The Future: Powered by Google

Brian Moylan · 01/21/10 06:06PM

[When Google owns everything (including your soul) the world will look just like this google googling a google umbrella as it googles across the google to Google HQ. Image via Googleetty]

Jersey Shore: Super Mario Bros. Edition

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 01/21/10 05:23PM

Tonight's finale of Jersey Shore will leave a gaping hole in our cultural quilt, one that can only be filled with endless parodies and reimaginings of those bronzed demigods and their summer of wonder. Here, Mario's gang pays homage.

cityfile · 01/21/10 05:10PM

[January 21. Photo via Flickr]

Do You Dream that You Are the Hottest Thing in Hollywood?

gawkercreative · 01/21/10 05:06PM

Who doesn't? Whatever dreams of glory you may have, hop on over to the Dream Visualizer to see your dream turned into a personalized animation that you can then share with all of your Facebook friends.

Daily Link Roundup: The Best of the Rest

Whitney Jefferson · 01/21/10 05:00PM

Every day we come across so many great things on the internet. Here's our favorite links, news stories, and webjunk that we came across today.

Cheer Up, College Kids. It Only Gets Worse.

Hamilton Nolan · 01/21/10 04:51PM

The Way We Live Now: Self-pityingly. College freshmen are the recession's littlest victims. China is a bully. Our house is cold. And trying to make it in New York is worse than the Holocaust.

What's in #tips Today?

Gabriel Snyder · 01/21/10 04:45PM

From the #tips page: layoffs at the Guardian, journalism still doesn't pay, and Radiohead is the new Dave Brubeck. Think about it. Meanwhile over in #crosstalk, someone is looking for a good recipe for BBQ baked beans. Can you help?

Dr. Oz's Healthy Bowels

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 01/21/10 04:43PM

Dr. Oz reached new bodily lows on his show today, when he addressed an audience member's obsession with cleaning her colon by describing the lower intestine in gestures and cuing up comparative pictures of clean and dirty colons in HD.

cityfile · 01/21/10 04:28PM

• As if this hasn't already been a crappy week for liberals thanks to the election results in Massachusetts, Air America announced today that it's shutting down effective immediately and filing for bankruptcy protection. [AP, WP]
• More on the conclusion of l'affaire Coco, what's in store for O'Brien (unclear), and what NBC can look forward to in the months ahead (lackluster ratings for Leno, mammoth losses, continued shame, etc). [NYT, TW, WSJ, NYT]
• CNN has been pulling out all the stops to cover the crisis in Haiti (not to mention invested in hundreds of tight t-shirts for Andy Cooper). And yet Fox News, which has sorta ignored the earthquake (and typically avoids covering stories involving poor black people) is still out in front in the ratings. [LAT]
• Kitty Kelley's tell-all about Oprah hits bookstores on Apr. 13. [AP]
• A Pulitzer for the National Enquirer? Stranger things have happened. [WP]
• HGTV and Food Network have returned to Cablevision customers. [NYT]
• Thanks to Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones, you'll be hearing "We Are the World" (Haiti 2010 edition) again in the near future. [Showbiz411]
• Madonna and Beyoncé have joined Team Clooney, FYI. [Reuters]
• So much for free content: Hulu may start charging its users to watch popular TV shows in the future; and YouTube is introducing pay-per-view videos.
• Is the Wall Street Journal really launching a travel agency? Yes. [E&P]
• Say goodbye (arrivederci?) to MTV's Jersey Shore. [NYM, Gawker, MTV]

The Wit and Wisdom of the Jersey Shore

Brian Moylan · 01/21/10 04:04PM

We have hung on every ridiculous word uttered by the guidos of the Jersey Shore. Tonight is their final episode (for now) and in celebration we have a collection of their best sayings.