Was 2006 The Golden Age Of Viral Videos? (7)
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Gabriel Delahaye at Videogum has come to the conclusion that we may have already seen the golden age of internet viral videos, like the epic weirdo tour de force embedded above. "It was in 2006, and it was great," he says, "But it's all downhill from here on out" From his blog post: In a recent post, I made a throwaway joke about how sometimes the internet works really hard to provide us with something ...
Bank Robber Uses Craigslist To Hire Unsuspecting Accomplices (59)
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A man robbed an armored car outside a Monroe, Washington bank and used a dozen unwitting accomplices to act as decoys during his getaway. He hired the accomplices on Craigslist and instructed them to wear very specific clothing. From King5.com: "I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," said Mike, who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe. ...
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Mashable said:
Hilariously absurd. Best line: "The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, wearing a dark blue shirt, jean shorts and a mask."
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Fuzzyman said:
Sheer evil genius.
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Andrew Ferguson said:
Holy Jinkies Batman!
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Tim said:
AWESOME!!!
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phrakture said:
Awesome
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Jonathan said:
Craigslist *can* be used for evil (by someone other than a real estate broker).
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Wolfger said:
Very ingenious usage of Craigslist. I almost hope he got away with it.
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Preeti Desai said:
haha, this is kinda ingenious.
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Ortelius said:
Brilliant!
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Alex said:
Amazing, well engineered robbery.
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Justin said:
Clever - unwitting outsourced craigslist flashmob covers for bank robber
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Alex said:
Outside Man
Kevin Mitnick detained, released after Colombia trip (29)
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Famous hacker Kevin Mitnick was detained U.S. customs agent when his plane from Colombia landed in Atlanta on September 16. He was questioned for four hours and released. CNet has a pretty detailed account of what happened, but the most interesting part of the story, to me, was the list of stuff the authorities found in his luggage. In his luggage, they found a MacBook Pro, a Dell XPS M1210 laptop, an Asus 900 mini-laptop, ...
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Wolfger said:
Wasn't Mitnick forbidden from having computers ever again?
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Alex said:
I envy his stash
Flickr.community (13)
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Great but waaaay too short article about how Heather Champ and the rest of the Flickr staff build, police, and shape community on the site. Director of Community Heather Champ doesn't just guard the pool and blow the occasional whistle; it's a far more delicate, and revealing, dance that keeps the user population here happy, healthy and growing. In addressing that question of how much to police and how much to let things be, Champ ...
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janequigley said:
Jason is dead on - Flickr is the must-use example of community management. All "community" sites (including Twitter) should take a hard look at how Flickr runs, builds and interacts with their users.
John Hodgman on his unique celebrity (4)
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In an excerpt from the soon-to-be-released More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman shares how he became a famous minor television personality and how he deals with all that fame. As a matter of fact, sometimes now, if I'm feeling tired or a little sad, I'll go put on my UPS-man outfit and hit the subway. I'll hope that maybe someone will recognize me. It's very embarrassing, isn't it? But most of the time, it ...
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jschultz said:
"So that was my introduction to Los Angeles: a traumatic, homosexual, silent-comedy date rape."
What the financial crisis means for high-end prostitutes (11)
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High-end prostitutes see an uptick in business -- for a few months anyway -- during times of financial hardship and crisis. Their clients were coming to them for a mix of escape and encouragement. As Jean, a New Yorker and a 35-year-old former paralegal turned "corporate escort" (her description) told me, "I had about two dozen men who started doubling their visits with me. They couldn't face their wives, who were bitching about the fact ...
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kramertron said:
Other industries need to take note on how the hookers are remaining afloat.
Taibbi: Scariest thing about Palin isn't how unqualified... it's what candidacy says about America. (26)
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Snip from a blog post by Rolling Stone contributor Matt Taibbi on the media phenomenon surrounding Republical vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in ...
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Doug said:
Stinging/vicious critique, not so much of Sarah Palin, but of Americans who would support her...
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Chris Furniss said:
we consume our candidates as media entertainment. quite true.
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Wyatt said:
And people THREW A FIT over Obama's association with Rev. Wright. Why is this not outrageous?!!
Why Renting Makes More Sense than Buying [Personal Finance] (36)
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SmartMoney contributor Jack Hough explains why he believes renting makes more financial sense than buying a home. The short version of his argument: "Businesses are great investments while houses are poor ones, so I'd rather rent the latter and own the former." The article supports that thesis with numbers, comparing the difference in value after inflation of houses versus stocks. As we work through the housing crisis and stare down the barrel of a significant ...
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Dan said:
Very thought provoking...
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Matt said:
An interesting read dispelling some myths around housing from the boom years.
Gbridge Does Simple but Secure File Sharing, Syncing, and VNC [Featured Windows Download] (34)
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Windows only: Free application Gbridge sets up a virtual private network between any computer over the internet using your Google account as a starting point. Once set up, Gbridge allows you to share files, connect to and remotely control a computer using VNC, sync folders, and back up files to another computer. If you've got Google Talk/Gmail chat friends using Gbridge, the app provides the same functionality between your computer and theirs. It all sounds ...
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Billzilla said:
Hey big brother, can you just hold on to.. you know.. everything for me?
Learn A New Language With Busuu [Language] (24)
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Language education site Busuu emphasizes the social side of learning a language. While Busuu has standard components such as vocabulary exercises with audio and writing units to test out your...
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Panchaka said:
Hola Matt! I'm learning some languages... this site looks promising...
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Sara said:
You never know when you might need this. Sounds kinda fun.
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