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I wish I knew how to quit you, Facebook

hammered out on May 19, 2010 at 01:38PM

A friend of mine recently announced that she is deleting her Facebook account and essentially, living off the online grid. Going rogue, if you will. I stared at her with the same unfocused and horrified look as my Puerto Rican relatives give me when I tell them I'm a vegetarian. After doing a little…

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WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN...

hammered out on May 13, 2010 at 01:33PM

Arizona Law Curbs Ethnic Studies Classes

"Arizona has adopted a new measure restricting what can be taught in ethnic studies classes in the state’s public schools.

The new law, which suggests that students are “taught to resent or hate other races” in such courses...(Mexican-American history and …

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Photo hosting?

hammered out on May 12, 2010 at 01:20PM

I'm debating whether or not to pay for a Flickr account. I keep uploading the same pictures because they only let you see 200 of them. I've heard a bit about Picasa. What do you think about paying for photo hosting? Is it just for suckers or is it worth it?

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You in danger girl! Foursquare = Death wish?

hammered out on May 10, 2010 at 05:28PM

So I recently signed up for a website called Foursquare. A few of you may use it, a few of you might be obsessed with it, and a few of you might not give a shit at all. I was more of the latter before I decided, in the name of research of course, to give it a shot. I'm not linking my profile here be…

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buzzword that needs to die - 'staycation'

hammered out on May 15, 2009 at 09:49PM

Okay, I realize it's Friday but I just read an article on this nonsense. I know that soccer moms around the word are all a-twitter (figuratively and literally it seems) whenever a new catchphrase shows up on 'The View' but if I may, can I please forever ban 'staycation?'

Urban Dictionary (the only s…

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lonely planet magazine?

hammered out on February 16, 2009 at 08:35PM

What!? Lonely Planet has started a magazine. I have fond memories of good ol' LP. Like clutching Australia and New Zealand nervously upon landing in my new home of Western Australia and wondering "do I really have to memorize the sizes of beer glasses?" Some of the features include a "rediscovering …

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