Form One Lane

I went on the Internet 20090716

I just did a clean-up of my bookmarks and got rid of a bunch of reminders that, it turns out, failed to remind me of the thing I needed reminding of in time for me to stand reminded when I needed to be. This is the usual result whenever I clean out my bookmarks. However, I also came across several interesting-looking websites and articles which, having enjoyed, I now feel beholden to share with the world. You're welcome.

• Baby's named a bad, bad thing — a compendium of bad ("unique") baby names, each derided with an attached attempt at failed humour in the trademarked Internet House Snark. Bored though I am (and I dare say you are) by Internet House Snark, the website is fascinating simply because of the sheer breadth of bad baby names out there, and the increasingly hysterical explanations proffered by clueless parents. (I also got a kick out of one line, The child was later mistaken for an amnesiac when, asked by a police officer what her name was she said, crying, "I don't know.")
• Speaking of Internet House Snark, Overheard in New York is a great list of the funny and fascinating things people overhear out of context. Its presence helps, in some small way, to help fill the massive gap left by the beautiful inpassing.org.
• A Great slideshow of "no girls allowed" signs.
• An hilarious story from the New Yorker: Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers, by Yoni Brenner.
• What Hath Captcha Wrought?