Internet picks of the week

ShufflerIn the pre-MP3 era, cool hunters who wanted to hear music ahead of the herd had to listen to John Peel (or his heavy metal/jazz/disco equivalent), but now we have instant access to everything from classic albums to demos from bands formed yesterday. The problem is there's just too much of it. Reintroducing an element of serendipity, Shuffler's twist on streaming radio is that it works alongside hundreds of music blogs. Pick from dozens of genres, and then the music plays directly from blog pages meaning you can read about the track as it plays. Simple and fun, and without it I'd never have discovered the Finnish electro krautrock band K-X-P.Parents Just Don't UnderstandThis busy section of the American prankster site College Humor collects anecdotes about parents and grandparents struggling valiantly to keep abreast with information technology. This phenomena includes the common misconceptions that Wikipedia is called the "wikipedionary", "WTF" means "Wednesday, Thursday, Friday", and that YouTube have a camera crew who come to your home to film you doing funny stuff. There are also lots of very sweet stories such as the granny who dresses up to watch telly because she doesn't want the people on TV to see her in her nightgown and the man who thinks sending his children texts about what he's doing is his "blog".Blog roll: CrapCrap Jazz CoversBlue Note aside, jazz albums are invariably housed in sleeves of untold rubbishness.Crap At my Parent's HouseAn epic catalogue of the mountains of bizarre and terrifying junk cluttering up parents' homes.Free Crappy PortraitsA crack team of illustrators turn your photos into drawings of questionable quality. Eventually.Bad TattoosDeformed unicorns head a gallery of the worst tatts from around the world.That's HideousFrom Blobfish to Crocs, this site seeks to bring attention to all things ugly.Crap Cycling & Walking In Waltham ForestA cyclist catalogues the ridiculous bad planning ? including a bike lane that's one yard long ? of Waltham Forest Council.What we learned on the web this weekWhy The Flintstones were evilPac-Man has been discovered in the wildA game to play if you use London public transportThe alarming resemblance between cats and croissantsA tribute to Kevin Bacon made from baconAbout the Dorset village that "died for England" in 1943Where they work inside a giant shoeSome words of wisdomWhat you look like as a Disney villainThe hidden wonder inside Battersea Power StationInternetJohnny Deeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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