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Netflix is never too drunk to play with me.

[via Happy Place]

Featuring some of the latest Twitter and Facebook comments about Tosh.0.

Oh, yes. There are a lot of similarities between our show and Care Bears. Including, but not limited to, rainbows radiating from bodies.

YouTube launched its highly anticipated rental store today and let me just say, meh. They've got a Popular Movies section which includes hits like Rodger Dodger, Pi, and Saw III. And those are just the films featured on the home page.

Then they've got a Popular Shows section with all your favorites, including but not limited to, the Sands of Destruction cartoon, the Global Treasures travel show, and your all-time fave show Views on World Poverty.

What will you watch first? I think I'll start by watching all 12 episodes of the anime cartoon Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. Or should I watch the documentary on Benedictine life? Shit.

So many choices!!!

The image above is of one of the "most likable" clouds in the world. I don't like clouds at all. When I watch the forecast I hope for "no clouds."

But I guess I'm not surprised that there's a site out there finding a silver lining. It's called the Cloud Shape Classifier.  They've created an algorithm to help determine which clouds people find most delightful. Here's their spiel:

Many people would like to see interesting clouds, but lack the spare time in which to look upwards. A Cloud Shape Classifier can help by watching the sky as people go about their routines, and showing them the best clouds at a later time.

I don't think the reason people don't look at clouds is because they "lack the spare time" to do so. Staring at the clouds is the quintessential boring thing to do. I don't want to look at clouds "at a later time." My goal is to not stare at clouds. I do not want my head to be in the clouds, both literally and figuratively.

But the Cloud Shape Classifier takes it a step further. It learns from the clouds that you like and recommends new ones for you:

Since not everyone likes the same clouds, the Classifier learns each individual's taste, and tries to show them only the clouds that they will like.

We live in a world of recommendation engines. We used to spend hours picking the right movie at Blockbuster, but now, there?s Netflix. Nobody spends time in record stores anymore. Instead, Pandora picks out music for you. But have you ever once in your life thought, ?Boy, I wish someone could recommend me a good cloud?"

I can't even find a good place to do my dry cleaning and they've got this extensive of a system for "cloud liking."

Has your life hit a new low?

If you're spending a lot of time sitting at home watching DVDs you rented from Netflix, it might be a good idea to get out of the house.  But if you're using the envelopes from those Netflix movies to wallpaper your laundry room, it might be a good idea to see a psychiatrist.

According to Hacking Netflix (don't pick such a broad topic next time, guys!), a woman named Kim "saved the at-home dvd envelope flaps and started wallpapering my laundry room with them. I have completed two walls and 1/2 the ceiling and have no plans to stop until the entire room is red. (I always wanted a red room)."

Red room?!  Haven't you seen The Shining!  That's backwards for MURDER!  I told you this person was a psycho!

Also, judging by the photo above, she's using the term "wallpapering" pretty loosely.  Usually you don't hang wallpaper all willy-nilly with no decernable pattern.  Typically you stick with a design.

This "wallpaper" job looks more like the way you use old newspapers to cover up your dog's mess.

What's hiding behind all those envelopes anyway?

Oh, that's right… An emptiness in your heart that can never be filled.  Go rent Titanic one more time.

[via Urlesque]

I like my president… is a single-serving site that forms similes based on the opener, ?I like my president like I like my coffee?? Here are some examples:

I like my president like I like my coffee: Kenyan.
I like my president like I like my coffee: Strong, cool and protected by several inches of metal.
I like my president like I like my coffee: Intelligent.

Note that each quip is linked to coffee-related Amazon item with an affiliate code (when you click through that link and buy the item, Joshua Lurie-Terrell, who runs the site, gets a cut of the profit).

Since these phrases are so funny, I decided to come up with a few of my own:

I like my president like I like my coffee: Netflix, the world's largest online movie rental service.

I like my president like I like my coffee: GoDaddy, fast, reliable web hosting for your website.

I like my president like I like my coffee: Bank of America. Wire me money.