Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater

The funniest comedian on the planet is doing an experiment. Instead of taking a check from HBO, Showtime, or some other censor-free media outlet, Louis C.K. decided he'd release his new hour-long show — full of all-new material, and edited and directed by the man himself — in DRM-free HD format, directly from his website. The result is Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater ($5), or the funniest thing you'll watch for $5 this year. We could go on, but really? It's $5. Just buy it.

G.I. Joe: Resolute

Terrorism. Murder. Blood. Bullets. Darkness. This is the G.I. Joe cartoon you've been waiting 25 years for. G.I. Joe: Resolute ($14) is a new animated mini-series featuring classic Joes and Cobra operatives that's sure to make the live action movie look even more like a turd. Aimed at older viewers, and garnering standing ovations at JoeCon Comic-Con, Resolute consists of 11 episodes (ten 5-minute episodes and one 10-minute finale) totaling 60 minutes. We won't tell you the plot, but let's just say Cobra Commander goes totally apocalyptic on Moscow. In the first four minutes. Can someone please start a petition to turn this into a regular weekly series? Oh, and don't forget the toys.

This Is Why You're Fat

Celebrate alongside the cholesterol gods with This Is Why You're Fat, a new blog that showcases the unhealthiest (and tastiest) foods on the planet. Marvel at heart attack-inducing treats like the Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough, the In-N-Out 100x100 Burger, the Candied Bacon Ice Cream, Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburgers, and the vomitastic Happy Meal Pizza.

Lala

Meet one of the coolest things to happen to online music since the introduction of iTunes. Lala is a web based music service that allows users to either listen to their libraries through a browser or download non-DRM tracks for wherever listening. You can listen to any track or album once through for free, after that it costs just 10 cents to listen to a track unlimited through a browser or 89 cents to download it for fair use. If that's not a big enough draw, each new account gets 50 free tracks and Lala offers an application that will scan your existing music library and add any track that you already own to your Lala. With over 6 million tracks available, it's completely changing the way that cool kids consume music at the office.

Behold the awesome old school goodness of these vintage-printed, buttery-soft Homage T-Shirts. They turn back the clock with shout outs to eclectic moments and personalities in sports, music, politics and popular culture. From Bruce Lee to Larry Bird, the tees tell stories of triumph, individualism and hustle. Pay Homage.

MTV Music

It's about freakin' time. MTV Music packs nearly every video ever played on the once-upon-a-time music video channel into a free, searchable online video database that puts YouTube and its poor-quality VHS transfers to shame. I want my MTV.

Pitchfork.tv

Pitchfork, purveyors of impossibly hip indie music coverage, have launched a video-only companion site, Pitchfork.tv. It's sort of like MTV, when they still showed music videos. Only better because instead of Lil' Wayne, there's Iron and Wine, and instead of Hillary Duff, there's Bright Eyes. Not only is it on 24 hours a day and in much better quality than YouTube and similar online video hubs, you also get live performances, other original programming, and absolutely no VJs or reality shows. Be sure to watch the exclusive video of Radiohead performing "Bangers & Mash" in Nigel Godrich's basement studio.

Bush's War

Forget TV. PBS is leading a charge to bring media rich content directly to your computer. Its latest effort: Bush's War, a two part documentary that outlines the fabrication, escalation, invasion and aftermath of the U.S. occupation of Iraq — and it's easily one of the most notable inquiries on the topic. Watching it online gives you access to an interactive experience that's completely unparalleled by regular TV. As interviews occur, links pop up for more in-depth analysis of particular clips and extra information in general. Over 400 hours of footage was shot for the project and essentially all of it is available Online, for free, courtesy of Frontline and the Public Broadcasting Service.

Muxtape

We love anything that's dead simple. And you can't get anymore simple than Muxtape. The online service does one thing — let you create and share mixtape-like MP3 playlists with friends. With a 15-second signup, 1-click uploading and playback, and beautifully minimal playlist pages, Muxtape is our new music-savvy friend.

Zivity

Although Zivity is still in closed beta, it's already rousing quite a stir among the blogerati. The site harnesses the many Web 2.0 fundamentals to create a social network built around tasteful (read: artsy) nudity. Dubbing themselves purveyors of Beauty 2.0 and encouraging submissions from women of all sizes, races and ages, Zivity is something akin to Suicide Girls for anyone who likes sexy. The result is something most excellent (read: nudity). And while the site is not yet be opened to the public, we've got free six month memberships to dole out to the first 10 Uncraters to email uncrate at zivity dot com. Supplies are limited, so act fast or be left to wait with the other lackeys.

Hulu

YouTube is great for stuff like this and this. But not so great when you're wanting to watch the episode of The Simpsons you missed last week. Following an extended beta period, Hulu is here to help. A joint venture of NBC Universal and the usually evil News Corp., Hulu is a free online video site that offers a large selection of high quality (and legal!) TV shows and movies from more than 50 content providers like Fox, NBC, MGM, Sony, Warner Bros., and Lionsgate. We scouted full-length episodes of The Office and Arrested Development, as well as Uncrate god-movie The Big Lebowski. Hulu sports a clean interface with several viewing options, including a full-screen option and a "lower lights" feature, along with the handy ability to clip certain parts of a video and share it with others.

Jake and Amir

If we could buy stock in one thing this year, it would be Jake and Amir. These guys are going to be huge. The CollegeHumor co-workers have, hands-down, the most awkwardly hilarious web video show known to man. It's kinda like The Office, but if it was only short clips of Jim and Dwight sitting at their desks, with Mr. Schrute annoying the piss out of Jim. Except more like if Michael Scott sat across from Jim. An incredibly ace Michael Scott. Some hits to get you started: "Desktop Prank", "Burp", "Ace", "Website Ideas", "Video Letter to Mom" and "Smoking".