Internet opiates part four

13. Stephen Fry’s podgrams. Stephen Fry evokes a number of deeply troubling emotions in me, but we are going to ignore those for now and focus on the positives. Stephen Fry is one of the most intelligent celebrities around he is an Oxford Educated Renaissance man. He is amusing and interesting; he has a flair for the English language that is rivalled in few places. His podcasts are available at the Itunes store and each one of them is a work of brilliance, he is a truly amazing orator. His Twitter feed is also quite interesting.

14. Any and all whiny teenage emo blogs (The linked example Blog is dead). There is nothing more sad, amusing, infuriating! than one of these angsty little blogs make believing that they are the soul enlightened ones of the universe, looking in on a world filled with mindless sheeple all wandering around as zombies in a cruel conformist world. These annoying children who think that just because they have a keyboard, a cursory command of the English language and a basic idea of nihilism gleamed from the lyrics of their favorite metal/hardcore/slashcore/thrashmetal/wellhaploozacore (which we are to conformed to the harsh society to understand) are superior to us conformed masses. These stunning valiant warriors who go against the norm by dressing the same as all their friends, listening to the same music as all their friends and showing the same disdain for anyone who isn’t a member of their immature little club…. just like all there friends, Shine on you crazy star!

15.Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is an Internet tool that…as far as I am concerned works by magic. But because I clearly must elaborate on that, Stumbleupon allows you to rate websites based on your interests and if you click the stumble button at their homepage, or on the toolbar (if you download it) you will be taken to a random site that matches your interests. Despite my initial skepticism it won me over, it is much better than scouring the Internet and it is very addictive. If I had one complaint occasionally it stumbles me into chan bullshit but those are few and far between.

I know probably no one will be interested but I found this map of Native American territory through Sumbleupon, so if your as into history and/or Native American culture I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

16. Surviving The World. This is hard to classify, it is a humorous message, picture or graph on a chalkboard. I know doesn’t sound thrilling BUT it really can be amusing sometimes and the writer seems to have a very different and insightful view of everyday life. There are a lot of history jokes and references, which is good for me.