December 2007
The Year in Cheap Gadgets →
One of 2007’s kindest tech trends was the lowering cost-barrier to awesome digital gadgets.
These all exist on the opposite end of the spectrum from gadget bling.
Best 5 Links: Verizon Voyager - the Cheaper iPhone Asus Eee PC - An Afforable Mini-Laptop Flip Camera - Cheap-N-Easy Digital Video Camera Stiletto 2 - Cheaper Than Your Crappy iPod World’s Cheapest Car - When A Car Costs...
Bizarre Fashion Trends of 2007 →
A round-up of the most unwearable trends of ‘07.
If you attempted any of these fashion trends in year 2007, you are very brave and we commend you. We even wish we could give you an equally bizarre reward, like perhaps a ballbra?
Best 13 Links: Leotards - Wearing Pants Over Them Would Ruin the Whole “Bizarre” Effect, Unfortunately Dirty Hippies - Sienna Miller’s “Scrub” Style...
Weirdest Houses Of The Year →
Yurts, teepees, billboards and other strange dwellings that made buzz this past year.
Sudddenly, living in a tiny New York apartment seems so blasé.
Best 7 Links: Yurts - Nomad Living Comes Of Age Teeny Tiny Houses - Small Is Better. Right? Modern Campers - This Ain’t Your Father’s Airstream Modern Trailers - This Ain’t Your Father’s Trailer Billboard House - City...
Orexin A →
A nasal spray that could replace sleep.
This could come in handy for all those debaucherous Miley-Cyrus-Style slumber parties you’re going to be having.
Best 5 Links: Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep Orexin is a “Highly Excitatory Neuropeptide Hormone” The Research That Suggest The Future Obsolence Of Sleep DARPA Opens the Door to 20-Hour Workdays Finally, Drinking And...
SmartLipo →
New form of liposuction uses lasers to melt away fat.
This makes us sad, especially since we just heard that mounds of fat make really great pets.
Best 6 Links: An Informative FAQ on SmartLipo Old Lipo vs Smart Lipo Less Pain, Faster Recovery Laser Liposuction Melts Fat, Tightens Skin Attention: Ladies with Double Chins… How Does SmartLipo Compare to Traditional Lipo?
Miley Cryus Pics →
Innocent-yet-racy sleepover photos of the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star are suddenly everywhere.
Another Disney-related photo scandal! Vanessa Hudgens must be so relieved she’s not the only one.
Best 5 Links: Miley Cyrus Sleepover Photos Miley Sez Pics with Friend ‘Nothing Bad’ Disney Girls Know How To Stir The Pot “It’s two girls at a sleepover.” Miley Also Loves...
BuzzFeed Updates For 12/29/2007 →
Gemma Ward - Australian model is poised to become the next Hollywood “it” girl. Gemma Ward naked and beautiful in Vogue Espana Did Gemma Ward gain weight to become Chanel’s plus-size model?
BuzzFeed Updates For 12/28/2007 →
Wainy Days - David Wain’s new web series adds a new episode every Monday. Episode 11 - “Zandy” Free Rice - An addictive online vocabulary game that also does its part to reduce world hunger. Donate Rice and Test Your Vocab Skills Top Things Of 2007 - 2007 was the year of “____ Of The Year.” Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading The Year in...
Nico Muhly →
The young, critically-heralded composer has had quite a good year.
We haven’t enjoyed classical avant-garde music this much since…Nico Muhly.
Best 7 Links: Nico Muhly’s Homepage High Scorer “It Goes Without Saying” by Nico Muhly Cyclic Defrost - Nico Muhly A Strange Brew of Ye Olde and Ye Very Freshly Minted Bedroom Community - Nico Muhly “Honest Music” by Nico Muhly w/ Lisa...
Roots →
Brown roots with blonde hair is “the latest way to feign indifference to your appearance,” according to writer Monica Corcoran.
First, acid-wash, and now grown-out roots? We’re wondering what white trash trend will be the next hot thing.
Best 5 Links: Roots Fetishize the Idea of Good Girls Gone Bad More Like “Good Girl Gone Broke” At Our Wig Shop, We Even Carry Wigs With Roots...
Solar Bags →
Keep your gadgets charged with these stylish solar bags.
They might be a little pricey, but you’re getting style, sustainability, and solar power in one handbag! Your $2000 Louis Vuitton barely stacks up.
Best 8 Links: Noon Solar Offers Photovoltaic Bags that Are Actually Hip and Stylish Nanomars Solar Bags Will Charge Your Phone, Mp3 Player, Digital Camera, Etc Handsome Leather Solar...
Hello Kitty for Men →
Hello Kitty markets a line of boxers, bags, and sportswear for guys.
This new fashion line, especially when paired with the Ballbra, will be sure to accentuate your masculinity even more.
Best 7 Links: If My Wife Buys This for Me, I Will Slit My Wrists Sanrio Set Their Sights On Fashionable Young Males Photo of Hello Kitty Darth Vader Ladies, Get Your Husbands and Brothers to Wear Hello Kitty...
My Pet Fat →
Buy a replica of human fat to help you shed pounds.
Weight loss via shame/nausea! A diet plan that belongs on the same list as the A Huge Picture Of Your Fat Ass Diet, the Eat A Bag Of Glass Diet and the Watch Live Cosmetic Surgery Go Wrong Diet. (Not to be confused with fat pets.)
Best 4 Links: mypetfat The Newest Fad Is The Gross-Out Diet “It’ss gross but I reckon it could help.” This...
The Telephone Gambit →
A new book argues Alexander Graham Bell stole the idea for the telephone from rival Elisha Gray.
Hey, if you’ve got an idea for better cell service in the suburbs that we can “steal,” let us know.
Best 7 Links: Book Argues That Bell Stole Phone Idea Elisha Gray The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret by Seth Shulman This Is What The Fight Was Over… A...
Gethuman →
A new website provides the direct customer service phone numbers and codes that will actually let you speak to a human being.
That sound you hear is the knocking of thousands of CEOs’ knees across the country.
Best 7 Links: Gethuman 500 Database from Paul English Idea: The Gethuman Dialer Application Receive Actual Human Customer Service We Have No Contact Info For Wal-Mart (Do You?) Is...
Gemma Ward →
Australian model is poised to become the next Hollywood “it” girl.
She’s definitely the coolest-looking alien we’ve ever seen.
Best 11 Links: Gemma Ward: Hollywood’s Next ‘It’ Girl? Josh Hartnett and Gemma Ward Caught Having Dinner Together A Bunch of Gemma Photos Gemma Ward Swimsuit Photos from Vogue UK July 2006 Gemma Ward’s Performance in Black...
Capstan Shafts →
Dean Wells (aka The Capstan Shafts) plays songs best described as Morrissey covering Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
The Guided by Voices and Mountain Goats comparisons are inevitable, but these are some of the finest songs in two minutes or less.
Best 7 Links: The Capstan Shafts Play Weirdly Hooky Songs, No Tricks Get Some Live Track Mp3s He Barely Plays Out, and...
Knight Rider →
The first trailer for the updated version of the show is released.
NBC will air the two-hour movie of the modern Knight Rider on February 17, with Arrested Development’s Will Arnett as the voice of KITT. Between this and the A-Team movie, 2008 is looking like 1983 all over again.
Best 6 Links: The New Knight Rider Teaser First Video Of Knight Rider’s KITT Meet the Cast And Car NBC...
BuzzFeed Updates For 12/27/2007 →
Waterboarding - Controversial form of torture simulates drowning. Man tries waterboarding and confirms that it is “terrible terrible torture” Unprotected Sex - Jamie Lynn Spears and Lily Allen announce their future motherhoods. Andy Borowitz: How to Talk to Your Child about Jamie Lynn Spears Casey Aldridge is NOT the father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby Casey Aldridge - Jamie Lynn...
How Nerds Pop The Question →
It’s rare enough for nerds to get married, so they tend to really go for broke.
What the iPhone/the Force/Halo 3 hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Best 7 Links: iPhone Proposal - This Is Popping The Question Norwegian Dude Proposes Via iPod Engraving For Nerds Who Want Wives Jedi Knight Makes His Proposal Jedi Nerd On Bended Knee (Photo) Halo 3 Proposal: Creative and Yet Lame...
Mischa Barton DUI →
Mischa Barton is arrested on DUI and charges of possession of narcotics.
I guess we already know Mischa’s New Years resolution.
Best 6 Links: Mischa Barton Busted for DUI Mischa Barton Popped on DUI Charge Mischa Barton Busted Mischa Barton DUI Update Mischa Barton Arrested for DUI WOW Report: The 12 Steps of Christmas
Mouth Eyes →
Photoshop artist trades eyes for more mouths.
Now if you’ll excuse us, we need to get back to our lifetime of endless nightmares.
Best 6 Links: Strange Mouth Eyes Pics Mouth Eye Photoshop Images Mouth Eyes Famous People Photshopped To Look Like “Regular” People YouTube - Hungry Eyes Eye Lips
Geo TV →
The Pakistani news channel that was briefly banned breaks the news of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
Geo TV is bringing updates from Pakistan as the country reels from the sudden loss of the former prime minister.
Best 5 Links: Geo Live Video Of Bhutto’s Last Moments on Geo TV (via CNN) Geo TV Comes Back On Air in Pakistan Pakistan’s Bhutto Killed in Attack Geo Break Benazir...
Leggings as Pants Epidemic →
Suburban moms are trading in their mom jeans for leggings, as young celebrities are sort of doing the opposite.
Lindsay Lohan is the primary perpetrator of this fashion don’t, which is probably why she’s shown up more than once on our Celebrity Cameltoe Tracker.
Best 7 Links: Leggings as Pants - A Slideshow! Leggings Plus Sweater Plus Hat Does Not an Outfit Make Reason #47 Why...
When Will Amy Winehouse Die? →
Guess the date of Winehouse’s pending death and win an iPod Touch!
And the award for Meanest Website Ever goes to…
Best 6 Links: When Will Amy Winehouse Die? [Official Website] Help! We Found Her Lying On the Ground With a Caked-up Nose (Pics) She Emerges, Barefoot, Shirtless Amy Winehouse dead - NOT Amy WInehouse, Wandering the Streets, Like a Drug Zombie Amy Winehouse Performing...
Francesca Lewis →
Hedge fund millionaire’s young daughter miraculously survives crashing into volcano.
Talk about a Christmas miracle!
Best 7 Links: 12-Yr-Old Miraculously Lives Through Plane Crash Hedge Fund Manager, Teen Daughter Die In Panama Plane Crash Mother of Panama Plane Crash Survivor Speaks Girl, 12, Survives for Three Days in the Jungle After Plane Crash Kills Internet Tycoon and Daughter...
Will Smith Defends Hitler? →
Fresh Prince stirs up controversy with vaguely sympathetic statements about Hitler.
Consequently, ‘I Am Legend’ isolates its entire Hasidim demographic, thusly not impacting ticket sales whatsoever.
Best 7 Links: Will Smith Angry Over Hitler Comment Interpretation Anti Defamation League Accepts Will Smith’s Clarification on Hitler Remark Hitler, Schmitler; He Wasn’t That...
Badass Teenagers →
Not all teens get famous via sex scandals, early pregnancy or school shootings.
With the end of the year neigh, here are a few young ‘uns who give us some hope for the future.
Best 5 Links: Malcolm Mays (17), Teenage Movie Director Isha Jain (16), Winner Of a $100,000 Scholarship Rachel Rosenfeld (17) Opens a School In Rural Cambodia Nathan Smith (15), An Offduty Lifeguard Who Saved 5...
Semi Pro →
R-rated trailer for Will Ferrell’s next movie released.
Vulgarity plus basketball times Will Ferrell = instant Frat Pack classic.
Best 6 Links: Extended Semi Pro Trailer Trailers and Scenes Will Ferrell And Crew Hit The Road To Promote Semi-Pro Stills from Semi Pro Must-See Trailer: Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro Dude. Semi-Pro is going to be meaningless.
The Mexican Country Singer Killings →
Over thirteen of Mexico’s pop stars have been killed by drug cartel bosses.
You thought the Dixie Chicks had it bad! It’s way worse in Mexico, apparently.
Best 6 Links: Country Singers Targeted for Songs Criticizing Underground Drug Ring “Time” Magazine Asks: Who Is Killing Mexico’s Musicians? The Horrific Killings of Mexican Country Singers Involve Torture, Strangulation...
BuzzFeed Updates For 12/26/2007 →
Monocle - Designy political magazine launches this week, describes itself as “The Economist with pictures.” Monocle Teams up with Comme des Garcons to Develop Hinoki Scent Hinoki - Hinoki wood comes from a rare Japanese tree that has been prized in Japan for centuries for its fragrance and antibacterial properties. Monocle Teams up with Comme des Garcons to Develop Hinoki Scent...
WTFCNN →
A site collecting CNN’s best bad headlines.
Apparently a lot of editors leave the Onion to work at CNN.com.
Best 7 Links: WTFCNN? “It doesn’t quite fill the void that Brill’s Content left, but it’s a great snack.” Ranking on Rex’s Best Blogs of 2007 Blog Dedicated to Funny CNN.com Headlines - Seriously “Mutatant turtles overpower Spartans” “Astronaut running Boston...
Sarah Palin →
Alaska’s governor is suddenly everyone’s favorite politician of 2007.
A pot smoking, moose burger eating former beauty queen (Miss Wasilla 1984!) who recently posed for a Vogue shoot, Palin is the anti-Bush, popularity-wise.
Best 7 Links: Draft Sarah Palin For Vice President!! Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Yo The Rise of Sarah Palin She Is A Fearless Polar Explorer! Metaphorically...
Extended Movie Trailers →
The latest online promotional strategy for movies involves releasing lengthy clips from the film.
Movie studios are trying to come up with some way to stay ahead of YouTube.
Best 7 Links: Are Extended Movie Clips a Good Idea? These Long Clips Should Distract You From Viral Videos First Ten Minutes of “Walk Hard” The First Five Minutes of “The Golden Compass” “Aliens vs. Predator” First 5...
Prison Crafts →
Martha Stewart shows off the nativity scenes she made while in prison on her Christmas episode.
Here’s a roundup of some interesting crafts made by inmates. Aww, we’ve always wanted our very own hand-crafted Charles Manson beer cozy.
Best 7 Links: Video Clip: Martha Debuts Her Ceramic Nativity Scene A History of Inmate Artists Ray Materson Discovered and Taught Himself Embroidery in...
Internet Famous →
A class being taught at Parsons gives you a grade based on how “internet famous” you are.
Posting some porn videos can now earn you an easy A! Oh, how we miss our days of art school.
Best 5 Links: How Does One Quantify Internet Fame? (With a Matrix of Some Sort, Apparently) Internet Popularity Contests Are Boring, But the Syllabus Actually Looks Pretty Interesting What’s Your...
Tweens Rule! →
2007 saw the colossal rise of young superstars catering to the 8-to-12 set.
Stay innocent, young naifs! Hopefully we won’t be adding Disney’s young stars and starlets to our “Unprotected Sex” trend anytime soon.
Best 15 Links: Top 20 Tween (and Teen) TV Stars High School Musical Video Game Ships Over Two Million Units Worldwide Vanessa Hudgens Discusses the Price of Fame...
Spokeo →
A new site that automatically keeps track of your friends’ activity on Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, Flickr, Twitter, and elsewhere around the web.
This is webstalking 2.0 - they don’t even know if you’re following them.
Best 5 Links: Spokeo - What You’ll Learn Might Amaze You “Oh god, this thing has nefarious activity written all over it.” A Look At Spokeo “It feels a lot...
Barron Hilton →
Paris Hilton’s kid brother finally shows up on Page Six for partying too hard.
We would pretend like we don’t care, but since it turns out that Will Smith doesn’t actually really heart Hitler, there’s nothing really left to talk about.
Best 6 Links: Paris is a Bad Influence On 16 Year Old Younger Brother Yay! A New Crop of F*ck-up Celeb Kids Skye Peters (The GF) and Her...
BookCrossing →
The practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
The amount of reading we’ve done (no, gossip blogs don’t count) has drastically dropped off since high school English class. Book crossing might be just the thing to get you pro-active about reading again.
Best 7 Links: My Experience Registering A Book with BookCrossing.com As...
Fake Taxidermy →
The hunting-lodge trend moves into its abstraction phase, with new materials and fake animals.
We’d kind of like to get a stuffed two-headed squirrel for the office - made with fake fur, so PETA won’t mind.
Best 8 Links: Blow-Up Moose Head Great For Tailgating, Too Liz McGrath, Vegan Faux-Taxidermist Plastidermy: Acrylic Animal Trophies Sarina Brewer Will Make New, Dead Creatures...
'Tis The Season Of Bad Gifts →
Does Santa take exchanges?
If your Aunt Sheila immediately “thought of you” when she saw the scented candle collection, then maybe it’s time to re-introduce yourself.
Best 6 Links: Bad Gift Emporium The Subtle Art of Re-Gifting 10 Sad DIY Geek Gifts You Should Never Buy Worst Holiday Gifts Ever Telescoping Pet Ramp Is Regifting Acceptable?
Depressing Things about Christmas →
For some people, Christmas isn’t all just sparkles and snowflakes.
It’s the one day we have off, everything’s closed, and we’re bitter that Guitar Hero III is sold out. Isn’t it surprising that more people don’t kill themselves on December 25th?
Best 9 Links: What Christmas Means To Me (Nothing Actually, I’m Jewish…) “It’s Not Easy for Stepparents...
Where Celebrities Spend Christmas →
Not in Anguilla for the holiday? Then why bother celebrating at all?
Will Smith in Aspen, Nicole Kidman in Sydney…and Michelle Rodriguez in jail. OK, not not every celebrity Christmas is a glamorous one.
Best 4 Links: Ooh! Where’s SIMON COWELL Going?? Mariah Carey’s White Christmas In Colorado Lucky Michelle Rodriguez Spends Christmas in Jail Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Anthony...
BuzzFeed Updates For 12/24/2007 →
Global Warming Vacation Hotspots - Why is it 70 degrees in December? “See-it-while-it’s-there” tourism Hinoki - Hinoki wood comes from a rare Japanese tree that has been prized in Japan for centuries for its fragrance and antibacterial properties. Hinoki Tissue Box Meatpaper - A quarterly magazine that’s all about getting in touch with our inner carnivore. Meatpaper...
CommandShift3 →
A Hot or Not site for web design lovers.
You click on the hotter site, in much the same way you’d click on the hotter babe, we suppose. And yes, we feel ok about being in the top 50 percent.
Best 6 Links: Click On Hot Websites Instead Of Hot Babes Geeksugar’s Site Of The Day Khoi Makes A Short Video For CommandShift3 Two Pages Enter, One Page Leaves This Is What The Web Is For -...
Drunken Santas →
As if we needed another reason to hate Santa Claus, he still hasn’t owned up to his alcohol problem.
We used to think the red nose was cute; now we see it as a sign of a deeper problem.
Best 7 Links: Gang of 50 Drunk Santas Ransack Movie Theater In New Zealand Drunk Santa Falls From The Sky Onto The Hood Of An SUV Photo of the Day: The Drunken Santa Pub Crawl Thank God For That Hat Keith...
The Royal Channel →
Queen Elizabeth will be posting a Christmas greeting on her newly-launched YouTube channel.
God save the Queen! To my bookmarks bar, that is. The 81-year-old has recently mastered email and will probably start a Facebook profile any day now.
Best 7 Links: YouTube - The Official RoyalChannel Page British Royals Trying to Appeal to the Internet Generation The Queen Thinks YouTube Will Help Her...
Shopdropping →
The New York Times writes about the trend of reverse shoplifting at the holidays.
Celebrate the season by secretly placing subversive products in stores as a form of social commentary.
Best 5 Links: I Saw Santa Kissing Marx! Mommy! I Want An Anarchist Doll! Antishopping Makes Baby Jesus Happy Shopdrop: “To covertly place merchandise on display in a store.” The Droplift Project
Orgasmic Childbirth →
The idea that one of the reasons to opt for unassisted childbirth is that birth can be a potentially sexual and orgasmic experience.
Well, we’d feel better about putting our mothers through childbirth knowing we came out in a burst of sexual ecstasy.
Best 6 Links: Orgasmic Birth Official Website - There’s a Movie! After Hearing about Orgasmic Childbirth, I Decided to Research it For...