Charitable Thoughts About Bedbugs from the new standard for random web infographic funnies,
Lunchbreath. Since his last appearance
here, LB has also offered useful lifestyle advice about
Craigslisting,
Home Security,
Maslow's Hierarchy,
Inadequacies,
Designer Portfolios and
Greenwashing, as well as less practical content about
Business Lumberjacks,
Underachieving AT-ATs,
Cow Stomachs and
Moose Lips.
But if you prefer a daily format that resembles a conventional comic strip but contains 3-to-5 times the punchlines, may I recommend
Bug, which has recently covered
Snappy Comebacks,
Thrill-seeking,
Fezes,
Optimism,
Home Security (yes, related to Lunchbreath's piece),
Looting (also semi-related) and
Graverobbing.
OR if you just want some single-panel pop-culture in a distinctive style, say
Hello With Cheese. Now you can't tell me webcomics are totally boring for at least two weeks.
posted by oneswellfoop
on Dec 10, 2010 -
9 comments
Justice in Brooklyn My bike got stolen last night and goddamn if I didn’t have it back before noon today, thanks to a curious but powerful mixture of internet savvy, a responsive police force, and one very special “Law and Order” fan.
posted by shannonm
on Aug 6, 2010 -
64 comments
(Still) Declassified. "In January 2009, I had an idea; photograph people in their homes that have placed a wide variety of personal advertisements. Although I imagined most people wouldn’t want to give up their anonymity, I rightly imagined some would be willing to. "
[more inside]
posted by availablelight
on Jul 2, 2009 -
52 comments
Newsfilter: 30,000 customers in the San Francisco area lost power today at about 1:50pm PDT, in a series of power failures which knocked out a major datacenter hub: 365 Main. The hub controls servers for many social media sites, including
Technorati,
Netflix,
Yelp,
Craigslist and all
Six Apart properties, including
TypePad,
LiveJournal and
Vox. (6A's
twitter stream has updates.) More
here and
here.
Amusingly enough, 365 Main tempted fate and released a
press release today patting themselves on the back for "two years of 100-percent uptime".
posted by zarq
on Jul 24, 2007 -
82 comments
Craig's List ad causes woman's home to be destroyed. We have all heard about the numerous Craig's List
scams and
pranks, but this one takes things to a new low. Vandals ripped apart Laurie Ray's house after an ad posted on Craig's List invited people to take anything, and everything, they wanted. From the light fixtures to the hot water heater, everything is gone - including the kitchen sink.
posted by rodo
on Apr 5, 2007 -
79 comments
Andy Baio blows the lid off a disturbing new trend:
sex baiting on craigslist. The story is pretty simple: man makes up fake Casual Encounters ad posing as a woman looking for a good time, then he publishes any and all responses in a public forum. All hell breaks loose.
posted by mathowie
on Sep 8, 2006 -
218 comments
Websites that changed the world? This Observer piece lists fifteen websites that aught to be considered the best of the web. It's a bold claim and although the potted histories are excellent, I'm wondering the extent to which it mostly includes website that have broken the public recognition barrier in the uk rather than changing the
world. How many are simply pioneers in their field? Where for example is
flickr?
posted by feelinglistless
on Aug 13, 2006 -
69 comments
If you liked the Craigslist/Google Maps combo, you'll be happy to hear that the boys and girls over at
Engadget have a tutorial on how to make your own annotated multimedia Google map. Pretty sweet!
posted by JPowers
on Apr 10, 2005 -
3 comments
