The “Fight Of The Century” probably just killed boxing, while fights that actually matter are taking place in the courtrooms. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Baltimore Curfew Lifted
Why:  Because Baltimore is the latest US city to face the repercussions of treating its citizens with inequality for years. This time, however, there may be some justice.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Discussing Your Salary
Why: Because you can openly talk about your race, religion, and sexuality, but money for some reason remains a taboo topic, even though money dictates everything from where you can live, what you can do, and who you are friends with.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: The Supreme Court On Gay Marriage
Why: Because the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about a case that will define the future of gay marriage in the U.S..

TECHNOLOGY THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Energy At Home
Why: Because Elon Musk finally released Tesla’s new batteries for the home, which is one small step to completely changing the way people use energy.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: The Only Good Part Of The Fight
Why: Because two people played tag with each other for 12  rounds and made hundreds of millions of dollars. Good job, America.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: The Avengers… Avenges Lots Of Money
Why: Because it had the 2nd biggest movie opening, ever.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: Cobain’s Life, Unplugged
Why: Because if you have HBO, you should watch this on Tuesday. Also, there might be a new album.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Photographs From Baltimore
Why: Because the TIME’s cover photo is iconic, and so is the story behind it.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Kojima Departs Konami
Why: Because Hideo Kojima is one of the most highly regarded directors of gaming, and his departure from his lifelong company is a unexpected, and unappreciated, change.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Animals Eating Watermelons; Tamogachi Lives; May-Pac Punchout
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: May The Fourth Be With Me
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Greetings Webtaculators! Here’s to hoping that Nepal recovers, and to celebrating the demise of the merger between Comcast and Time Warner. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (4 min. look)
What: Quake In Nepal
Why: Because the one of the largest quakes in recent history just devastated Kathmandu. And Everest.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: You’re Welcome
Why: Because I have been working on stopping this merger for the better part of a year. Here is a timeline of the events that led to the collapse.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: That’s One Way To Do It, I Guess
Why: Because this person’s legal conclusions need some help. Yes, citizens of Florida are also citizens of the United States.

TECH THING OF THE 2000s (∞ look)
What: Who Needs A Name?
Why: Because thinking up of a product is obviously easier than thinking of a name, so this app gives you one. Get Started.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Dubs
Why: Because their sweep of the Pelicans in round one of the playoffs consisted of some of the most exciting basketball of the season. Also, Curry is a beast.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: The New Joker
Why: Because the Internet is not impressed.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (8 min. read)
What: The Reason Why You Have 10,000 Songs In Your Library
Why: Because a guy named Bennie helped to bring down the entire recording industry.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (12 min. read)
What: A Reflection On Nudes (Potentially NSFW)
Why: Because an artist’s work is often defined by how others see it, even when controversy was not the objective.

REPORTING THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: The Best Reporting Of The Year
Why: Because the Pulitzer prizes were handed out on Monday, and you should check out the reports that won. Don Lemon is the opposite of that.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: Pay For Mods
Why: Steam released a controversial way to pay independent developers for work they do on modifying existing games. Gamers are not impressed. Gaben responds.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Luther Is Real; History Of The World (-1930); Ham Ascending
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Comcast Free Internet
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Greetings Webtaculators! Hope everyone had a great week! I sure did. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (1 min. read)
What: This
Why: Because I only get to do this once :).

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: The Giant Is Slowing Down
Why: Because China’s economic growth is down to 5.8%, the lowest since 2009.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Boo Comcast
Why: Because the Justice Department is proposing to block the merger.

TECH THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: A Second Class Of Connection
Why: Because this remains a problem even within the United States.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: It’s An Odd Year
Why: Because there’s always next year for the Giants.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. watch)
What: The Force Awakens
Why: Because Star Wars

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: National Record Store Day
Why: Because records still are somehow alive and kicking in this digital age.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. look)
What: Animated Photos Still Count
Why: Because these pictures are whimsically wonderful.

FOOD THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: SANDWICH
Why: Because sandwiches are delicious.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. watch)
What: Speaking of Star Wars
Why: Because there is a new Battlefront game being developed.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Twitter Sucks; Get Energized; No Bikes
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: A Better Answer
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

BRIAN LIFE NEWS OF THE WEEK
What: CELEBRATE!!!!
Why: Because I just got engaged!!!!!!!

Greetings Webtaculators! Here are some reminders: Game Of Thrones starts again tonight. Also, do your taxes. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (2 min. watch)
What: Oh Boy! Another Clinton Vs. Bush!!!!
Why: Because Hillary officially joined the race for President of The United States.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: Schools Built For The Rich
Why: Because even though Ivy’s are ostensibly for the brightest, they often cater their services toward the wealthy.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Guilty
Why: Because Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts against him for the Boston Marathon bombing.

TECHNOLOGY THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: The Apple (Meh) Watch
Why: Because Apple just released one of its lowest reviewed flagship products since the days before the iMac.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Golf Got Interesting Again This Weekend
Why: Because Jordan Spieth just tied the record for lowest score at a Masters. Some would argue that you shouldn’t ever go to a golf tournament, though (or a football game, for that matter).

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK ( 8 min. read)
What: 20 Best Movies Of The Decade
Why: Because there have been some good films made in the last 10 years.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Coachella Is Happening
Why: Because there’s always next week.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (many min. look)
What: Tsarnaev Trial Exhibits
Why: Because these are the photographs and sounds that helped convict Tsarnaev.

LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (8 min. read)
What: GRRM
Why: Because GoT (WARNING: SPOILERS!!!!).

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Parenting And Video Games
Why: Because video games shouldn’t be an unknown part of a kid’s life.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Baby Giraffe!; Silicon Girls; How To Be Invisible
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: $17,000 Apple Watch
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Happy Easter. Happy Passover. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Deal With The Bomb
Why: Because this is probably the best bet to de-escalate nuclear weapon development, although not everyone agrees.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: Growth Without Growth
Why: Because California is running out of water. So are other areas of the world.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Indiana Just Can’t Figure Out This Whole Freedom Thing
Why: Because this ruling is a big setback for women’s reproductive rights, especially considering the lack of direct evidence in this particular case.

SCIENCE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Cross Country Robot
Why: Because driverless cars are now, and yours will be soon.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (15 min. read)
What: Baseball Is Back
Why: Because baseball is best.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (1 min. read)
What: So Furious
Why: Because this movie series understands how to be fun. Also, the cars are awesome.

TELEVISION THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Muppet Madness
Why: Because Muppets.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (9 min. watch)
What: We Are Old
Why: Because teens think the music we grew up with is.

NEWS THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Rape, Retracted
Why: Because irresponsible journalism has the ability to destroy lives.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: The $70 Million Beta
Why: Because Star Citizen is one of the most successful crowdfunded projects ever, and no one is certain what it will actually be.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Michael Keaton Wishes You A Happy Easter; Google Pac-Man; This Puppet Is A Better Drummer Than You
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: This Plane
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Sorry for the delay – sometimes the Internet breaks. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Crash In The Alps
Why: Because even with all the security enhancements meant to keep people out of the cockpit to prevent a crash, it might be prudent to let people who are supposed to have access to it to be able to get in.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Religiously Free To Not Make Money
Why: Because not all companies think religious freedom allows for direct discrimination.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Speaking Of Discrimination
Why: Because even though the case did not come out in her favor, that doesn’t mean workplace discrimination against women isn’t a real thing, especially in certain industries.

SCIENCE THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: Publishing For Pay
Why: Because good science shouldn’t be a pay first proposition.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. look)
What: The Madness Continues
Why: Because Kentucky has a 53% chance of winning it all.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: You Boys Still Like Mexico???
Why: Because Broken Lizard just made its Indiegogo goal for funding Super Troopers 2.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. look)
What: Outside Lands 2015
Why: Because passes sold out in a half hour. And Elton John.

LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: The Best Books Of The Century
Why: Because it’s just as hard as a video game should be.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Bloodborne Is Hard
Why: Because it’s just as hard as a video game should be.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: It’s Bambi, Bitches; Dog Can’t Catch; Another Direction
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: All This Whiskey
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Greetings Webtaculators! Car accidents suck, but corndogs are great. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: The Death Of A Visionary
Why: Because Mr. Lee lead Singapore to become one of the most economically advanced cities in the world.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: Banks – Still As Shady As Ever
Why: Because there is nothing that banks do that is surprising anymore.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: The Worst Kind Of Bar
Why: Because the bar exam sucks.

TECH THING OF THE WEEK (16 min. watch)
What: Locked Down Tech
Why: Because one of the worst things about prisons is that inmates lose much of the ability to gain skill sets that are useful once they re-enter society. Hopefully, programs like this will change that.

BEER THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: The West Coast Is The Best Coast
Why: Because hops are delicious.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (1 min. read)
What: No One’s Perfect
Why: Because out of over 11 million entries, there are no perfect brackets left.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Fragglicious
Why: Because if this is anything like the recent Muppets reboot, it will be excellent.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: King Kendrick
Why: Because Kendrick Lamar’s new album “To Pimp A Butterfly” is one of the most powerful albums I have heard in a really long time.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. look)
What: Total Eclipse (Of My Heart)
Why: Because solar eclipses are awesome.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: Mobile Mario
Why: Because Nintendo is going to make games for your smartphone.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Carpets Never Die, They Just Lead Parades; Cookie Monster Breaks The Internet; Indian Seinfeld
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Any Of These Guitars
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Happy Ides Of March, or the 2059th anniversary of Caesar’s death, webtaculators! Also, yesterday was the most accurate Pi Day we will ever have in our lifetimes. So we got that going for us… On to the news!

STORY OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Where In The World Is Putin?
Why: Because on the verge of the one year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, Putin is missing.

POLITICS THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Don’t Write Any More Letters To Iran
Why: Because the 47 Senators who wrote the open letter probably shouldn’t have. Iran is as close to a a real “enemy” that the U.S. still has, so it’s probably best not to antagonize them about setting up nuclear capabilities while undermining the U.S.’s own power at the same time. Not cool, guys.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. watch)
What: Bad Business
Why: Because now you will never make these mistakes while selling the next great thing.

MATH THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: π
Why: Because π is life. And yesterday was 3.141592653  twice (or March 14, 2015, at 9:26::53 AM and PM).

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. glance [∞ to set your bracket])
What: March Madness Is Upon Us
Why: Because basketball has changed a lot over the years, and it’s always fun to have the chaos of 68 teams in one tournament.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. watch)
What: Really Ridiculously Good Lookinger
Why: Because Zoolander 2 is in the making, and Derek and Hansel (so hot right now) took a walk down the catwalk.

MUSIC / LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Blurred Sounds
Why: Because the ruling for Marvin Gaye’s Estate over Pharrell and Robin Thicke’s song Blurred Lines similarity to Got To Give It Up will have a profound impact on the music business going forward. Also, anyone who can read music would understand that they are not the same.

LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: The Passing Of Pratchett
Why: Because the famed science fiction writer of the Discworld series passed away. For those who don’t know what Discworld is, start here.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Always Left To Right
Why: Because video games explain more about how we work as humans than it seems.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Messi Magic; Paula’s Ready To Have Some Fun, Are You???; Bad Maps
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Kwik-E-Mart Legos
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™

Greetings from the Capitol of our great nation! I tried to get Obama to do an interview for the site, but he was busy, and the secret service did not appreciate me trying to get into the White House via fence hopping. Oh well, maybe next time. On to the news.

STORY OF THE WEEK (1 hr. read)
What: Department Of Justice Releases Ferguson Report
Why: Because although the DOJ found Darren Wilson to be innocent, the findings against the Ferguson police department in total is damning. Read the full report here. Related – Obama remarks on 50 years since Selma.

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Yup, We’re Screwed
Why: Because law school was a terrible choice.

TECH THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: The iWatch Lives
Why: Because Apple events have changed the world multiple times, and this is the first time in years that they are introducing a new product.

CAR THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. look)
What: Mercedes-Benz F 015
Why: Because this thing is driving itself around SF this week. Please bring it to me if you catch it.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (2 min. read)
What: Say It Ain’t So!
Why: Because the 49ers owners are quickly becoming my least favorite part of the team. Second only to the new stadium.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: A Bad Week In Movies
Why: Because people had better things to do I guess.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (3.5 min. listen)
What: Hey I Just Met You And I Really Like You
Why: Because Carley Rae Jepsen is back for more.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. look)
What: At Least The Ad Is A Good Idea
Why: Because these are the best stock photos you need.

BLOG THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Matt Haughey Steps Down From Running Metafilter
Why: Because Metafilter is one of the best run blogs on the Internet (besides Webtacular World, of course).

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. browse)
What: GDC And PAX East
Why: Because that’s a lot of game news for one weekend. Also, I’m stoked for the potential for VR, which stole the show.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Hockey Hair Glory; Be Cool; Oh, So THAT’S Where I Left You!
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Mercedes-Benz F 015
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,
Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
The Internet You Didn’t Know You Needed™