Funny Or Die
The UK version of this Will Ferrell-backed video site is a great place for guaranteed laughter. A voting system means only the best survive, with less amusing clips democratically dispatched to the dumper. Alongside bloopers and US comedy clips are exclusives, such as Peter Serafinowicz's incredible 50 impressions in two minutes, Matt Berry's guide to film-making and a gritty northern short starring Peter Kay's wing man Paddy McGuinness as an unemployed ninja. The site also houses vintage classics such as Matt Lucas and David Walliams's pre-Little Britain mockumentary series Rock Profiles.
Flynn Lives
Tron: Legacy, the sequel to Disney's 1980s videogame classic, isn't out until December, but a sizeable buzz around the film is building online, thanks in part to an Alternate Reality Game and some viral marketing which last month led to a fake press conference in San Francisco being sabotaged by a character parachuting in. Most of the action centres around this fictional campaigning site run by protesters who believe the wherabouts of gaming genius Kevin Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges), missing since 1989, are being kept secret by his former employers Encom. Links to other sites reveal clues, let you hack into Encom's intranet, and unlock movie footage and soundtrack music by Daft Punk.
Blog Roll: Classical music
New Yorker critic and author Alex Ross on a range of music from Wagner to Pavement.
What's wrong with Radio 3, the secret life of an Arab record label and a hot new Latvian composer.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth, plus the young Pavarotti and Czech opera.
The worst job in music, the National Youth Orchestra of Baghdad and Chopin overkill.
How far Dmitri Hvorostovsky will go to get a laugh and the humiliation of conducting.
Interactive map connecting composers.
What we learned on the web this week
Movie poster designers love a through-the-legs shot
Malcolm McLaren's best post-Pistols hits
How to insult a giant squid
The versatility of Alan Rickman
Love is… a Boyz II Men monologue
The sartorial brilliance of Gaga
Barry Venison gets the respect he deserves
Dads are to blame for the financial meltdown
Seven signs you're taking Facebook too seriously
The 10 biggest jumps of all time
