No, no. Internet trolls. This gargantuan 7 page NYTimes article examines the history and motivations of the Internet's bridge-dwelling monsters. Magazine Preview - Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling - NYTimes.com Why inflict anguish on a helpless stranger? It’s...
Very neat blog about a guy who goes to Peru and talks about the food you can get in Lima. Our Sales rep is from Peru and promises me a bottle of pisco and a bottle of their local rum...
... or for regular people using glamour shots, or for people with webcams. More like it's for people with seriously damaged egos. They have a height and weight listing for user profiles, but which are only ranges of heights and...
Finally, someone was able to combine the cute kitten picture meme with a CAPTCHA device. mental_floss Blog - CAPTCHA Variants: KittenAuth Developed by programmer Oli Warner, the KittenAuth system presents a series of pictures of cute animals, and asks the...
Man, if you thought Paprika (2006) was trippy, think again. Check out the other work by Paul Robertson here and here. NSFW -- that is, if half-naked, 16-bit, religious anime chickies are NSFW. I'm going to say "yes"....
Strange feeling harvesting app which rakes the blogosphere for people's moods. Then it shuffles them into a funky Flash interface. You can sort by locales, ages, gender, and what kind of feeling they're expressing. I feel pretty creeped out by...
A parody of the Million Dollar Homepage. Due to Zimbabwe's severe inflation, the Million Zimbabwean Dollar Homepage is only worth about US $0.002159. The Million Zimbabwean Dollar Homepage - Own a piece of internet history!...
The trick to not getting fired because of what you write in your blog? Be so much of a nuisance in your day-to-day work life, that no one's even looking at your blog. mental_floss Blog - 7 People Fired For...
Think of it as sort of an Internet primer. Send it to your mom. Or your grandma. Or your weird uncle who lives out in the woods and doesn't have a computer. Of course, then you'd have to send it...
... or "Why you should add Gravatars to your Wordpress Blog". Sheesh. Blah blah blah Wordpress. This guy devotes a total of one paragraph to the "why" of using gravatars and the rest of the time going on and on...
It's actually pretty easy. Here's how... When $100,000 makes you Go Broke: The Invisible Hand Forces Americans Into Debt. - Dr. Housing Bubble Blog In fact, there is so much debt out there that many are now saying they’ll use...
Hmmm, so, like that marketing agency lobby group that took over a college class and had them invent a blogger to pitch anti-counterfeiting messages... Military Report: Secretly 'Recruit or Hire Bloggers' | Danger Room from Wired.com A study, written for...
Interesting little widget for those paranoid people who want to see where everyone's coming from. Tells where they're coming from (site), what site they're heading to, and where they are on a map. More specifically, where their point-of-presence is. Interesting...
Sweet! Now to get those t-shirts out. Public Citizen | Press Room - Federal Court Rejects Wal-Mart’s Trademark Claim Against Web Critic A federal judge today upheld a Georgia man’s First Amendment right to criticize Wal-Mart’s business practices by using...
Excellent piece about how ham-handed approaches to traffic shaping impact real businesses, and that by denying the practice exists only causes further problems. How Network Non-Neutrality Affects Real Businesses | Xconomy My company, Glance Networks, has first hand experience. Glance...
This is pretty cool. It's kind of what I've been looking for in a mo-blogging mechanism for a while now. Unfortunately, it's for MT 4.x. Means I'd have to upgrade to get it. Six Apart - News and Events: Yahoo!...
Heh. I love angry people. Especially when they're funny about it. How to Lose Money with Your Website Do you really want to monetize your website/blog with a bunch of ads and crap that will automatically induce the few wayward...
This guy set out to make a blog that would earn him enough money to live on. Now that it's a success, he's selling his blog. I'm happy for him. (BASTARD.) A Difficult Decision - BloggingExperiment.com For Sale | Blogging...
Ok, I suppose any online portal can be used to troll for sex. It's not that surprising. I know several people who have carried on virtual affairs in MMORPGs, and have met their future spouses online. How Scrabulous became a...
Sure, most of these are simply blogging platforms, but there are some cool tips. Check out this one: Movable Type on the iPhone - For those using Movable Type 4, you can add this plugin and get easy access to...
I'm no Wordpress user, but these look like good tips. With a little modification, they could apply to most other server-based blogging software. Wordpress Security Tips and Hacks We all agree that having a secure wordpress weblog should be our...
I heard about this, but didn't blog about it (despite living only about 3km from campus). The LFA's club application letter was a little rough, and needed to be re-written. Besides, WLU's done a lot of boneheaded things in the...
