May 2010
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Scientists predict 1-in-3 odds that... →
Boy would hipsters become intolerable if Portland became the next New Orleans.
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Watch Comedy Central Cancels ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’
The Sarah Silverman Program was the funniest show no one watched. Though its use of gross-out humor turned off some people, they always used it for a greater purpose, like young Sarah showing off dog doo on a stick to passing cars while her mother lay dying in bed.
It was comically absurd - huge plot lines about a fake love for...
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Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook →
Here’s one solution for getting rid of Facebook: a sort of BitTorrent-y, hub-less approach.
As they describe it, the Diaspora software will let users set up their own personal servers, called seeds, create their own hubs and fully control the information they share. Mr. Sofaer says that centralized networks like Facebook are not necessary. “In our real lives, we talk to each other,” he...
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Wired Magazine: Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time... →
Couldn’t agree more. It’s becoming increasingly clear that Facebook is not concerned about your privacy nearly as much as they are about advertising revenue.
They are soon to unveil a GPS tracking feature. Think they’ll handle knowing where you are at all times responsibly? Doubt it.
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"The Social Security Administration has released... →
Another fun fact: “40% of all African-American babies born in California are given a name that doesn’t appear on even a single white birth certificate.” - TIME Magazine
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“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the...”
– - E.B. White
I’ve heard many stories from people in the comedy industry who “don’t laugh any more,” or at least not at any sort of cerebral humor. Abandon hope all ye who enter there.
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The New Pornographers - A Bite Out Of My Bed
It...
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