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Movie franchises have become pretty ridiculous. I mean, there are like five Bring It On movies. How many damn American Pie movies have their been? Worth1000 takes on the future of film franchises with their “Future Films” Photoshop contest. Check out a few of our favorites after the jump.

Back in October 2006, Netflix began their $1 million challenge, offering a cash reward to the development team whom could improve Cinematch, the company’s recommendation engine, by at least 10%. After nearly three years the winner has finally been compensated. Netflix considered the million such a good investment that they’ve decided to start all over again. This time, Netflix will ...

Back in the good ole days, crafty old women would test out their hot new stitches on what is known as a cross stitch sampler, basically a strip of cloth with a series of random stitches sewn across it. Most of the time these samplers are tacky and boring, branding cliched messages such as “Home Sweet Home.” The Internet Cross ...

Have you ever wondered how you stack up? Just how beautiful are you, based on your face’s symmatry? Anaface lets you mark the features of your face with magical dots of measurement. The service than gives you a run down on your imperfections. I scored an 8.82. Clearly this site knows what it’s talking about. Link [via]

We’re not sure how your neighborhood might react to you walking around with a dowsing rod, but if you’re so inclined, this WiFi-detecting Dowsing Rod will not only lead you to an active internet connection, but might even earn you a place in your local psychiatric ward. Utilizing technology from centuries in the past, the dowsing rod is back, now ...

I’d hit it and then take it to a buffet in my Ford. The real “American Beauty” looks more like this than Mena Suvari. Mena’s got a monster forehead anyway. You ever seen that thing? The size of a damn billboard. Link

It was only last week when Google confused the world by unveiling one of their patented “Google doodle” logos which featured a UFO abducting the first letter “o” of their name. After much speculation and a cryptic Twitter message or two it seemed to have been in honor of the internet meme inspiring Zero Wing. To add to the mystery, ...

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In honor of an event that will only happen once this century, Google has ceremoniously altered their logo in honor of 9/9/09 at 9:09 AM, the only time in 100 years where the time and the date will feature the exact same amount of 9s in the same placement. Google didn’t take the ornate path this time, opting for a ...

You’ve been waiting and now it’s here. Flickr has finally relased their official fully-featured iPhone app, allowing you to upload photos and browse Flickr right from your device. Logging on to the app, the first thing you see is a panning series of “interesting” photos, reminiscent of a Ken Burns-documentary. It’s very unique and very beautiful. What are you waiting ...