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The Top Christmas Web Comedy Videos

Merry Christmas! What better way to celebrate than a special holiday-themed edition of top web comedy videos. And what better excuse to rerun this instant-classic Tron holiday special.


December 18, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Hey, Jessica Alba

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December 11, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Honest Grad School Ad

Not in grad school? Enjoy this look at everything you find hilarious and sad about people still earning degrees well into their 30s. For everyone who is in grad school, feel free to leave your post-humanist deconstruction in the comments!


December 4, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: The World’s Worst We Are The World

These celebrities are not singers. In many cases, they’re barely even celebrities. But it’s the 25.75th anniversary of “We Are the World,” gosh darn it. Tributes must be made!


November 20, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Videos: The Ghostbusters Are Kind Of Dicks


November 13, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Joad Versus The Potato

Joad Cressbeckler Fears Genetic Modification Causes ‘Wrath-Minded Taters’There’s crotchety, and then there’s Joad Cressbeckler, possibly the Onion News Network’s funniest recurring character. Here, he tackles the tough question of genetically modified crops—with a knife.


November 6, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: A Gross Misuse Of Inception

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October 30, 2010
Entertainment

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Residential Foursquare

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June 5, 2010

New Bing Maps Cut The Chaff And Leave A Treasure Map

Online maps have the same problem as online search and online anything: information overload. That’s why these Bing Destination Maps that sketch your location aren’t just whimsical and practical. They’re incredibly useful as well, especially in cities. Plus: treasure maps!


January 27, 2010
Geek Out

Police Sketches Now Include Smartphones, Apparently

“I don’t know, he was kinda tall. Or short. He had hair, I think? Anyway, he definitely had a T-Mobile HTC G1 Android phone, in black.” This is what happens when you commit crimes against gadget nerds. – Thanks, Chris!