Internet picks of the week

Cracked After cats, illegal downloading and NSFW images, a favourite on the internet is the funny list, a large proportion of the better examples of which will have began life on this satirical American site that began life back in the print era as a rival to Mad magazine. From "6 Absurd Gender Stereotypes (That Science Says Are True)" to "15 grossly misleading movie posters" to "The 5 Most Famous Musicians Who Are Thieving Bastards", their run-downs always come with sardonic explanations and clips to back up their choices. It's very American-centric and a bit "college humour" in places, so proceed with caution. As well as the lists are some excellent spoof videos, including the very wonderful Does Not Compute, an occasionally disturbing delve into the murkier corners of YouTube, and a spectacularly bad daily caption contest. Mark Watson Mark Watson the comedian (not to be confused with the many Mark Watsons who aren't comedians) has been so busy being funny on various panel shows that he hasn't updated his biography since the middle of 2009. Fortunately he has found time to fill up the rest of his official site and his blog, which is updated almost daily. He has recently confessed to the paranoia that comes with being half-recognised in shopping centres, how he can't watch other comedians on TV, and ruminated on why Ed Balls will never be prime minister. There's also a brilliant football page and links to his eco campaign Crap At The Environment. Blog roll: Steampunk Brass Goggles The French company behind the world's first flying greenhouse, steampunk music and news of the 2010 Steampunk Flugtag Olympics. The Traveller's Steampunk Blog Musings from a travelling steampunk including expeditions to Japan, Russia and Africa. Steampunk Home Interior design for those in search of the modern Victorian brass raygun look. Age of Steam A brief history of the top hat, historical fiction reviews and turn of the century sci-fi. Robots of Oz Meet Boilerplate the 1893 fighting robot and the moustachioed Mechanical Man from 1907. What we learned on the web this week The correct way to poach an egg How to add gentle rain to your environment A brief history of the pixel Some people really dislike Solanum lycopersicum Truman Show syndrome is on the rise The iconography of toilets How they release those big money balls in Poland The deep and mystical melancholy of a bandaged cat The truth behind Lost's sideways world Why 3D movies make some people sick