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Making things go viral on the Internet is an elusive art, one that Jonah Peretti has studied and tried to perfect for more than a decade.

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This is in no way an endorsement.

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Viral marketing at its best.

Remember Dmitri the Lover ?

This footage is purportedly “leaked.” Riiiiiight. I'm putting my money on it being a part of some elaborate viral campaign by a travel website.

Video evidence of a Windows 3.1 Launch Party from October 1992.

WTF ad for a WTF candy.

The Best Links:

1. YouTube - Vintage Fruit Gushers Commercial
2. YouTube - Gushers Fruit Snacks Montage of Past Commercials
3. via Reddit via Pixelated Geek
4. Psychedelic Children’s Entertainment

Take a look at HEMA's (a Dutch department store with over 150 stores) product page - just wait a couple of seconds — DON'T click on anything.

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Writer David Rees provides NY Mag's Vulture with a downloadable PDF file in which he meditates (hilariously, although somewhat informatively) on And Then There's This , a new book by Bill Wasik that looks at the power of viral culture.

The Best Links:

1. Buy “And Then There’s This”
2. David Rees Reads “And Then There’s This”

One insurance company has decided to bring the Bahamas to the Dirty Jerz.

In preparation for Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze has started a blog which is being described as “part arts/culture blog, part Wild Things primer, and part newspaper for stuff that makes us psyched.”

The Best Links:

1. “Everyone Poops” Trailer [VIDEO]
2. ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Trailer
3. ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Focus Group [VIDEO]
4. We Love You So

Comic heartthrobs Andy “Barry” Samberg and Will “Eagleheart” Arnett go tete-a-tete in this parody for the MTV Movie Awards.

The trailer for the long-awaited Peter Jackson-produced alien flick has arrived — complete with matching online viral marketing! The Internet's abuzz with rumors about the realistic effects and creepy multiple websites that all connect to the film's story, which involves aliens living in “slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.”

The Best Links:

1. “The effects blend seamlessly, and all the acting is 100% believable. Granted, we don’t see a ton of action here, but this is easily one of my most anticipated movies of the summer.”
2. The Rotten Tomatoes page — did you know it’s producted by Peter Jackson?
3. Is the movie based on director Neill Blomkamp ‘s short film, Alive in Joburg?
4. IMDB plot summary: “An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.”
5. The film’s official site — with lots of crazy stuff going on
6. /Film tracks the film’s ongoing viral campaigns
7. “Alan Ball is so jealous right now. “Aw, no fair! I should have set True Blood in South Africa. And made the gay-metaphor vampires be race-metaphor aliens.”

This is an awesome old school NES-looking video game on the Cheetos website. Rescue princess no-neck from the awful state of Delaware, where she is being held captive by Dr. Pickle Hands and a toaster. Did I mention you look like Fabio and ride a pink farting unicorn? Get some.

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Behold, a Mona Lisa painted with burger grease.

Um, probably not.

If you and a bunch of your friends have about 15 hours to kill, you can use docs.google.com to make pretty snowflakes. Time. Well. Spent.