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The Internet, I Love Thee! #11

Submitted by astone on Thursday, 14 May 20096 Comments
The Internet, I Love Thee! #11

Wow, it’s been awhile since I have done one of these! I do apologize, I must admit that I have been enjoying the “off time” a little to much. It can’t be healthy to sleep till 1pm ya know? Well anyways, I’m back and in action with the best of the internet for this week. We got some pretty cool stuff. If you notice that picture of that little guy directly to the left of these words that appears to be dancing and you don’t know who he is, you need a lesson on the internet. That guy is the famous “dancing midget” or even better known as the “little superstar”. I saw the video of him dancing today and I got a little nostalgic lol. This video is as old as the internet, and oldie but a goody:

It is odd, yet strangely entertaining.

Next we have this picture that has gotten popular over the last week, I have seen it everywhere. It is titled “Poor to Rich” and is quite the eye opener:

Poor to Rich

Poor to Rich - Click for big

Next up we have a picture that explains how college students money is spent. It claims that the average new text book costs $57?! They obviously didn’t gather data from the UAB area! Hmmmm…this gives me an idea….anyways, the picture:

college-student-income-expenditures

You gotta love the “Mac” commercials that they run now days. I’m a fan now because I just recently bought a Mac and this bad boy kicks ass. Here is a current commercial that is getting a lot of attention via Mac Fan Boys (like myself).

Apple’s “Get a Mac” Web ad: “Elimination” “I’m a Megan”

Here is an interesting one that I laugh about every time I check my sites analytics. It is of my site’s traffic during the week of April 27, which was the day that the car hit the commons. I kind of got the “jump” on the story and it ended up going very viral. The traffic was SOOO huge during the following three days that it makes it look like I have never received a visit to my site before or after that particular post! However, that is not the case,  we average about 100-150 hits a day now. Check it:

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Oh snap, I just found this one! Crazy!

I think I saw a few of these at the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil. Classic:

Redneck Tank Top:

pure-class-red-neck-tank-top

Popularity: 4% [?]

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