News Flash: The Internet Has Crashed Video

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A humorous look aback how we finally lose the internet

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Facebook in 40 Years

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A hilarious idea: a mockup of how Facebook will look in 40 years, once the younger generation is playing bingo and having hip operations. Take a close look at the mini-feed.

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God’s Inbox

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I won’t endorse the theology, but I found this picture of God’s email inbox to be funny.

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Engineers Wanted Ad

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A co-worker sent me this want ad for smart engineers that comes from StrangeBusiness.com. I like it. I may have to do this with my next want ad.

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My Favorite Quotes - Confessions of a Twitter Lurker

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I have been watching friends, famous people and famous friends on both Twitter and Jaiku recently. Both are micro-blogs that allow you to answer the question “what are you doing right now”. I rarely post myself as either:

a) what i am doing is boring even to me
b) I am working on something interesting at work but can’t talk about it

Most of what gets posted is the banality of every day life, but amidst the “I am going to bed” and “I am eating pizza” notifications I spotted these memorable quotes:

notstevenwright In school they told me “practice makes perfect.” Then they told me “nobody’s perfect.” So then I stopped practicing

GordonWSmythe Bush says we’ll leave Iraq if they ask us. In unrelated news, White House cuts off communication with Iraq.

hotdogsladies Talking to smart people throughout your day helps mitigate the corrosive effects of dealing with the unapologetically dim-witted remainder.

GordonWSmytheScientists discover the origins of deja-vu. Is it just me or have I heard this story before?

notstevenwright A friend of mine has a trophy wife, but apparently it wasn’t first place.

As well as these that offer an interesting insight into the human condition (and make you want to support those fundraisers that are trying to address it):

hotdogsladies I’m with scottsimpson; Facebook is a lot more fun if you imply you’ve had sex with every person on your friends list.

Veronica Some dude is standing outside my apartment Tasering his friends. He got one guy in the butt. Wow.

hotdogsladies Let’s make a deal: you keep saying “user-generated content” all you want, but I get to punch you in the throat every time you say it. Fair?

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