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, May 23, 2013
Tim Dog: Dead or alive?
Is a recently deceased old-school rapper actually alive and on the lam?
by Miles Raymer
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, Apr 22, 2013
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by Miles Raymer
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, Apr 18, 2013
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Twitter #Music's finally here and it's not bad at all
Social networking's killer music app may be here.
by Miles Raymer
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, Apr 10, 2013
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Fake Asian Rolex eludes the spam filter and steals my heart
Hilarious new powerviolence from France
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, Mar 5, 2013
The White Mandingos are today's weirdest rap supergroup
An underground rapper, a hilarious rap critic, and a guy from Bad Brains walk into a studio . . .
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, Feb 27, 2013
John Campbell introduces us to his idea of Michael Keaton
The Pictures for Sad Children artist unveils his latest project.
by Miles Raymer
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, Feb 25, 2013
Say hello to the Copyright Alert System
It's going to be a pain in the ass and it's not going to stop intellectual property piracy.
by Miles Raymer
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, Feb 8, 2013
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The "Harlem Shake" meme that's making the Internet a funner place
Costumes, goofing off, and a crazy EDM song. What more do you need?
by Miles Raymer
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, Jan 21, 2013
Kim Dotcom's new Mega may not be a pirate's dream
Flawed encryption and "deduplication" are among the new service's weaknesses.
by Miles Raymer
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, Dec 17, 2012
World keeps turning, B-minus-list celebrities stay tacky
Let Deadmau5 and Kat Von D envelop you in blissful ignorance
by Miles Raymer
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, Nov 30, 2012
A short defense of TL;DR, or Desperately seeking e-newsstands
As long as there isn't one newspaper for the Web, we'll be skimming just to find what we want to read. That's where TL;DR helps.
by Asher Klein
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, Nov 28, 2012
Against the summarized Web
Is the Internet being driven to abstraction?
by Steve Bogira
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, Nov 13, 2012
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On the charts: A mixtape rapper looks to prove his worth
A$AP Rocky tests the waters with "Fuckin' Problem"
by Miles Raymer
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, Nov 9, 2012
Web comics: now more than just PDFs
A couple of new and interactive web comics may point the way to the future of graphic novels online
by Asher Klein
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, Oct 2, 2012
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On the charts: Psy's "Gangnam Style"
An Internet meme becomes a mainstream smash
by Miles Raymer
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, Sep 28, 2012
Buzzfeed wants you to look cool
What to take away from Buzzfeed's theory on why people share content online
by Asher Klein
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, Sep 27, 2012
Yom Kippur taught me I don't read so good no mores
As part of my Yom Kippur fast, I stuck my head in a book instead of a computer.
Mensch
, it had been a while
by Asher Klein
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, Sep 18, 2012
Albini expands on his totally correct views re: Amanda Palmer
Somehow there is beef between Steve Albini and someone else and he's the one who's not the asshole in the situation
by Miles Raymer
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, Aug 22, 2012
Is RapidShare snitching on Google?
The crackdown on piracy by proxy looks to get interesting
by Miles Raymer
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, Jul 2, 2012
Riff Raff takes Chicago
The Internet-famous rapper makes his first Chicago appearance
by Miles Raymer
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