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The show is jam-packed this week with U.S. voter tools -- register online, call b.s. on politicians, and track where their money comes from. The FU of the Week is served by Creative Commons, enabling a culture of content-sharing, plus, popSiren's Sarah Lane checks in with us from an awesome indie music festival!

This week we're immersing ourselves in the web to for cutting-edge entertainment, to create collaborative fiction, and to check out some sweet beards. All while trying not to get banned. The FU of the Week is served by the creative team behind the Lonelygirl15 universe, and we have an insane music video road trip from Liars!

This week it seems like everyone is watching the new fall TV shows, but what are you watching online? We run down a few of our faves, check out what Jimmy Fallon is up to, and watch McCain get Barack-rolled. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by an organization empowering young filmmakers, and the music video spotlight thrashes your brain!

This week we're longer and stronger as we start off our new format with a FU from the new media production powerhouse that brought you Prom Queen. Plus we explode all over the place with hackable RFID, bus stop swings, hide and seek, and super hi-res satellite photos!

Lots of action at the RNC as the protesters steal the spotlight (and get gassed), lots of baby mama drama with Sarah Palin's underage daughter, and lots of geek arousal for Google's new Chrome browser. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by social music genius Lucas Gonze, spiritual father of all playlist-based music websites.

We were in Denver and talked to lots of DNC peeps including young delegates, protestors, and attendees. Our Artist of the Week has a way with the human body, we check out a music video shot in Shanghai, and Sarah Atwood takes us to the Outside Lands music festival. All that, plus peace panties!

It's back to bizness as usual as summer comes to an end, so we look at at angry professors who aren't afraid to show a little ass, an initiative to lower the U.S. drinking age to 18, and a few tips to help students get in the zone. The FU of the Week is served by Hayden Black, indie web comedy producer!

We take a ride on the rollercoaster of American culture and explore the recent backlash against two icons: Michael Phelps and Radiohead. The Artist of the Week is typewriter-into-robot sculptor Jeremy Mayer, there's a crazy awesome new flash game, and Sarah gives us a rave review for the indie film The Wackness!

Zadi highlights the Anti-Advertising Agency's new sticker campaign, we appreciate our inner manga self, are surprised by the fake Olympic fireworks, and we look at the extreme sport of Star Wars themed snowboarding. The FU of the Week goes to Doug Bresler, creator of the animated web series Doogtoons, and we get a sneak peek of Zadi's plastic-free adventure.

This week we talk to video rebels deported from China, we check out a video vigilante in New York City, and we wonder whether Google is making us stoopid. Plus, we spotlight a band with the greatest name ever, our Artist of the Week seems to be doing the impossible, and we hear your campfire video responses.

Google's Street View cameras are a voyeur's dream, emo culture may be forced to go underground in Russia, and we check out a "super" car mod for bat crazy fans. Zadi also announces the 7 Days Without Plastic project, and the FU of the Week is served by Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret -- a website where people mail secrets on anonymous postcards.

NASA gets uptight about sex experiments in space, hipsters stick to their own kind, and city dwellers get their kicks with a hybrid sport called urban soccer. Plus, our Artist of the Week is actually a tree-bending artform called Arborsculpture, and we have a special report from Annie on the hand-drawn news organization Week In Review.

The Montauk Monster mystery captivates the Internetz, female athletes get a "Y" surprise at the Olympics, and Japanese actors have a new rob. Also get ready for a new Flash Game Challenge with Dolphin Olympics 2, and the FU of the Week is served by freeway bike ridin' activists The Crimanimalz.

Celebs get the fugly treatment, a Canadian band takes a stand against proposed copyright laws, and we take a look at a blazin' new mind control headset. Plus our Artist of the Week, Marius Watz, shows us what sound looks like, and we have a special report about Olympic media restrictions that leads into a campfire discussion about one network with exclusive control over Olympic coverage.

This week we're jam packed with alternate reality games, vampires, zombies, and mutant pigs. And that's just in the first 2 minutes! We've also got a new FUca bulary lesson and the FU of the Week is served by the writers of Dr. Horrible fr om Comic-Con!

The U.S. economy sucks, so we look at how people around the world spend 5 bucks, how to save gas money with Google Maps, and how to sag your pants without getting busted by the cops! Fantasy illustrator Ryohei Hase is our Artist of the Week, and we interview the guys from rock band Drive A, whose average age is 16.

If you can't make it to San Diego, Zadi shows us web alternatives to Comic-Con, and she does it with style, dammit! We have a heads-up on the Watchmen mo vie, portraits of costumed fans, and New Orleans sticker cars (wtf?). Plus, our Artist of the Week gives away his comics online for free!

Lots of secrets revelead this week! Nine Inch Nails sends fans on a Google Map-powered treasure hunt, anonymous street artist Banksy is supposedly outed, and we debunk a UFO sighting in Poland! Our FU of the Week is served by sci-fi/horror novelist and podcaster Scott Sigler, and we go on a car hopping frenzy with this week's Flash Game Challenge!

This week Zadi rocks out for Rock Band 2, passes through Google's virtual world, and checks out an amazing video by Radiohead. Then Sarah Atwood gets buzzed and tells us about her thing for superheroes, plus geek graffiti and the Artist of the Week gives us eerie photos from foreign lands.

The U.S. government gets more rights to spy on us, the Pirate Bay wants to encrypt the Internet, and reflectoporn is taking up way too much of Rick's time. The FU of the Week is served by Mortified, who's all about personal redemption through public humiliation. Plus, an awesome new video by Lyrics Born!

It's the week of the iPhone 3G, third-party Facebook apps are up to no good, Viacom ganks our viewer data from YouTube, and our Artist of the Week is the Basquiat-inspired TMNK (The Me Nobody Knows). Plus, Zadi talks to the filmmakers behind the WoW documentary Second Skin, and we catch up with all your campfire responses.

We debunk Genepax's water-powered car, get funky with a robot rock band, and we ditch a few dicks with the new Word of the Week. Plus, we check out an awesome web-based image illustrator for all you MS Paint graduates. All that, and the FU of the Week is served by writer, producer, and star of The Guild, Felicia Day.

Bored for the 4th? There's always Facebook dipping, DIY crop circles, and candid photos of street fashion! Seth MacFarlane and Wil Wheaton are working on a new web series with Google, and our Artist of the Week is graffiti master Above. Plus, Steve gives a quick rundown of DIY radio resources!

Prince's lawyers are busy again, Radiohead gets crowdsourced by 200 musicians, and we flap our cheeks for the new Word of the Week. We also take a look at creative ways to get rid of your trash, and the FU of the Week is served by Sustainable Dave - a man who pledged to keep all of his trash for 365 days.

We thank George Carlin for making us aware of our words, we hear Saul Williams choose his words wisely, and we discover a social network dedicated to learning new languages. Our Artist of the Week does everything from tattoos to album covers and we talk to the band Salt and Samovar. Plus, we give away two of their handmade CD's!

We play with the new Spore Creature Creator, laugh at the "seedy underworld" of Sporn, and the FU of the Week is served by KCRW, a public radio station in Southern California using the web to build a community of music lovers.

We take a look at a collaborative novel that mashes up Google Maps into the narrative, the Artist of the Week is The Reverse Graffiti Project, and we have a special segment about Twitter clones called The Rick Factor!

We look at the high price of gas and the tools available online to help get the most for your buck. The FU of the Week is served by Elon Musk of Tesla and his new 100% electric supercar!

Ok, so the 3g iPhone is sweet, but it ain't as cheap as it sounds. Father's Day is coming up, and Internet memes are always a good gift, plus we have crazy pop culture musicals and we get to meet a few members of the EPIC FU community!

This week we're freaking in love with Firefox 3's RC2 release, we look at a super-simple event RSVP tool, and show some amazing and spooky steam punk art. This week's FU is served by Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday?, an organization dedicated to election reform.