It's time to further explore the exciting world of Web Series. Your tour guide today -- as always -- is Bwog Television Critic Rob Trump. For even more of Trump's musings, direct your attention to his blog, which has been added to our blogroll for your convenience.

If you like to keep up on your Saturday Night Live news, you'll be happy to know that fantastic New York stand-up comedian John Mulaney has been hired as a writer (as well as UCBT vet Bobby Moynihan as an actor) for the upcoming season. Besides getting me really excited for this year of the show -- Mulaney is seriously hilarious, see him live if you can -- that makes now a good time to muse on the subsequent careers of SNL non-cast writers, a legacy far less-examined than that of the performers. Because while a handful of them have gone on to more visible careers , they're much more likely to end up writing for a sitcom or late night show and remain as invisible to you as they've always been.

Last week, Bwog's online television aficionado Rob Trump discussed The Burg. Trump returns this weekend with thoughts on Michael Cera's latest venture, Clark and Michael.

Anyone who recently saw Pineapple Express probably caught the following trailer to Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist:


If your reaction to that was, "MICHAEL CERA WHY?" then congratulations, you have a soul.

Let's welcome to the Internet Career Center's new post-MonsterTRAK website. (Hopefully you remembered to remove all resumes, cover letters, etc. that you might have saved in the old system.)

Features of the new website include lengthy sections about everything from interviewing for jobs ("Men: Never wear white socks") to the art of negotiation and a graph that illustrates how your skills can translate into jobs: for instance, a skilled researcher might be interested in "clinical research, market research, policy research, or magazine research." Plus, according to the website, "you will also be able to maintain a person calendar," which is a calendar designed specifically for people, just like you!

LionSHARE will be releasing how-to tutorials in the coming weeks with information about using the new system and presumably an email annoucing its existence.

Did you know that other people associated with Columbia besides the Terrible 12s have been doing things (exciting things, in fact) this summer? It's true! Here, we'll prove it to you:

-- Columbia law professor (and subject of a 2007 Blue and White profile) Tim Wu wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about bandwidth, in which he warns of a bandwidth cartel and suggests alternate technologies with which to move information.

-- Fun fact: Terrible war criminal Radovan Karadzic (the only person to ever be indicted on genocide charges at the Hague) is a proud graduate attendee of the Columbia med school.

-- Today is Sunil Gulati's 49th birthday! Bwog has now wished Gulati a happy birthday three years in a row.

Oh you kids today, with your New Facebook and AOL Instant Messager and such. The New York Times talked to a bunch of you who prefer going online to reading books that your parents bought for you. It seems that the standardized test scores of Kids Today have declined and plateaued, causing many older people to blame the Internet. But some others are saying that the Internet has created a "new kind of reading", claiming that even reading New Facebook is better than watching TV because at least there are words involved.

We hear from a bunch of online readers like anime enthusiast Nadia, who counts among her favorite literature some nonsense entitled "My absolutely, perfect normal life ... ARE YOU CRAZY? NOT!" Bwog found this thing online and we can see why all the adults are so worried. To quote from Chapter 30: "I drop my hotdog! It just flew towards the end... uwahhhh!! Damn plane! Wait... is that? MY HOTDOG!? I MUST REACH OUT TO IT!! WAIT..."

Oh boy, the "New Facebook" that you've been hearing nothing about is here. What's different about New Facebook? Well, for one thing, it's certainly wider! And your wall posts are outlined in gray. But apparently there are other differences, and the madman behind this creation has explained them all in his Facebook blog:

• The Publisher lets you put content on your own Wall. Like writing on your own Wall, but now it's called The Publisher.

• Size matters: You can adjust the size of things on your profile, "to promote the things you care about most, and demote the stories you don't find as interesting."

• Your own Wall will stalk you. "The Wall now surfaces the most recent and relevant information—in the form of posts of stories—about you. We believe that having a constant stream of information, or 'feed' is the most effective way to learn about and keep up with friends."

Facebook loyalists have been rallying to the defense of New Facebook, pointing out that the new photo browsing function is easier to use. But go see for yourself, and then choose a side, for the question of New Facebook allegiance is surely the defining one of our generation.

UPDATE: More terror lies ahead after the jump.