Year: 2009
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Why Twitter is Stupid and How to Make it Smarter
Twitter, I love you, but sometimes you are a total fucking douchetard. I feel like I’m pointing out an elephant in a room, or that an emperor who thinks he has invisible clothes is actually naked (hey someone should write a story about that), but Twitter, here are some things about you that are stupid,…
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Book Review: For the Win, by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow‘s upcoming young adult novel, For the Win (or FTW), may not sound all that interesting on the surface. At its core, this is a book about economics and the formation of unions. Boooring. Yet Doctorow weaves an intense story around these potentially dry topics, resulting in one of the most riveting books I’ve…
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Sixty Nine Reasons to Avoid Tall, Dark and Handsome
Girls often say they want a guy who is tall, dark, and handsome. Handsome I get, obviously. Dark? Yeah, I definitely understand dark. But tall? Why tall? It’s not like height automatically fulfills that “I’m a tiny girl and I need a big strong man to protect me from tigers and serial killers and serial…
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