Turns Out Comic Sans Is Good for Something

Max Read · 01/14/11 01:45AM

Poor Comic Sans! The favorite font of administrative assistants and H.R. representatives everywhere is deeply hated by so-called "design nerds." But guess what, design nerds? Poor unpopular Comic Sans might actually have a beneficial use. Because it's so horrifically ugly.

Spider-Man Broadway Show Delayed Yet Again

Adrian Chen · 01/13/11 11:10PM

The opening night for the disastrous Spider-Man musical, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, has been delayed for a third time, to March 15th. The show was supposed to open last month. So, realistically, it will open June 3rd, 2014.

How Not to Remove Snow From a Roof

Matt Cherette · 01/13/11 09:39PM

Here's a video from Finland (I think) that's been blowin' up the Internets today. It features a man attempting to remove some ice/snow from his roof with a shovel by beating it—until it beats him back, that is.

Chatroulette Founder Regrets Not Playing Nice

Adrian Chen · 01/13/11 09:25PM

Hard to believe that tech's most powerful players were once squabbling for a piece of videochat site Chatroulette. Its teenaged Russian founder spurned them all, and Chatroulette is close to dead. Now he's having second thoughts.

Teen Girls Arrested for Tormenting Enemy with Fake Facebook Page

Adrian Chen · 01/13/11 08:50PM

Two Florida teens, Taylor Wynn and McKenzie Barker, were arrested for allegedly setting up a fake Facebook profile for a classmate and posting fake nude pictures of her. They've been charged with felony counts of "aggravated stalking of a minor."

Watch the Jackass Guys Spoof Inception

Marie Bardi · 01/13/11 07:00PM

In this promo for VH1's Critic's Choice Awards, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam, and the rest of the "Jackass" crew take on everyone's favorite mindbending, hallway-shifting summer blockbuster. Not surprisingly, Steve-O's dreamscape involves golf carts, porn stars, and porta-potties.

Martha Stewart Gets Stitches After Being Attacked By Own Dog

Adrian Chen · 01/13/11 06:59PM

Martha Stewart looooves her dogs. But do they secretly resent her? When she bent down to whisper goodbye to her bulldog Francesca, the dog jumped up and split her lip, sending Martha to the hospital. There, she criticized the wallpaper.

Angels in Arizona

Richard Lawson · 01/13/11 06:34PM

[Taking a cue from Laramie, WY, wing-clad citizens line the procession route for the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, killed in last Saturday's Tucson shooting spree. The wings are meant to block any potential protest. Photo: Getty]

Watch a Cat Trying to Catch Bug in Slow-Motion

Marisa Gladstone · 01/13/11 06:30PM

The day is nearly over for some of us, so why not end it by watching this video of a cat trying to catch a bug? This just proves that cats are adorable no matter what they're doing.