“Have you ever felt life as you know it could be better in a version 2.0? There’s a lot of detailed complaints I could make about life and name things I wish would happen instead — that I could fly, that I could teleport and so forth — but this is a list based around things that actually exist, but could be substantially improved. Ideas that might seem unearthly at first yet still resemble reality as we know it. Here we go.” w/ photos

“If Mad Men has taught us anything, it’s that smoking is incredibly sexy. Is it bad for you? Sure. Does it look awesome? Definitely. Here are the 12 female celebrities that we think look better with cigarettes.” w/ photos

“This is your LAST CHANCE to use these words if you still want them. All the British newspapers have articles today about a study by Collins Dictionary that has determined which words are obsolete enough to be scrapped. Please try to use one of these words in a sentence today so that we can save them.” w/ photos

“Bad guys are almost always more fun than heroes, or at least more fun to watch. Maybe it’s because we know they probably won’t win, so we have a good time watching them try. Or maybe it’s because they’re allowed to do the kinds of things most of us never will. Whatever it is, classic villains stick with us, and the 1980s had some great ones. The era was defined by over-produced art buffed to a high gloss, and its bad guys were just as puffed-up and crazy as you’d expect from the decade that gave us real-life villains from cult leaders to day traders. Here are eight of the best.” w/ videos

“During the late 1970s video games became sophisticated enough to offer good-quality sound and graphics, though they were still very basic. As a result, companies had to rely on simple and fun gameplay in their arcade games to become popular. This emphasis on the gameplay is why many arcade games continue to be enjoyed today despite their technology being vastly outdated by modern computing technology… Here are the top 10 influential arcade games.” w/ photos

“Can light bulbs be anything but functional glass baubles? These artists prove that bulbs have a secret life that only green-fingered repurposing can shine a light on!… With amazing creativity and a sense for blending the organic with the inorganic, these creative hands have recycled and repurposed everyday light bulbs, allowing the little glass globes to be reborn as functional and beautiful flower pots and mini-terrariums! We were impressed! Or should we say enlightened?” w/ photos

“Car chases have been part of movies virtually from the moment cars and movies sprang into existence at the turn of the 20th century. And most movie car chases are made up of familiar, clichéd stunts. You know, cop cars that climb up hidden pipe ramps and spin in the air before crushing down on their still flashing light bars, fruit carts there just for the hitting, and cars that leap ridiculous distances at ludicrous heights and still manage to keep driving after they land. But the best chases do something surprising. They have great driving. These are the ten greatest driving stunts or stunt sequences in cinematic history.” w/ videos

“Good movie trailers are sometimes as good as whole movies. Additionally, posters are sometimes a highly amusing, highly engaging tactic to get you intrigued as to the thrills, chills, laughs, highs and lows of a good flick. But you know something? You can stomp both these sappy, bright-eyed little attempts at getting a movie attention right into the ground with a good wild gimmick. Any smart, hard-working sucker can make a good movie sound good with determination and a bit of luck, but it takes an ingenious con artist to sell a piece of junk using only street-smarts, corner-cutting, and a ton of moxie.” w/ photos

“You know the drill… you dig the girl, but the girl doesn’t dig you. When you get relegated to that role of insignificant other, it’s said you’ve landed yourself in the Friend Zone. Well, as it turns out there have been plenty of guys on TV to find themselves in this ungodly netherworld of non-sex. While many eventually crawl their way out, [Here] are 11 classic TV characters who were epically trapped in the Friend Zone.” w/ photos

“Whether it was Marty McFly, Gordon Gekko, the Terminator, Jake La Motta, the working girl (Melanie Griffith), or sharp-shooter Jimmy Chitwood, the 1980’s was a memorable decade of iconic heroes, novel advances in technology, and the cementation of blockbuster culture at the movies. Hollywood has always been a fast-moving town with new sets of winners and losers every decade. Here are the ten directors who most defined the 1980’s.” w/ photos