Over the last two weeks, if one thing has beeen made clear to me more than anything else, it's that Facebook is taking over the web.
Last week, they announced that, as long as your computer knows you are logged on to Facebook, many of the sites you go to on a daily basis (CNN, Time, NYTimes.com, IMDb, Fandango, ESPN, etc.) would have Facebook's patented 'Like' button on the articles. So, you can share what you are viewing on the web as you surf the web without ever going back to Facebook, allowing your friends can then comment on your link or like the fact that you liked that link.
Whether or not this is a good or bad change, I'll leave that up to the 'web experts'. For sure, though, the web has changed, makign anyone who has a Facebook account just got a little more connected to everyone else. Will Facebook someday become the center of your web-surfing experience (if it hasn't already)?
So, on the note that, yes Facebook is taking over the web, I give to you, the Links of the Week:
So, let's talk 'Anchorman 2'. Will Ferrell wants it. Adam McKay (the director) wants it. Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, Fred Willard, and David Koechner all want it. Why isn't this getting done then? Money? Really? Well, here is my offiical pledge to go see it twice in theaters. Anyone else in?
Where the WWF and the NBA meet: the Milwaukee Bucks' mascot doing a backflip and dunking off a 20 foot ladder. The only way this would be cooler is if someone added in a suplex somewhere.
I have to imagine Darren Rovell is the first person to write "We need to remake Jerry Maguire".
This week in "When I Was Your Age": When I was your age, I was in boy scouts, and we had to EARN our badges. You couldn't get a badge for video games, are you kidding me? We had to fold flags and tie knots and stuff.
For those who like lists (and really, who doesn't), here is Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Unfortunately for me, I guess I barely missed the cut.
The 42 Most Creative Movie Posters of 2009? Sure, why not.
JaMarcus Russell, the #1 overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft, who had the biggest contract in the NFL, showed up to training camp for the Raiders weighing about 300 pounds. 300 pounds. For a quarterback. This means one thing only: TANGENT TIME!: This is whats wrong with the NFL, right here. Rookies are guaranteed too much money before they've even played a down. The Raiders have paid this guy $39M in guaranteed money, and for all we know he ate all of it. The NFL overpaying rookies, who as a group have a less-than-50% success rate, cause veteran salaries to go up, teams' insurance to go up-- everything-- which ultimately affects the fan with ticket prices at the gate. Let's hope the NFL uses JaMarcus Russell as a poster child for this bad policy and moves accordingly. That is all.
Okay, so enough complaining about the NFL. Really that rule is one of the only things I could point at the league and say, "That's not right". To make up for my complaining, here's a video of an NFL announcer running the 40-Yard-Dash against several players. High comedy.
Those who are easily offended should not click this link. Those who laugh easily should.
LIKE, OMG! Josh Groban is going to star in a movie! So dreamy...
THIS JUST IN: The more depressed you are the more chocolate you eat. More amazing than the results? Someone actually paid for this study.
And for your video of the week, I give you "George" the Seinfeld drama that never was...: