Internet picks of the week

Your Old Crap Website

Slowly, we have begun to realise that anything we say or write on the internet may be used against us at some embarrassing future moment in time. However, we didn't know that in 1996 BBC News reporter Rajesh Mirchandani, when asked to describe himself in one word, replied "pisshead" in Radio 1's jokey Newsbeat pages. This site compares and contrasts (well, ridicules) corporate websites from now with their less technically impressive 90s versions, when – quite often, it seems – the websites of multinational corporations, or even political parties were left in the capable hands of the office junior with a budget of £15. Meanwhile, those worried about how the Catholic church spends its spare cash will be delighted to see that the Vatican's website of 1998 is identical to the website of 2010.

Most Awesomest Thing Ever

This quest to discover the most awesomest thing ever pitches two things against one another (Thing one or Thing Two) and you have to decide which one is best. A Justin Hawkins-style squeal will accompany your choice. The verdicts are not easy and force you to decide what has contributed more to the wonderfulness of human existence, for instance: Stewie Griffin or time-lapse photography; Bruce Lee or Encyclopaedia Britannica. If you're undecided an info button will lead you to Wikipedia but the never-ending battle works best if you pick quickly. At the time of writing the list of 100 Awesomest was topped by the internet, lasers and chocolate, while the ranking of the "Inadequatest" suggests Akon and clowns.