• First off there’s a bit of an internet meme going on about how badly Microsoft’s app Songsmith butchers classic hits (the killer is the rendition of The Police’s song Roxanne)
• Then the hilarious complaint letter of a Virgin Atlantic passenger to owner Richard Branson about the airline food from hell
• Photoshop fun with Tom Cruise on Flickr
• 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year…
• socialmedian – aggregating SM in a different way
• Razorfish published an interesting whitepaper on social media measurement with widgets and applications that ties consumer activity to purchase behaviour (stupid Flash site though), a quick summary on their blog Going Social Now
• Google’s plan to make PC history by virtualizing PCs
• Forbes’ list of 25 web celebs
• BusinessWeek article on which types of web video ads best deliver eyeballs and clicks
• Fifty people one question – nice artsy initiative by agency Crush + Lovely
• X-ray lamp for your own medical records on Gizmodo
• First commercially cloned dog delivered to family (Jeez, just go to the pound instead and give a needy animal a home!)
• ProBlogger post on website and social media metrics
• Gizmodo post on the very cool GarageBand artist lessons
• Sir David Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God
• mobiForge post on effective design for multiple screen sizes
• More ridiculous campaigning abusing Obamaisms, this time Ikea
• Andy Wibbels’ hilarious post five ways you’ll fuck up 2009
• YouTube makes annotating videos easier (RRW) and Nielsen deletes the reply-all button internally (TC)
• Last but not least goats in trees on Flickr

Sex still sells. Even with jeans on.

Looks like BMW is about to open up another niche in the car business with a new breed between sedan, station wagon and SUV. Thanks to Markus for sending it in.

I so want one of these. [via Gizmodo]

Nice but it’ll still be many years until the paper madness disappears. [via TC]

Just came across this on the Jalopnik blog. Here’s the blurb from the hub on spike.com where you can also find a second episode:

It may have the P word in its title, but it’s not porn. Everything is there from the awkward camera angles, horrible acting, subdued production values, and stereotypical setups, but when the moment of truth arrives it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to keep things PG.

Anyway, here’s Roadside Ass-sistance, starring Sasha Grey and James Gunn:

GoDaddy style and no need to pay NBC as this one will go viral.