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I think this product may have a trademark problem.

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments

You can buy it here, but why would you want to?
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McOverreaching

January 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments

From here:
You couldn’t blame Lauren McClusky of Chicago if she were a bit squeamish about using her last name in this story without fear of reprisal from Ronald McDonald and his legal posse.
For McClusky, 19, finds herself at the center of a thorny dispute that involves a series of charity concerts she’s put on over [...]

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The Insulting Librarian

January 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Seems shocking because generally librarians are a superior class of people!

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Rickrolling In Perspective

January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off

The Simpsons get Rick Rolled:

The Christians get Rick Rolled:

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How do I get “Organizing for America” to stop texting me every hour asking me to donate money to the American Red Cross for Haiti?

January 18th, 2010 · Comments Off

I have to pay for every text, and Organizing for America won’t honor requests to knock it off. This is making Verizon rich but not very helpful to anybody else.
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January 11th, 2010 · Comments Off

Friends of C. Edwin Baker

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Who Owns the Pope’s Face?

January 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Liz Losh explains that controversy here. I’m thinking of purchasing derivative works rights in one of his bushy eyebrows if the Catholic Church decides to license the rights to the Pope’s face, whatever those may be.

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2009 in Social Media

January 5th, 2010 · Comments Off

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DJ Earworm – United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) – Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits

January 1st, 2010 · Comments Off

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“Rush Limbaugh accidentally declared dead by Wikipedia”

December 31st, 2009 · Comments Off

From here:
Rush Limbaugh was hospitalized on Wednesday for “chest pains” in Hawaii, but the controversial radio host (who also had a syndicated TV show at one point) is not dead contrary to a post made by Wikipedia early Thursday morning. The commentator’s page was edited briefly to say that December 30, 2009 was the day [...]

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Star Trek Jingle Bells

December 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Admit it, this is funny.

December 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off

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The Internet in 1993

December 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Farewell to an amazing friend: C. Edwin Baker

December 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Penn Law Professor Ed Baker died on Tuesday, as has been noted here, here, here and here and here, so far. Every nice thing that has been written about him so far has been true, and there are many more things to add. He was a very unique and special person. He was brilliant, [...]

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Trudy was murdered by an evil male law professor.

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

If you don’t know what I am talking about, it’s your loss. A cautionary tale, might I add.
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Exploding Foodstuffs With Annoying But Relevant Soundtrack

December 1st, 2009 · Comments Off

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A Scottish brewery, BrewDog of Fraserburgh, has launched Tactical Nuclear Penguin Beer, with a 32% alcohol content.

November 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Via the BBC News:
BrewDog was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2% beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a low alcohol beer called Nanny State.
Managing director James Watt said a limited supply of Tactical Nuclear Penguin would be sold for £30 each.
He said: “This beer is about pushing the boundaries, it is about taking [...]

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From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks released half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

November 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Overview page here. Messages here. It will be interesting to see what (if any) important new information is disclosed.
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NosePod

November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

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The Decade in Seven Minutes

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off

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