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The 2K11 24/7 CCXIX: Welcome to the Internet. (Please enjoy your stay.)

Ever since my family got a high-speed Internet connection way back when, I in turn have always found ways to keep myself occupied on a computer.

I totally understand if you don't get it — I'm an offshoot of a nerd. As a child, I spent summers inside writing stories instead of playing outside with the neighbourhood kids. I've won a handful of spelling bees. Been playing video games since before I was even going to school. The nerdiness runs deep. But it's often the nerds who forge first into uncharted territory.

So unsurprisingly, if you spend a lot of time on a computer, you tend to come across a lot of crazy stuff on the Internet. And if you've missed out on much of the hilarity/insanity/WTF-ness that the Internet has to offer, worry not; someone was kind enough to compile them into a couple of lists for you:

http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/

http://www.youshouldhavealsoseenthis.com/

Everything on those lists have had their 15 minutes of fame at one point or another — this is stuff that you usually can't PLAN to create; most of the stuff that goes viral is due to factors outside of the creators' control. Or they plan them and become one-hit wonders. But it doesn't make them any less amusing.

So go forth. Partake of some Internet. And when you do, tell 'em Casey sent ya.

--Casey E. Palmer

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// Posted August 7, 2011

The 2K11 24/7 LXXXIII: Information Overload

Life was simpler before we gained this obsession with knowing EVERYTHING.

Somewhere along the line, we overdid it. It's human nature to satisfy our curiosity. We learn more through our own personal experiences than we do from reading, watching or being told something by someone else. These are all parts of maturing, forearming ourselves with knowledge that will help us along in this adventure called life.

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// Posted March 24, 2011