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Could Bit.ly’s days be numbered? The Libyan government, owner of the oft-used .ly domain, recently took action against URL shortener vb.ly, shutting down the site citing links to adult material. “Pornography and adult material aren’t allowed under Libyan Law.” For now, vb.ly seems to be alone in the URL shortener witch hunt, but could URL shortening giant Bit.ly be next? ...

Before there was Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg created its ancestral prototype FaceMash, built from his Harvard dorm room in one October night in 2003. Eventually FaceMash evolved into what is now known as Facebook, but FaceMash will always hold a piece of social networking history. Now, anyone with a barrel of cash to spare can purchase FaceMash.com for themselves. The URL ...

At one time, the “MySpace pic” was the premiere brand of photo usage on social networks. The MySpace pic was pretty straight-forward and super-effective, particularly for fatties. The secret was shooting from above and making a kissy/ducky face. While MySpace has fallen from grace, the legacy of the MySpace pic lives on through Facebook. This infographic provides a guide to ...

Have you ever felt so depressed that you felt inanimate? Sad Keanu does. He’s so deep in the dumps that he can barely move. Wait, he can’t move at all! This Sad Keanu was crafted out of LEGO bricks. Presented on the floor of BrickCon 2010. If the Sad Keanu papercraft monitor guardian wasn’t enough to keep you as depressed ...

It’s hard to believe it’s that time of the year again. It seems like only yesterday we were praising the efforts of big-headed men and pixelated women. This year, we predict Halloween is going to be much more culture oriented. Look for lots of Lady Gaga, Jersey Shore and perhaps Steven Slater costumes. For those of us who don’t dress ...

An image speaks a thousand words. That’s the premise that this website thrives on. LastPicStanding.com is a new breed of social interaction. Total silent anonymity. Well, except for your IP. But who identifies people by their IP anyway (shifty eyes). The site, at any one time, has one image. The catch is that anyone who visits can change that image ...

Officially my favorite Facebook page of the week: Lady Gaga is really Paul from The Wonder Years. I remember a few years ago there was a similar comparison between good ole’ Pauly-boy and Marilyn Manson. So we can only come to one logical conclusion… Lady Gaga is Marilyn Manson. [via]

CAPTCHAs are good for other things beside security and the occasional laugh. For one, they can fulfill dreams. They can destroy dreams too. They can be the stuff of our nightmares. But they can also be inspirational. These CAPTCHAs inspired an artist to create comics devoted to the word combinations. These internet security-inspired comics are so cool and so puntastic ...

With the addition of portions of Antarctica to Google’s Street View, Google can now claim Street View availability on all seven continents. It took three years of LARPing and accident catching, but they’ve done it. For now, the Antarctic viewing is extremely limited, but Google plans to expand with user-submitted photos and more official photography. You’ll notice that some Antarctic ...

When I do a vanity Google search for my name, or Gearfuse, or whatever, it’s very rare that I can make it to the last page of results, the end of the internet, if you will. Inframutt, a new beta project, takes users into the very bowels of the interwebz, starting the search results with the least relevant results rather ...