Every time I click on one of these links to a web page that turns out to be clickbait that you have to click through 100 different pages to finally get to the content they were clickbaiting you for, I fucking close the tab the moment I realize that that's what that is. I just don't have the spoons for that kind of emotional labor. And even if I did ( Read more... )

So Comcast convinced me to get high speed Internet (I think 60 MBPS, ten times the speed of my previous Internet) because it's not any more expensive for the first year than what I had already, and after that it's like $60. Since I'll be keeping $86 a month extra due to my storage unit being closed out, once I pay down my deposit I'll have more ( Read more... )

I am not interested in joining any more social networks. Do not send me any more invites. I've no interest in Pinterest, 4square, WAYN, Tagged, or any other new or existing social networks. If I am going to join one, I will join one in my own time. It took me knowing about Twitter and Tumblr for several years before I finally caved in and joined, ( Read more... )

For shits and grins, I did a search to see if there were any services where one could text their zip code to a number and get a weather report text message. And I found some at this link. The one I chose to go with was Google, in which you text "Weather 97218" (using your own ZIP instead of mine) to 46645 (GOOGL). Be careful to include the "weather ( Read more... )

Fuckton of idiots mistake ReadWriteWeb for Facebook31 pages. 31 frakking pages of comments, all full of people confusing ReadWriteWeb, a site looking absolutely nothing like Facebook, for Facebook. How it is even possible to be this stupid, science has yet to explain ( Read more... )

Frakton of idiots mistake ReadWriteWeb for Facebook31 pages. 31 frakking pages of comments, all full of people confusing ReadWriteWeb, a site looking absolutely nothing like Facebook, for Facebook. How it is even possible to be this stupid, science has yet to explain ( Read more... )

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Mattell announces a "Dora The Explorer" for tweens. Basically, an older, better-looking Dora. Which is good, I hope they make a "grown-up Dora" version of the TV show, too, because the usual version of the character is ugly, and the show is unwatchable.

From the FreeRangeKids blog: ( Read more... )

http://www.pandora.com - This web site asks you for bands and/or songs you like and plays not only music by those artists, but artists/songs whose music has something in common with the artists/songs on your list. It's a great way to find out what great bands you would like but haven't been ( Read more... )

ganked from found_onlineFor a laugh ( Read more... )

This site will redo the text on any web page so that it uses gender-neutral pronouns. Let it explain itself:

What would the world look like if the two sexes switched places?
What would it look like if English had genderless pronouns?
What would it look like if English identified races the way it identifies gender? Here is the link ( Read more... )