Watch enough Arrested Development—I mean, is there really such a thing as enough?—and you become party to a long and intricate series of recurring jokes. Now, you can feast your eyes on an interactive visualisation that lets you take a closer look at where the gags crop up. Read More >>
When news first broke nearly a year and a half ago that Netflix was resurrectingArrested Development for a fourth season, the reception was joy followed by immediate apprehension. Could the expectations be met? Could it be as funny as it is in our collective memories? The answer, based on this first trailer, is a very hopeful maybe. Read More >>
By now we're mostly used to Facebook moving the furniture around every once in a while. We complain for a while, then just deal with it. But in a way, it's still maddening. Your stuff was HERE and now it's HERE. (Right, right, glass houses.) But at least Facebook can't barge in and rearrange your real life. That would be terrible. [YouTube] Read More >>
Do you remember how your life was like without the Internet? Wondering and daydreams without Google confirmation, restaurant and bar picks without online reviews, working hard because there is no such thing as the Internet to goof off on, actually seeing friends in real life — it all sounds so awesome! But if you replaced your Internet-having self into an Internet-less world, well, things won't go so well. [Uproxx] Read More >>
As an experiment, New York Times media columnist David Carr decided to gather a bunch of geeks at SXSW and ask them to tell jokes. This video is the result. It's left to you to decide how funny it is. [Vimeo via BoingBoing] Read More >>
Looking to recapture the magic of the first half of Wedding Crashers, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are teaming up to become Google interns in their upcoming movie The Internship. Read More >>
Funnyman and former PC John Hodgman has a hilarious solution to survive the upcoming Mayan Apocalypse on December 21, 2012 and it involves more urine and mayonnaise than is healthy. Still, you don't want blood waves and a dog army to kill you, right? Enjoy. It's so sensible! [YouTube via Laughing Squid] Read More >>
Here's an affordable new use for your humble Playstation 3 -- as well as providing you with gaming thrills and/or spills, it's now also a 'LOL-bringer'! Read More >>
With in-car sat navs these days, we forget the dangers of rummaging through a ripped and soiled A-to-Z with one hand, while changing lanes with the other. These days Britain's drivers can choose to be guided through life's twists and roundabouts by their favourite celebrities and fictional characters. Read More >>
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The iPhone 5 is longer, it has a smaller port, and some people think it's boring. But you can't really form an opinion on a prestige piece of hardware like this until you've had sex with it. Read More >>
Scott Rose, the guy behind Shit Apple Fanatics Say, send over the latest installment of his hilarious satire reel. Same shit, still funny. Read More >>
We can all thank YouTube funny person PleatedJeans for recording this ultimate video catalogue of the true names for those every day doodads and wotsists and thingabobs we know so well. It's funny, because it's true. And it's so true, you'll be sorry you didn't think of putting out this list first. [BuzzFeed] Read More >>
I still remember Joel's plea to forgive George Lucas for his many sins. He had a point. Kind of. A little. Ish. Had. Whatever mercy I had left for this man—a man who I greatly respected and admired as a creator—has completely disappeared after watching the trailer for Star Wars' Detours, a comedy. Read More >>
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Pinterest would probably not have been quite the runaway hit had it started life in the 90s. As this advert demonstrates, it loses some of its appeal when users have to wait a couple of months to get an updated CD-ROM with what's fashionable. There's nothing more embarrassing than showing up to a party wearing a B.U.M. sweater that went passe two weeks ago. Read More >>
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