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, Jan 17, 2013
Shoenice put my phone number on YouTube
The Internet's strangest video star gave my phone number to thousands of his devotees.
by Luca Cimarusti
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, Sep 27, 2012
Yom Kippur taught me I don't read so good no mores
As part of my Yom Kippur fast, I stuck my head in a book instead of a computer.
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Tumblr: threat or menace?
It's supposedly turning creators into mere regurgitators—but what it's really doing is injecting new blood into an old remix culture
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, Jan 31, 2012
This is how the Internet is supposed to work
The true purpose of the Internet is revealed
by Kevin Warwick
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The first of a three-part series on Adam Curtis's essay-film
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by Ben Sachs
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EyeLock Turns Your Eyes Into Keys
Magical EyeLock iris-scanning technology will help you open your email accounts even if you drunkenly forget all your passwords.
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Comcast Offers Really High Speed Internet at Really High Price
A new, 105 Mbps Internet service unveiled by Comcast today looks as pricey as it is fast.
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, Oct 20, 2010
John Kass's Humor Finally Reaches the 21st Century
Trib
columnist John Kass makes snarky comments about bloggers, so we make snarky comments about him.
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, Oct 12, 2010
The Spire Might Be Dead, But Its Brand Will Live On
"The video's kind of the perfect metaphor for what the American economy is all about these days: the branding and promoting of things that don't actually exist."
by Lauri Apple
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, May 17, 2010
Ruddy Cheeks For All
Someone at the Morning Oregonian in 1922 had a femdom fetish
by Cliff Doerksen
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I'll Call In Sick Too
Working on a relationship or relationship work...oh wait, it's working hard or hardly working.
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, Jan 28, 2009
WFMU DJ helps us uncover buried treasures on the Web
Doug Schulkind, one of WFMU's best DJs, shares his online buried treasures.
by Peter Margasak
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, Nov 20, 2008
Looking back at the era of Humptiness
Today's Overcompensating, guest starring Humpty Hump
by Miles Raymer
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, Oct 3, 2008
Sad Children makes me happy
Webcomics and music-geek angst
by Miles Raymer
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, Sep 16, 2008
Overcompression
Metallica takes the loudness war to the next level.
by Miles Raymer
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, Aug 25, 2008
Plastic Crimewave, finally on the Internets
Now you can visit Plastic Crimewave on the Web.
by Philip Montoro
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, Aug 21, 2008
Another way for the Internet to take your money
Ain't Just Soul links you to vintage vinyl.
by Miles Raymer
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