There is no telling what makes a meme stick and whether it will rise to Internet stardom — but once one has started to take off, there is no stopping it.
Over the past few months an odd meme has appeared regularly in the GIF communities on Imgur and Reddit. The meme — known as Javert or "Javert your eyes" — stems from the 2012 film Les Misérables.
The GIF features a disappointed Russell Crow, who plays the role of Javert in Les Mis, and it serves as the perfect reaction GIF for countless scenarios. And that's how the meme was used for a long time. Imgur's community director, Sarah Schaaf, told The Daily Dot that "Javert has actually been used as a reaction GIF for years." Schaaf cited the example of "When I am too old to play in the ball pit," which appeared in 2012 Read more...
"Write this down — it's going to be on the final exam," said no boss ever.
Note-taking is an unsung challenge of moving from school to the workplace — we're in a completely new environment, with totally different reasons for note-taking and different needs for how we'll use our notes later on, yet most of us are relying on the methods we used in our high school history class.
And while it's rare that anyone will lose a job for not taking notes on something, the small, ongoing effect of bad notes (or skipping notes completely) can really hurt your career. How many times have you had to email your boss, a colleague, or a client asking a question about something she talked about in a meeting the other day because you forgot it? That's hurting that relationship — not to mention everyone's productivity. Read more...
It's now possible to pay for Microsoft products with Bitcoin — just in time for the holidays.
Microsoft customers in the United States can use the digital currency to add money to their online accounts and purchase software, apps and games, including those for Xbox consoles — like Xbox Music — and Windows phones or computers.
No official announcement had been made at the time of writing about the move to support Bitcoin, but Microsoft did quietly post a how-to guide on its website
Image: Screenshot, Microsoft
Bitcoin payments for Microsoft products are currently only supported in the U.S.; users must first add bitcoins to their accounts before redeeming them for regulated U.S. dollars prior to making a purchase Read more...
As of Thursday night, when Bones airs its weird and wonderful 200th episode, it will find itself in a very elite group of TV shows. To mark the series' exciting induction into the 200 Club, Mashable is hosting another edition of Watch with Mashable, featuring executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan
Starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, the dynamic duo — known well to loyal Boneheads everywhere — will be live-tweeting the episode for Mashable Entertainment (@MashEntertain). Then immediately after the episode, directed by star David Boreanaz, Hanson will join us for a live Google Hangout
Series one centred on detectives Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller's (Olivia Colman) search for the murderer of an 11-year-old boy, Daniel Latimer, killed in a small, close-knit town in Dorset Read more...
The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita handheld are coming to China in January after the country lifted its 14-year ban on foreign video-game consoles earlier this year. Sony announced on Thursday that its offerings will be available in China as of J...
From the lowest orc to the King of Rohan, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a real death fest when you look at the numbers. Digg made a supercut of every on-screen death in the extended editions, adding up to a total of 212,470. The extended trilogy ...
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