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Stupid New Internet Trend: 'Breading'…Where You Photograph Your Cat With a Piece of Bread Around His Head

Landon King — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:26:35 +0000

Stupid new Internet trend alert! The new photo trend is called "BREADING." That's where you take a piece of bread, cut a hole in it, put it around your cat's head, then take a photo. Yep, that's the trend. I guess it's not any dumber than planking, right?

Shocked Newborn Is Born for Internet Stardom [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:17:09 +0000

A new dad completely confounds his adorable newborn by making motorboat sounds with his mouth. Enjoy it while you can, dad, because something tells us your baby girl won’t always be this easy to impress. The baby, whose name is Charlotte, either loves the sound or hates it (or maybe a little of both). Either [...]

Wondering What Most Use the Internet for? Well, It's Not That Exciting — Survey of the Day

Nick Romano — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:23:19 +0000

Why did the average American go online? For no particular reason (Ba-dum-bum).

Although this may not become the newest joke anytime soon, it’s actually a true statement. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 53 percent of 18- to 29-year-old Americans go online just for fun or to waste time. With 2,260 participating adults, it turns out that 58 percent of all adults go online for the same reason.

Watch Stars Like Coolio Discuss the Internet on MTV in 1995 [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:04:04 +0000

When something is so entrenched in our daily lives, it’s often hard to remember a time when it wasn’t ubiquitous. Such was the internet in 1995.

In this archival clip from MTV — which celebrates its 30th birthday on August 1st — Kurt Loder gives us a primer on what exactly the internet is and how it’s being used, with stars like Sandra Bullock, Dave Matthews and Coolio weighing in.

New Internet Sensation: Man Dancing At Bus Stop

Rick Taylor — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:59:54 +0000

Last Friday, Reddit user JackMomma shared a video of a twentysomething man dancing at a bus stop. According to his post, his wife shot the video and uploaded it to YouTube after she noticed the man would dance the same dance at the same bus stop every single day.

75-Year-Old Accidentally Shuts Off Armenian Internet

Landon King — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:24:42 +0000

Elderly woman now faces three years in prison for simple mistake. Read the story on the next page!

Today Show January 1994: What is the Internet?

Landon King — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:12:39 +0000

You’d be hard-pressed to find somebody in America today who hasn’t heard of the Internet. But in 1994, almost no one knew what it was, including Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel. Someone on YouTube posted footage of them discussing the Internet on the “Today” show in 1994, and they had absolutely NO IDEA what they [...]