter of hours. Almost just as quickly, one bug-eyed mustachioed man smoking a cigar in the very same photo overlapped the original popularity of the actual theme of the picture. This man ...
Read More »I Lol’d: The Internet Meme T-Shirt
As Internet memes continue their spread into the media the meme culture becomes a bigger part of mainstream culture. At this point, even your grandmother knows what LOLCats are. Stardamsel created the “I Lol, Therefore I Am” t-shirt for those of us who live and breath Internet culture, using a combination of 4-chan charm and mash-up meme madness. The list ...
Read More »Facebook Friend Posters Show Off Your Fake Popularity
Thank god for Facebook. How else would you be able to keep track of 700 of your closest friends? Printing Facebook understands that the connection between you and your Facebook friends is an intimate and sacred union. In honor of your love for all of your friends, you can now create a large 20″ x 40″ poster displaying all of ...
Read More »