Greetings Webtaculators! Did you know that if you pester us enough, you can be featured in this intro paragraph? It’s true! And with that, Webtacular World would like to wish a very webtacular birthday to Jan. That’s pronounced Yan, for some reason. Blame the Dutch. Anyway, on to the news!
STORY OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Who Wants To Be The Speaker Of The House? Not Kevin.
Why: Because you don’t actually need to be a member of the House of Representatives to be it. check out the Craigslist ad.
ECONOMIC / LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: If Only There Was A Fantasy Draft For Lawsuits…
Why: Because two of the biggest weekly fantasy leagues have been selling you the fantasy that you can actually win.
TECH THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: Time To Tweet Goodbye
Why: Because Twitter’s old/new CEO is back, and he’s cleaning house.
SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Protecting The Players
Why: Because these types of slides have to go.
MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. watch)
What: More Coen Brothers Movies, Please
Why: Because this movie looks excellent.
MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: The Pandora’s Box Of Ticket Sales
Why: Because Pandora bought Ticketfly to expand into live music events.
PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. look)
What: Airplanes Are Awesome
Why: Because the Blue Angels were in SF this weekend, and watching them perform is a treat.
VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (9 min. look)
What: Beep Boop Beep
Why: Because there’s a reason why you associate those sounds with video games.
INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: T-Rex Ninja Warrior; Dell > Jobs; This Is How You Google
Why: Because Internet.
THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Halloween Costume
Why: Because Brian deserves it.
Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™