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The internet is massive. How massive exactly? Well, a recent Columbia Journalism Review article on information overload put it this way:

“In 2006 alone, the world produced 161 exabytes of digital data, the equivalent of three million times the information contained in all the books ever written.”

Um, so yeah. MASSIVE.
Problem is, you still need to know [...]

This season’s Top Chef crash pad, a spacious apartment in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, just hit the rental market for $12,000 per month. Sous vide fetishists might jump at the chance to eat, sleep and walk around naked in the flat (aside: somebody [not me] should name their private part “Colicchio”), but what’s with the Craigslist ad? [...]

With the economy depressed and news outlets in a free fall, the anonymous gang behind Twitter account The Media Is Dying stepped up in November of 2008 to supply the internet with updates on the endless corporate layoffs. Like a horrific car wreck, we just can’t look away. Here were the most gruesome layoffs across [...]

We’re nearly a week into January, but let us trouble you with a few more year-end listicles from Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008. Hype Machine, aggregator of music blog mp3s, is rolling out the best songs, albums and artists of the year in a very scientific audit of the blogosphere. The countdown ends January 9th, but [...]

Steve Jobs explains mysterious weight loss.
What is the deal with the death of John Travolta’s son?
Katie Holmes spent $14 million in New York in six months.
“Craigslist Penis Photographer,” starring Bob Odenkirk [via The Daily What]
No Son of Mine Plays Oregon Trail Like That [via BuzzFeed]
Should You Be Facebook Friends with Your Mother?
Ew, ew, ew: Ladies [...]

Our friends at Urlesque know the importance of keepin’ it real. And what’s realer than flatulence on live television? There is none more real. Below, some of Urlesque’s 6 Best Televised Farts:
Tiger Woods farts on the fairway:

Regis Philbin lets one “Ripa” (get it? get it?):

Here’s What You Hope For: Reuter’s counts down the 10 Quirkiest Ball Drops, including Bethlehem, PA’s Marshmallow Peep-shaped drop.
And Here’s the Harsh Reality: Gawker breaks down the 5 Types of New Year’s Celebrations, from wandering the streets to falling asleep before midnight.
I’m just hoping to be in bed with a box of Mallomars by 1am.

Airborne disease season is upon us, so put on your SARS mask and don’t lick any subway poles. I’m pretty sure they cured Bird Flu, but just in case, peruse these disorders and ailments you can’t catch from kissing or anywhere else:
Premature Aging (as seen in Jack): Robin Williams’s titular character was born with a [...]

Jodie Sweetin, best only known for playing Full House middle child Stephanie Tanner, will write a book chronicling exploiting her meth addiction and child custody troubles. The juxtaposition of our memories of beloved child stars with the realities of their grown-up dysfunction is old hat–every kid with a catchphrase has dabbled in destructive behavior. [...]

Seven Pounds: worst movie ending ever?
Cute Things Falling Asleep
Matthew’s party (via BuzzFeed)
Is Michael Jackson dying?!
Barack Obama: too sexy for this presidency?
Burger King perfume sold out everywhere
Man sticks 2,000 toothpicks in his beard
VHS officially dead
It’s fucking freezing!
Arrested Development stills