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• The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

  Best use of the Beeker “meee” ever.

• Has Bell Invented the “Telegraph Killer”?

  While the technology behind the Telephone is new, the design is reassuringly old-fashioned, reminiscent of a phrenologist’s horn or ear-candle in form. We found the experience far more comfortable than the one we had with the Telegraph.

• Godzilla’s Food, Exercise, and Dream Diary

  12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
  11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.

• Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer

  1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.

• The Golden Age of Video

  Best video mashup ever.

• I’m not dead yet

  A Facebook Memorial

• Pulp Fiction Audio Mix

  Wow.

• A world without the Internet

  Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.

• Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction

  Excellent.

• Dead Fly Art

  Flughumor!

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