Much respect to Adele cleaning house and thus actual music trumping out the rest of the pop garbage at the Grammys. Hip-hop’s category was as dry as the upcoming election, but at least it went to someone reputable. I find it almost sad that old-school rappers are still holding it down better than today’s young bucks; like some who are going through identity crisis. As for Nicki Minaj’s onstage exorcism?? Much like the cinematic flop that is Suckerpunch, I couldn’t stomach watching the performance to conclusion. I was almost interested to watch it to see how bad it could get, but with the chrorus shrieking at “Roman” to take her meds and take a vacation, and Nicki pretending to be possessed by anything but originality, I decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Almost as fitting was her Young Money label-mate Drake introducing her, who just recently in a classic battle of words and records, was chopped up by hip-hop legend Common. On to the next one.

Got a kick out of this one. Renown French photographer Sacha Goldberger takes before and after photos of ordinary people looking like they’ve had a really bad day, when all they went for was a jog.

This is not new, but Easy Mac Micro Maniac is one of my favorite sites ever. You basically have a virtual microwave at your disposal to bake a number of different items into a often times scorching heap.

Another bit of flash wizardry I saw was this flash game called Magnum: Pleasure Hunt Across The Internet. The game itself is pretty long and engaging for what is essentially an interactive ad for chocolate covered ice cream. Although the gameplay is far from innovative, the design and presentation is extremely well done and worth the few minutes it takes to play through it.