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I missed the discussion about drugs but this comic probably has something to do with them. View the archives... try and calc out this guy's psychiatry bills... WOW.
posted by Bane at 10:00 PM PST - 5 comments

Is this a crock, or what? Pseudotainment claims to be online tv, but DotComGuy has better quality than this. The audio isn't as choppy as the video, but it's a sad state of affairs when the best we can do with all this technology can't even compete with local cable access programming.
posted by ZachsMind at 9:23 PM PST - 2 comments

POWER ALERT: SF and SJ, CA.
If you, or your website, are located in the *other* bay area :-), you might want to know that The California ISO (the people who run the grid) have declared a power emergency and the City of Palo Alto Utilities, among others, has implemented rolling blackouts.

Again, if you host in this area, this may result in intermittent outages to your site; you might wish to post a notice to that effect, so that regular visitors don't get worried.
posted by baylink at 7:16 PM PST - 8 comments

Why can't I get a job like this?
posted by Steven Den Beste at 5:08 PM PST - 10 comments

Stephen King's scariest idea yet - A Shareware Novel?
posted by wendell at 4:16 PM PST - 6 comments

Not sure what to title this... 'We come in peace'? dunno... but very interesting
posted by chiXy at 2:30 PM PST - 14 comments

MacArthur Foundation genius grants -- I didn't get one this year, but Ben Katchor did. So did some other astonishing people, such as Patricia J. Williams, of whose column "Diary of a Mad Law Professor" in The Nation I am a particular fan.
posted by elgoose at 1:34 PM PST - 2 comments

Internet dependence among college students Article based on study done by counselor at RPI that identifies characteristics of "internet dependent" students. "What he found is that at least 10 percent of college students use the Internet so much that it interferes with their grades, their health, or their social lives, and that the problem may run much deeper at science-and-engineering institutions."
posted by elgoose at 1:07 PM PST - 10 comments

I despise parades. The author gets a bit theatrical at the end but the core of the editorial is true. I live in NYC and often these ethnic pride parades devolve into some kind of justification for violence. Last Sunday's PR Day Parade was en especially bad example of this.
posted by Nyarlathotep at 11:51 AM PST - 23 comments

Boba Fett hired by NASA.
posted by Nyarlathotep at 11:08 AM PST - 4 comments

test drive a hopeless romantic. this is a couple of years old, but i just re-found it. nobody does romantic like josh mintz. enjoy!
posted by patricking at 11:05 AM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Does new media want moms around the office? Mothers in Silicon Alley talk about the struggles they've had to face with trying to juggle their (male) bosses and their children. Even working from home doesn't cut it in some bosses' eyes.
posted by maura at 9:44 AM PST - 9 comments

Pimpwars Resets today. I know most of you probably don't care, but from the rumors, the newer version sounds funner than the first: i.e. - 2 different guns, larger alliances, better administration over all.
posted by da5id at 9:44 AM PST - 3 comments

A harvesting we will go, a harvesting we will go... Sorry about the flippancy, but I don't know how else to mention this article without getting creeped out.
posted by Ezrael at 8:53 AM PST - 6 comments

Love unloads This is one of the more comprehensive and insightful takes on the RIAA vs. Napster vs. Record Companies that I've heard. It's long and rambling, but it makes a lot of sense to me.
posted by y6y6y6 at 7:54 AM PST - 35 comments

Pat Methany accuses Kenny G of "lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling, wimped out, fucked up playing." And more! One of the best rants I have ever read.
posted by glish at 7:47 AM PST - 16 comments

404: Blog Nicely III has moved to MetaTalk
Please post your comments there. Thank you (This is a recording)
posted by EricBrooksDotCom at 7:21 AM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

"mom, dad, i'm a..." 749 ways to make that oh-so-special announcement.
posted by patricking at 12:53 AM PST - 5 comments