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In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them. “Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

So, where is Waldo and why are we always trying to find him? Internet acting troupe the Online Musical produced an elaborate short musical based on Waldo of the ‘Where’s Waldo?‘ book series that finally gives us a reason to look for the guy.

This elderly street performer kicks off his show by walking around on his hands. It’s impressive, no doubt, but it probably wouldn’t turn a lot of heads if it wasn’t for his age. His next trick, however, is amazing at any age. Yet, for whatever reason, the crowd doesn’t seem too impressed. Check it out below.

The ‘Concise Oxford English Dictionary,’ celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has added 400 new entries to the English language. The freshman class of words that are now officially, well, words include “sexting,” “retweet,” “mankini,” “noob,” “jeggings,” and “woot.”

Our friends at PopCrush assembled an epic list of the worst album covers released in the top half of 2011, including atrocities from Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit and 311. We must say, there’s something about the digital age that makes artists release pretty awful cover art — could it be that in the age of Spotify and iTunes, they think these’ll never actually get seen any larger than thumbnail-size? Rea

You know the drill. You get to the bottom of a bowl of soup or the milk remnants of your morning cereal, and you’re left with two choices: spoon up the rest in tiny increments, or tip the bowl to your face like a four-year-old. Now you have a third option.