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Over at Den Of Geek Martin Anderson has written this great article.
Although Den Of Geek is a fanboys paradise, posting on everything and anything to do with Games, Comics, TV and Movies, especially if its SciFi and Fantasy, this article has raised the bar in the quality of the content.
You see, Martin hasn’t just posted [...]

Here’s another of those Literal Music Videos – this time, a version of Bonnie Tyler’s classic “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”.
This Jim Steinman produced song is full of theatrics and overblown visuals, and as such is ideal for this, erm, affectionate parody… One of the best I’ve seen so far!
You can see other similar videos [...]

This is a rather interesting timeline of internet memes. It starts right at 1970 with “Internet” and moves onto “Susan Boyle” in 2009. Give it time to load, and you’re probably better off using the slider at the bottom rather than dragging the screen.
Click the link after the embedded widget to see the original site [...]

Google’s annual year-end Zeitgeist has been published and it provides an interesting snapshot of what people have searched for over the past year. In a wider context, it’s also an indication of general matters of interest throughout the world. You can even get country-specific lists.
Most of the searches, to be honest, are pretty self explanatory. [...]

This is a simple web-based knowledge game, where the computer will try to guess any character or person you think of.
You’ve probably played something like this before – it’s based on knowledge trees where the program builds up a database of questions that link to the answer (eventually). What’s great about this one is how [...]

That my friends is the actual URL of a very funny blog:
http://www.ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com
A.K.A. “spEak You’re bRanes”
The entire premise of that website is to poke fun at the people who post at the BBC’s “Have Your Say“, which is the feedback section of the BBC News website.
In other words, it takes the mickey out of [...]

Whenever I aimlessly browse the web, perhaps with Stumbleupon or Digg, I invariably stop at the Top 10 sites. These sites are full of articles extolling the numerous bests of a particular category, and they’re usually pretty irrelevant. I love them!
This idea is even popular in the old-tech TV World, with programs such as “100 [...]