Unfriended... by my Sister

Unfriending - it's all the rage. The NYT recently profiled the phenomenon. And in a week where my 66-year old aunt, and my mother joined The Facebook, my own sister decided to

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unfriend me. What offense I committed, I know not. I'll leave it to the 30 of our common Facebook friends to help me keep tabs on the little lass.

Did You Know? Didjya, Didjya?

Fascinating video clip about the growth and pace of information and technology (thanks for the head's up, M). It's getting crowded on the Information Superhighway.

Imagine, If You Will... Reading the Newspaper on Your Computer [1981]

In another edition of the Internet "way back when", check out this 1981 KRON (San Francisco) news clip about b

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eing able to "one day" read your newspaper online. Back then it took two hours to download the entire paper, and it cost $5.00 versus $0.20 for the print edition.

A History of the Internet... In 8 Minutes

All the Inauguration Photos That Are Fit to Print

And a few more... :)

Not Seeking Amy, But Very Clever

Go Britney (or more appropriately, her songwriter) for getting this horrific song on the already abysmal airwaves. I listened to it 2x and didn't "get it" until I did a little more google research (Cutting to the Chase: If (F) You (U) Seek (CK) Amy (Me)). It's sort of as exciting as it was back in the elementary school days when we thought we were so clever doodling A-D-I-D-A-S in the back of our notebooks, and mouthing "Vacuum" to each other across the classroom. Oh, culture.

I Want to Have Dinner at the White House

Image by Daysleeper724 via FlickrOkay, okay, I made it in to the Capitol grounds just 5 minutes before swearing-in ceremony, but I just barely got in, and then once I did, I couldn't see anything anyhow. But vote here, so that I and 4,000 or so other lucky chaps can have dinner at the White House with our man BO to make up for the crap shoot which was a "Purple" Swearing-In ticket.

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