Some of you may have heard that the Internet recently marked its fortieth anniversary. Technically this is true — the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANet) established the first link between distant computers in late 1969. It’s kind of like saying that television is sixty-five million years old because that’s when the dinosaurs were wiped [...]
99 Red Balloons (minus 89 Red Balloons)
December 8th, 2009
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Full Disclosure of Promotional Considerations
November 29th, 2009
On Monday, December 1st, the Federal Trade Commission’s new guidelines on endorsement transparency go into effect. This is the first time the FTC has updated these rules in nearly thirty years, which means that the rules A) are old enough to have been disappointed by the “Star Wars” prequels, and B) probably love zombies. The [...]
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Searches That Should Probably Return Zero Results On Google, But Don’t
September 12th, 2009
• cincinnati “mail order bride” allergic grapefruit killing spree
• orang-utan carpal tunnel gunshot wound elbow “nancy drew”
• foam rubber rebecca de mornay “guitar pick” pancakes OR bacon OR windmills
• why are my hands so sweaty? guggenheim envelope heart attack audi 5000
• best place in london to get goat cheese pizza “two time grammy winner” my [...]
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25 Random Things About Me
February 3rd, 2009
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. If you [...]
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