It's not all basketball, Facebook and bacon around here this week. Oh no. Thanks to the Scanner that list now includes robots taking care of your grandparents and quitting your job via a tasty cake.

And canned bacon.

Just how awesome (and powerful) are the Mythbusters? In the process of busting a myth they managed to shatter windows one town over.

In case you missed it, the trailer for "Where the Wild Things Are" was released this week. Go enjoy some nostalgia.

Consider this list: 9 things the Internet has ruined forever, including cats, the news, Rick Astley, porn and privacy. Not in that order.

This week's graphic love comes from Wired, where you try to discern which type of blowhard you are from a handy flow chart.

It's real, and it's fabulous. Ladies and gentlemen, Sex Panther cologne. Endorsed by Brian Fantana of "Anchorman."

Google Street View continues to cause a little controversy and now a rights group in Britain wants Google to flip the off switch on Street View for a while.

Activison, makers of Guitar Hero, are moving steps closer to a DJ game as the site for DJ Hero went live this week. [Engadget]

As much as I dig Twitter, I'm not sure if I think it should be studied in school. [Technically Incorrect]

Also in Twitter news, Twitter is putting plans in motion to create premium (pay) accounts for big corporations. [Wired]

And there was also this tidbit: Jennifer Aniston reportedly dumped John Mayer because of a Twitter obsession. Don't know if I buy that.

I find this "Watchmen" & "Wall-E" trailer mash-up strangely entertaining and surprisingly funny.

Also strangely funny? This tumblr blog featuring people dressed as characters from Wes Anderson movies, entitled "Tenenbaum FAIL."

I am disturbed by this: Canned Bacon. The horror...the horror. [Geekologie]

Remember the "Shot Gun" from a few weeks back? Now you can add The Beer Blaster to the party arsenal. Good luck with that. [Urlesque]

Could this count as "Gaydar?" There's a new location-based iPhone application that allows gay singles to chat and meet. [Techcrunch]

YES! Nintendo is finally making a new version of "Punch Out" for the Wii! [G4]

Mark your calendars for the uprising. The Japanese government says within 5 years they will have robots taking care of the elderly. [Gizmodo]

Since this is the Season for Brackets, those of you not down with college hoops might want to check out Best Week Ever's 90s Movie Madness Bracket.

If 90s movies aren't your bag, then you may want to check out ESPN Page 2's meat bracket from Paul Lukas. Here's the actual meat bracket. And yes, bacon made it to the championship.

Apparently the Hall of Justice from the old Super Friends cartoon was based on a real building in Cincinnati. [Boing Boing]

It actually happened. A man's satellite navigation system almost took him over a cliff. Brilliant.

Mental Floss does everyone a service and digs up unconventional places to find jobs, like prison, the equine job fair, strip clubs and LaidOffCamp. You're welcome.

How bad are the job prospects for white collar workers? Apparently so bad that some are turning to stripping as their next career. [Daily Intel]

In the hall of fame of ways to quit your job, where does resigning with a cake rank? [Urlesque

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