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Lazy Susan: Ice Sculpture. Please discuss. more »

Claire Buoyant: Online music sales growth have slowed since Apple allowed for increased prices in the iTunes music store. Edgar Bronfman, Jr. concedes that upping pri... more »

adiam7: A tacky, foreign gay with money who likes to party- there must be such a clamor for his affection from every fag hag in the city. Back to the party: W... more »

raincoaster: Jeebus. I got bumped up to first class several times when I was on Welfare. It's all in the presentation. JA needs to lay off the warpaint so she doe... more »

marciax3: Mr. Demi made a funny. more »

That70sDude: Seattle is boring... great weed though. more »

That70sDude: In with the insiders.. not those lowly outsiders.. more »

Calgetty: And I still cant get my Google Chrome to work right. Also, hoping to see Lucy Southworth (11) on the cover and centerfold for the American Mathematic... more »

GlasgowRose: Now that's what I call Google Buzz! more »

Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: "Sure that if you turn to teach a tit camera" BYO context and/or syntax? more »

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Free Publicity: Who Do We Help?

On messiah machine day, blogger Anil Dash wonders if all the free publicity mustered by Apple's marketing machine might just be better directed at something else. This piece was originally published on his blog. More »

#twitterati

Bill Gates Joins Twitterati, Follows Ashley Tisdale

Bill issued a coded greeting to Twitter; Anil Dash called you a weather wimp; and Leah Jones tweeted from the driver's seat. The Twitterati want you to embark on brave new adventures. More »

#twittebrity

Life on Twitter's A-List

Blogger Anil Dash is, along with Heidi Montag, Jet Blue and Janet Jackson, on Twitter's Suggested User List which gives him hundreds of thousands of newbie followers. He writes about what it's like to be one of Twitter's Chosen Ones. More »

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If Only Tiger Had Cheated At a More Opportune Moment

A critic took issue with Tiger Woods' timing, of all things; a tech exec threw down against Barry Diller; and Olivia Munn gave Mr. Thunderstorm something to wet. The Twitterati were stepping to 'em. More »

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You Know Who Else Was a Grammar Nazi?

Jake Tapper needled the White House over word usage; one blog company taunted another over font usage; and an editor got heckled over link usage. The Twitterati forgot their history. More »

#internerdhumor

Have You Been Facesquatting?

Yes, Facesquatting: proportionally, the dirtiest term possible for the most inane thing it could be applied to, which, in this case, is taking a Facebook user name that's not yours. And now it's a hysterical, brainless internet meme. More »

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Kindle Thief Tortures Owner with Crappy Book Buys

The Twitterati ended the week punchy: Kevin Rose was plundering sofware; Anil Dash gleefully promoted the term "Facesquatting" and Mark Glaser lost his Kindle to a teenaged girl. More »

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The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore

Sad Web nerds plan to stay in front of their computers late Friday night to obtain short, easy-to-remember Facebook addresses ("facebook.com/sadwebnerd"). It's the start of a geeky land grab! But true geeks know why this is stupid. More »

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Apple Keynote Reimagined by the Twitterati

Anil Dash, Glenn Feischman and Nick Douglas created a parallel, imaginary Apple conference and Xeni Jardin met a very strange CNN producer. Life was surreal for the Twitterati. More »

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