Today’s video games sure are impressive, but every now and then I get nostalgic for the games of yore–with simple graphics, annoying bleeps and blips and nothing to do but blast aliens until you ran out of quarters. With the Internet we can recreate those first-generation video games, and we won’t need [...]

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First created as a demonstration for the animation company Kinetix, The Dancing Baby has become one of the most famous downloads in history. It’s been forwarded to practically everyone with an e-mail address, and has become a fixture on Ally McBeal. Some people think it’s the cutest computerized thing [...]

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OK, so you’re sick and tired of that stupid Dancing Baby by now — you’re sick of seeing his featureless gray body jerking across your computer screen … and on Ally McBeal … and in Blockbuster commercials … and — you get the idea. Fortunately, there’s a lot more to online [...]

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Look below for quick and easy downloads of our favorite Dancing Babies.

Boogie Baby — Watch him get down to “Y.M.C.A.” — or add your own tune.
Drunk Baby — Not for kids, unless you want to warn them of the dangers of alcohol.
Military Baby — He’s in the [...]

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There’s a (no longer very) new Web technology in town, and it’s got record labels worried. Called MP3, it lets you store music and other noises on your computer in a small size, but with quality approaching that of a cassette tape or crummy CD player.

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Some days it just doesn’t pay to get up. The bad news is your waterbed sprung a leak; the good news is that it was able to wake you up when your alarm clock didn’t. Your car stalled at the busiest intersection on your way to work, and your boss’s secretary says [...]

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