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23 Apr 2009 22:56

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Tech: Good night Geocities, we won’t miss your crappy service

  • GeoCities is survived by two cousins, Angelfire and Tripod, along with an uncle, Jeeves.
    All three are believed to be terminally ill.
  • JR Raphael • In a PC World blog post on the demise of Geocities. You still remember it, right? It was a way that you could put yourself on the Internet for free with a giant ad on top. 15 years in, its owners, Yahoo, have chosen to pull the plug on the useless piece of junk they paid $4.7 billion for a decade ago. Mainly because, well, there are other places you can go to talk about yourself on the Internet. • source
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23 Apr 2009 22:38

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Tech: Apple finally topples the mysterious 1 billion iPhone app mark

Good news, guys! When we hit our 1 billionth post, we’re going to give you a free laptop. It might be a while, though. source
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23 Apr 2009 22:33

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U.S., World: The gifts just keep on coming from Venezuela and Hugo Chavez

  • book As we noted the other day, Eduardo Galeano is a happy old man, as his 38-year-old critique of Western imperialism, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” is still a top-15 book on Amazon a week after Hugo Chavez handed the book to Obama.
  • island Well now, Hugo Chavez has upped the ante, giving New Jersey … wait for it … an island! Petty’s Island, located between Philly and Camden, N.J., is owned by Citgo, the fuel company run by Venezuela, and features a couple of bald eagles. He wants to show us his love, guys! <3 source
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23 Apr 2009 22:14

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft’s Vista flop is finally catching up to them

  • 6% decline in sales for the Windows, Zune, Xbox and Bob manufacturer; earnings are down 32%
  • 1985 the last time the company had a decline in year-over-year sales; we blame Lauren source
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23 Apr 2009 22:06

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Culture: Jay Leno’s in the hospital, not on his crummy talk show

  • 17 years since Jay last missed a chance to be unfunny source
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23 Apr 2009 22:01

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U.S.: Swine flu: It’s like regular flu, but with more pork

  • Seven people recently got a strain of the flu, and researchers are weirded out. The flu, currently centered around California and Texas, is unlike any of the strains currently floating around. It carries elements of swine flu, avian flu and human flu viruses and have researchers stumped. Those suffering from it have already recovered, by the way. We want to imagine in the back of our heads a good story as to how the first person got it, but our fingers are preventing us from typing. source
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23 Apr 2009 21:44

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U.S.: Our two-second analysis of the latest Obama poll

  • 23% think Obama is the greatest thing since bread was sliced and put into bags
  • 33% think Obama is a pretty awesome guy who knows what he’s doing in D.C.
  • 23% think Obama isn’t amazing, but they don’t think he sucks at job either
  • 9% think Obama is lame and wish he wasn’t president because he smells
  • 11% hate Obama with the raging fire of a thousand burning teabags source
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23 Apr 2009 11:07

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Culture, Politics: We were wondering the same thing about Perez Hilton

  • So wait … how is it Perez Hilton, the gossip blogger who built a career by drawing male genitalia and cartoon cocaine on celebrity photos, is now the media’s official spokesperson on one of the most important civil rights issues in America?
  • Helen A.S. Popkin • MSNBC columnist, on Perez Hilton’s sudden ascent to gay marriage activist following that whole Miss USA thing earlier this week. Nothing against Perez, but considering his fairly catty history, he’s kind of the wrong guy for the job. • source
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23 Apr 2009 10:59

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Offbeat, Tech: Soon, you too can move matter with your mind. (This is cool.)

If you think hard enough, you can think about moving a ball, then do it. We hope some geniuses hack this for iPhones. source
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23 Apr 2009 10:54

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Music: Three recent albums Pitchfork says are worth your time

  • one Camera Obscura, “My Maudlin Career”: “The album feels as if it could have been released any time in the last 50-odd years, but the inspired arrangements – and, of course, Campbell’s indelible voice – make it sound fresh, too.”
  • two Art Brut, “Art Brut vs. Satan”: It’s a return to form after a just-OK second album, “a scrappy, romantic, and painfully hilarious return to loserdom. Coldplay will always be more popular. So what? I hate those guys!”
  • three Bill Callahan, “Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle”: They heart the Smog dude. “This self-portrait is so complex and subtle that it’s tempting to skip discussing the actual music, which speaks so eloquently for itself.”
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