First stop of the morning … New Orleans’ neighborhood « Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger

by ryan on December 28, 2006

None of my words, nor any of the video or pictures you’ll eventually see, will really bring you how bad it really is. Scoble is in NOLA.

File under DUH: Obese kids more likely to have low self-esteem

by ryan on December 25, 2006

Wow, stunning. Obese children, particularly girls, may be more likely than their peers to suffer from low self-esteem, research shows. Feel free to leave your own follow-up research project ideas. Personally, I’m gunning for the lucrative “people who consume alcohol (…)

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Christmas in Chelsea

by ryan on December 25, 2006

Let’s hit the major stuff. What’d you do? Not a damn thing. J– and I stayed home, no family, no friends, just us and the pets. We got up on time and opened presents (more later), had cinnamon rolls for (…)

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This Week In God – Daily Show

by ryan on December 20, 2006

One Word: U2charist. Seriously. onegoodmove: This Week In God – Samantha Bee

Headlines Revolt, Write Selves

by ryan on December 15, 2006

300 Say They Got Ill From Olive Garden That few?

Get Raped in Second Life

by ryan on December 15, 2006

No, seriously. This time it’s not trading real money for fake property or fleecing some media company into opening a bureau in the game. Nope, this time it’s honest-to-simulated-God avatar rape. You even get of a Choose Your Own Deviant (…)

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Second Life Sucks – Someone Calls BS

by ryan on December 13, 2006

Clay Shirky pegs the issue with the graphically-awful, over-hyped, socially-devoid virtual life that is Second Life. Finally, the current mania is largely push-driven. Many of the articles concern “The first person/group/organization in Second Life to do X”, where X is (…)

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The punchlines, they write themselves

by ryan on December 12, 2006

Image of Jesus appears on the ass of a dog. Link

9th Ward body thought to be Katrina victim

by ryan on December 4, 2006

Everyone, note the day that this post is being written: 4 Dec 2006. Coroner Frank Minyard told the City Council last month that the Michoud area of eastern New Orleans had never been searched for bodies since Katrina and should (…)

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Just What a Young Facist Needs for Christmas

by ryan on December 2, 2006

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer and self-appointed censor of many bad words in others’ products, has been carrying a Nazi-logo’d T-shirt for months, now into Day 22 since they said the shirts would be removed. You can follow the whole (…)

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