We Love the Internet 2014/03: The Water Wigs edition

Part 1: For the day job

 Things to think about:

• The Marvel Tumblrwave – on Tumblr and fandom
• Is WWE network the future of branded sports content? – they are going the Netflix route
• AMA: How a Weird Internet Thing Became a Mainstream Delight
• How Russia could – but probably won’t – spy on people in Sochi
• Google Glass, The Corporate Gaze and Mine

 Reference points:

• 101 ways to save Apple – written in 1997
• The four stages of disruption

 Longer reads:

• Evgeny vs. the internet – profile of the anti-evangelist of tech, and one of his recent pieces on the “maker revolution”
• The Inside Story Of Snapchat: The World’s Hottest App Or A $3 Billion Disappearing Act?
• Global digital statistics 2014 – country by country, but fairly top level
• The future of wearable tech
• Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2014

 Part 2: For the lunch-break

 Things to watch:

• A baby sees her Father’s twin for the first time – and gets very confused
• A compilation of Vine “magic” tricks
• What if Google was a guy?
• Insane street football skills
• Screw you channel – a guy takes requests to insult people through the medium of YouTube
• Paintings by Caravaggio, Vermeer, & Other Great Masters Come to Life in a New Animated Video

 Things to look at:

• If 2014 Oscar nominated movies told the truth – and a few films that weren’t nominated
• What Disney characters would look like if they were real
• 100 days of Leake Street – how the graffiti near Waterloo Station changes over time
• A gif of a year’s worth of selfies
• Water wigs – photos of water that look like hair

 Animal corner:

• 27 Ways The Capybara Is The Life Of The Party
• 15 Funny Photos Prove That Cats Are Liquid
• Mewbacca the Wookiee cat

 This week on Tumblr:

• The Gap mannequin project
• Emoji IRL
• Louis CK One

 Tweets of the week:

• Sainsbury’s many, many fish puns
• So that’s why they call it Bing. pic.twitter.com/g8SW5U6yxZ
• Some great advice from Will Ferrell pic.twitter.com/DtPox33uhE
• People say Pirlo has the best beard in football like they’ve not watched a Hansa Rostock game & seen Matthias Holst. pic.twitter.com/qt1k0r81Qb
• this is in no way a FUN fact pic.twitter.com/uJ9zSVuEwy
• RT @ThomasNoppers: Come on guys. Give it up pic.twitter.com/sPMG4W0Yy9
• It’s HMV Oxford Circus’s last day, so you better hurry if you want to save money on three copies of Tulisa’s album pic.twitter.com/RmXmxlzFU8
• Eats, shoots, and leaves folks #grammar RT @madamezooble: pic.twitter.com/mKRKugKQmy

 Part 3: For the weekend

 Long-form articles:

• I went on a Backstreet Boy’s Cruise
• Dr V’s magical putter – strange tale of someone’s quest to overcome inertia to build a scientifically superior golf club
• Why I bought a house in Detroit for $500 – really great writing
• Inside Monopoly’s secret war against the Third Reich
• What makes a (US) footballer player smart?

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