Category Archives: Internet

tumblr killed the internet star?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Provocative but ultimately flawed take from The AV Club about how recent trends in social media are hurting music: “The risk was that indie would become oppressively dour and drab, and by the end of the ’90s it sure seemed … Continue reading →

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Before Downton Abbey There Was…

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Awesome Metafilter post on the various BBC “re-creation” series — Victorian House, Wales House, Wartime House (with youtube links to complete episodes). God I love these shows.  God I’m a huge BBC/PBS nerd.

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What Freedom Looks Like

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

The always interesting 3quarksdaily has a round-up of internet protests against the assinine SOPA bill being considered by the US congress. There aren’t many reasons to be optimistic about the future but here are a few. And honestly, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Hard Boiled LOLs

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

I’m really enjoying the free comedy podcasts over at Earwolf.com. In particular, you are a very bad person if you miss out on the “Mike Detective: Unlicensed & Uninsured Private Eye” series.  Highly NSFW to boot. I’m convinced future generations … Continue reading →

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Thursday WTF Korea? Moment

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

An ad for a new car from Kia: Not that it’s something over which you should rub too many brain cells, but the video game Starcraft is incredibly popular here in South Korea.  It involves swarms of robots blasting the … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., Little Grey Phone That Could

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

I’m rocking a six year-old used cellphone that I purchased in Itaewon (Seoul) for 25,000 won about two years ago.  It’s a slider phone with a color — color! — screen.  It’s chipped and dinged to hell, but surprisingly I’ve … Continue reading →

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Opinions! On The Interent!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Having fun with tumblr, feel free to check it out. Interestingly, I was stoked for Google+ — the ease of input, the lack of racist uncles and pathetic hook-up stories, the feeling that I wasn’t being constantly identity fleeced a … Continue reading →

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