Technology, Shame, and the Death of the Porn Store

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Technology giveth, Chuck Rudd writes, and then it taketh and giveth again.

Lin and Lana

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At the risk of exploding the Internet, Noah Davis traces the trajectories of two of the web’s latest sensations.

Meeting Michael: What Really Matters in Marriage

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What did a 23-year-old Megan Rosker do when she met a bald 40-year-old at La Guardia airport? Well, eventually, she married him.

YouTube vs. Hollywood = Internet War

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I for one am for interent freedom. How about you?

Online Dating and the Real ‘You’

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Oliver Lee Bateman has a foolproof guide to setting up your online dating profile.

The Reality of Facebook

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Marianne Cassidy didn’t grow up with online communities. She grew up in them.

The Fantasy of Facebook

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In Steven Axelrod’s experience, not much good can come from logging onto Facebook.

Can Giving Away Twenty-Dollar Bills Help the Economy?

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Jasmin Nazarian interviews the founders of Plenty of Twenties and asks them “why?”

Is #OccupyWallStreet the First Online Riot?

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Megan Rosker visited Liberty Plaza and found the protests surprisingly subdued.

Mosquito Fog

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“When Russell drove the fog truck, he didn’t use the siren. Lights only, an orange throb, while the smoke to kill mosquitoes gusted from a nozzle in the truck bed.”

The 10 at 10

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Good drivers are bad drivers, the Internet is older than college students, and the earthquake destroys something in D.C.

The Rebirth of Newspapers

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Are newspapers dead or are they finally waking up to the fact that readers are their most important customers?

Do-It-Yourself Internet Access

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On a daily basis, how many times do you use the Internet? And what do you use it for? Maybe it would be easier to ask a different question: What don’t you use it for?

The 10 at 10

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Breakups are really painful, the Cansecos make a swap, and the president talks Libya.

The ARK Music Factory Has Ruined ‘Friday’ for Everyone

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Newest (awful) YouTube music starlet Rebecca Black’s success represents a troubling new era of faux pop stars, stage parents, and child exploitation.

The 10 at 10

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Bob Knight is tired, the Aflac duck is an idiot, and magazines make us feel bad.