NeoGuides / Idle Now
In this edition: Not the news; assignments for life; playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy online; getting a laugh from ads; and debunking urban myths
Not the News
Fark.com is a place you can go to find "what fills space when mass media runs out of news". As site creator Drew Curtis says, "Fark is supposed to look like news, but it's not news. ... more
Learning to love you more
We've written before in NeoGuides about Miranda July as an author, but she's an eclectic talent and the "Learning to Love You More" project, which she co-created, rates its own sepa ... more
The Hitchhiker's Guide Online
When you play the online game of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer is very rarely 42. It's much more likely to be "Get out of bed" or "Pick up the towel". HHGTG creato ... more
Very Funny Ads. Really.
The website Very Funny Ads is exactly what it purports to be: a collection of very funny advertisements, made for TV, from all around the world. This is humour, and humour is very ... more
The Truth Behind Urban Myths
Hear the one about Richard Gere and the gerbil? Of course you have. How about Rod Stewart having his stomach pumped of semen? What about the picture of the guy with his dead wife preserved in a glass ... more