World’s Strangest

Facebook Employee Proposes to Google GirlfriendHow does the Senior Platform Manager at Facebook Dave Morin propose to his Google girlfriend Brittany Bohnet? Simple, by spelling out “B. Will you marry me?” in coconuts on a a sandy beach in the Maldives and flying over it in a private charter plane while she gets to pilot [...]

Cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal describes nine people that are unfortunately on Facebook. He’s been on a roll lately, adding new content to his archive of cartoons about every four days. Link via reddit

Hypnotist Chris Hughes has said he is going to place the whole nation in a trance using Twitter and Facebook as part of what is being billed to be…

We’ve previously featured Facebook status updates from the characters of Star Wars and DC Comics heroes. Now Jason Michaels of College Humor puts the characters of The Lord of the Rings through the same treatment. Five more at the link. Link via Geekologie

(YouTube Link) Dana Hanna of Abingdon, Maryland updated his Facebook relationship status at the altar, immediately after the presiding pastor declared the marriage. In The Los Angeles Times, W.J. Hennigan writes: Hanna explains on YouTube that he did it for laughs and that the gag was a surprise to everybody in attendance except the minister. This would [...]

Yes, all kinds of Facebook parodies have already been created, including the excellent Hamlet version by Sarah Schmelling, and even a Star Wars edition, as John Farrier pointed out recently. But if you haven’t seen this one by Brian Sack of Banterist I think you will enjoy it, particularly if you are interested in 20th c. [...]

Yeah, but they’re teddy bears that eat people, so don’t feel too bad. Brian Murphy of CollegeHumor put together five Facebook update pages as though they had been written by Star Wars characters. Link via Hell in a Handbasket

If you’re on a long-term disability because of depression, perhaps it’s a good idea not to post photos of yourself having fun on Facebook: Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving [...]

Image: Tobi, screen capture by Fast Company The online clothing store Tobi lets you upload a picture of yourself and then try on different outfits superimposed on that image. In Fast Company, Kit Eaton writes: It has been redubbed Fashionista (much better than the original Webcam Social Shopper) and it works pretty much how you’d think it [...]

With new users joining every day, many people either don’t know Facebook etiquette or they don’t care. The Golden Rule, and treating people as you would treat them offline is a good start, but just in case, here are some guidelines for how not to act on Facebook, and other social networking sites. For example, [...]