Memepool has more than earned its place in my aggregator. Where else would I learn of The Monkey Chow Diaries (and blog), or the plot structure of Fight Club in Legos, or this flying dude?

amusing, funny, memepool, odd

It’s amusing how retailers will try to capture a trend. So retro gaming fans have been building their own arcade cabinets for years now, but I just saw that Target is offering a Midway Arcade Machine for the holidays. The 96-pound machine is described as “full-size” and offers Joust, Defender I and II, Robotron, Rampage, Splat, Satan’s Hollow, Root Beer Tapper, Bubbles, Wizard of War, Timber and Sinistar.

tags: amusing, arcade cabinet, arcade cabinets, arcade machine, bubbles, defender, gaming fans, joust, midway, midway games, rampage, retro gaming, robotron, root beer tapper, satan’s hollow, sinistar, splat, target, timber, trend, wizard of war

The Speakeasy Speed Test is an okay way to waste some time, but the most amusing thing is how easy they make it to promote them. The Speakeasy badge here looks like any web ad, but they’re not paying for it. All they did was post a link saying Add Speakeasy Speed Test to Your Site.

I guess we all ought to take this marketing tip from them: make sure your readers know how to link to you. Make linking easy, and your position in the Google Economy will grow.

tags: amusing, google economy, internet marketing, marketing, marketing tip, speakeasy, speakeasy speed test