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Earlier this last year, LG sponsored the National Texting Championship at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC. I didn’t know such an event or title existed, but it’s not surprising given how popular texting has become. Imagine 300 teens and twenty-somethings all texting the same phrase that pops up on the event [...]
Why must every site force you to login or register?
It seems every site owner wants a piece of the feel-good “I have users and accounts and email addresses… on MY site” thing instead of just letting a site breath and flow without restraint and identification. For some sites, an account clearly makes sense, especially when [...]
Since a few of you seem to have rotten neighbors, I was thinking of you when I read this newspaper article about rottenneighbor.com. The site allows you to view your area on satellite maps and leave anonymous remarks about your neighbors (or anyone really). I suppose it won’t get you anywhere unless your neighbor actually visits [...]
We’re all aware of just how trigger-happy our society has become in passing blame and then profiting from our own mistakes in court. Pick up the paper today and I’m sure you can find a blurb about some “victim” suing for something they caused themselves. Or how about shooting victims suing gun manufacturers? That’s like [...]
Capitalism has found the latest niche to take advantage of America’s lust for everything without taking responsibility for anything.
FlexPetz is the first commercial business that will rent you a dog for a few hours or up to a week. Based in San Diego, the company is doing so well that it open [...]
This is a fantastic video for those of you interested in marketing, advertising, or the human psyche. We are all highly impressionable and susceptible to unconscious memory shaping. This video rolls on two marketing pros who are thrown into a setup that unconsciously molds their ideas to an uncanny degree. I can’t speak for [...]
The continual onslaught of development in my area of Fort Collins (and many others) has broken my spirit lately. I live in a neighborhood that was surrounded by several brush/grass filled areas that were a nice open reprieve from the domination of construction trash, townhomes and huge apartment complexes. But in the last week, developers [...]
Those of you who know me in meatspace know I’m predictably cynical, critical, and celebrity-hating. Thus, it’s no surprise I found this article by Rob Sheffield particularly amusing in the May 31st issue of Rolling Stone (yes, I’m a little behind).
Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history [...]
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