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Full up: If you had to guess what kind of uniformed public servant would lead a competitive eater away from a hot-dog-scarfing contest, you’d probably guess paramedic, not police officer, but recently world champion Takeru Kobayashi got himself arrested in New York for violating the sacred dignity of his craft. Maybe that’s why he’s only the eighth most-disgusting competitive eater, according to Citypages Blogs. The leader? Tim “Gravy” Brown, known for, that’s right, eating his own copious snot. Get hungry at bit.ly/bLBsRi.

Nerd herd: The IT Crowd is British TV’s episodic love letter to geekdom, and the fact that us North Americans have to get it via Bittorrent just adds to that authentic nerd appeal. Wait, it gets better. Now, beyond just watching the show, you can play the wonky, repetitive, Sinclair ZX80-styled game based on it. Blow up viruses and spam, avoid destroying the whole entire Internet and ignore everything that Jenn has to say at bit.ly/9Bm5KR.