Internet. Numero 9

Happy new year! It always comes around so quickly. I can't believe it's January again, but there it is. This is the first year in a while that we haven't gone somewhere hot for this miserable month, so I'm interested to see how I cope with sleepless nights combined with what can be overwhelming Scandinavian bleakness. I'm sure all will be well, however. There's plenty to do, plenty to watch, and plenty to see. There's also plenty of baby poo to clean up. OK, enough random mutterings. 

If you, like me, like the idea of smoking a cigar but have no idea what to do with one, then this is for you. 

If you've not see the deep, dark fears comics yet, you should click here. 

These are apparently the best face swaps of 2014. I'd agree. Bond/M is still my favourite. 

Take a note from Carl Sagan 

Or from this...

My dad says I always post about space, so this, dad, is just for you.

Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12 500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the eight books every intelligent person on the planet should read. I'll be the first to admit I've read exactly none of them.

If you're a Chrome user, check out The Next Web's 10 useful extensions for 2015. They've very good, both in a useful way and a not so useful way, like this web history analyser. I'm not going to tell you which website I've spent the most time on today, this week, this month or ever.

OK, that's it. It's the weekend and I have brunch plans!

Deep Dark Fears

People's weirdest and most irrational fears turned into comics by illustrator Fran Krause. Sometimes our worst fears have absolutely zero logic; we are our worst enemies. 

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It's Boxing Day Internet!

Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. A different Christmas for me, as it's the first with child. A very little child, but a child nonetheless. He doesn't do much expect eat, sleep and produce foundation shaking farts, but he certainly takes up space, time, and both mental and physical energy. 

Anyway! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are now suitably full and/or pissed. After all, that's what it's all about. 

Let's look at Star Wars, and a five year-old discussing Princess Leia's clothing. 

A conversation with my 5 year old daughter about Jabba The Hutt's fashion ideas. Animation by The Brothers McLeod TWITTER: @BROTHERSMCLEOD WEBSITE: http://www.brothersmcleod.co.uk/ From 'Adam Buxton's Shed Of Christmas' First broadcast on @SkyArts at 9.30pm on Tuesday 16th December 2014 produced by Burning Bright

BBC reporter, Quentin Sommerville, tries to report standing next to a big pile of burning heroin, hash, and opium. He tries not to inhale, but I don't think it worked very well. 

Quentin Sommerville struggles complete his piece to camera Quentin Sommerville struggles complete his piece to camera Quentin Sommerville struggles complete his piece to camera Red-faced BBC news man gets so high next to stack of burning drugs he can't finish his report - and warns viewers 'Don't inhale!'

This look at Christmas, auteur style, is very good. I like them all. 

Christmas morning through the eyes of a few of our favourite film directors.Happy Holidays from Fourgrounds Media Inc. and Suitcase in Point Theatre Company See Part two here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5cnLjaV11o We are a film and video production company in Niagara, Canada.

He sees you. 

Have a Christmas dinner donut and be done with it. 

So....apparently, that sound that took over trailers and movies for a few years (also known as the Inception Horn, or just BAAAAAAAAAARP), is, "...based on an extremely slowed down version of the fast, high pitched trumpets in that Piaf classic." The classic being Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. I didn't know this. 

Wikipedia have made their first video based on what we read and what we edited. It's a great way to show the year. 

The world made more than 100 million edits to Wikipedia in 2014. In our first ever annual video, revisit what you read and edited, from the FIFA World Cup to the Indian general elections, and the Ice Bucket Challenge to Ebola in West Africa. Use the hashtag #Edit2014 to follow the conversation.

What happens when guys kiss guys for the first time? Not that much actually...

"The beard is going to be interesting." Check out more awesome videos at BuzzFeedVideo! http://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedvideo We asked real guys to kiss each other for the first time on-camera. It was awkward. MUSIC "El Escondite" and "Sunshine And Champagne" Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc.

Because it's Christmas, I have to share this again. It might be a few years old, but it's still absolutely brilliant: The Santa Brand Book. 

Finally, here is what happens when the BBC work on Christmas Day. 

Have a great rest-of-holiday.