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Forget Layoffs, Cisco Fatty, Tweets Will Keep You Unemployed

They say Twitter is as Twitter does and, these days, it seems to be true. To be fair, some of the least sharp knives in the Twittersphere's drawer are ever-apt to find occasion to post something that...

created by Truemorist | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

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Buzzwords of 2008: From 'Nuke the Fridge' to 'Caribou Barbie'

Lexicographers over at The New York Times have compiled a very amusing list of 2008's biggest buzzwords. Among my favourite new additions to our collective cultural vocabulary are, of course: "FAIL" (learn about...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

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US Election Slang: GoBama FTW!

UPDATE: Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States. Not surprisingly, the top term on Twitter has quickly become "President Obama".But also getting traction are hot topics such as...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

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What's With All the FAIL?

The ever-incisive Slate Magazine drops science on the origins and evolution of the FAIL meme. Haven't heard of it yet? You will soon enough, dear internet friends and followers. Thus far, FAIL looks to be this...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Google Defends Equality: Opposes California's Proposition 8

Rhonda J Mangus

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Google News dips into meme tracking for blogs

"Google News dips into meme tracking for blogs""Early Wednesday, Google updated its blog search tool to track news stories as they pop up on various blogs. Like Google News, the company is taking a product that...

created by RayBanBro66 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth

I found this interesting enough to share with NP. Nothing more to add yet.""There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article...

created by ifindtrends | 4 years ago
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pclare

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Sarah Palin: Internet Sensation

"The internet is buzzing with news about John McCain’s VP pick, Sarah Palin. Bloggers are struggling to figure out who the Alaskan governor really is. Twitter user Eamon 1916 claims that, “Sarah Palin...

created by Gemma Grace | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Xwarq

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The History of I Can Has Cheezburger

Leave it to Gnomedex to serve up a fascinating look at the most popular internet meme ever created: the ubiquitous and gut-busting LOLCat world of I Can Has Cheezburger. "How does one build an empire on...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Builders Studio

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Steampunk Going Mainstream?

One of the more interesting web-propagated art/DIY/culture memes has been steampunk, which involves the re-imagining of modern gadgetry using Victorian elements (a loose definition). Perhaps inevitably, the trend...

created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

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YouTube RickRolls Users

This is pretty amazing. It seems YouTube is never gonna give up Rickrolling...especially on April Fools' Day."If you aren’t familiar with RickRolling - it’s when someone puts a link on website to something,...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

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'Rickrolling': Rick Astley 2.0

Leave it to the campy irreverance of web nerds to not only revive Rick Astley's classic 80s pop smash "Never Gonna Give You Up" more than twenty years later, but also to evolve it into the bona fide internet...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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reasonablerobinson

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Blue Skies into Green Backs?

UK business academics meet this September to destroy the myth that intellectuals are bad for business. The 2007 Conference for Individual & Organisational Development is to be held in Sheffield. Developing the...

created by reasonablerobinson | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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rich_gersh

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New Mobile Phone Danger Revealed As Research Proves Damage to Awareness and ...

Astonishing evidence has been posted on http://eardefenders.blogspot.com/ concerning the damaging effects that mobile phone useage can have on personal judgement when commuting. A senior manager seems to have...

created by reasonablerobinson | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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kingduck

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Is Workplace Ignorance Bliss?

Using examples from the coin-op games industry a series of posts has been put up on http://gullibility.blogspot.com/ that examines how power & ignorance are used in the workplace. Who's got it right? are...

created by reasonablerobinson | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Obama to Howard: Chickenhawk!

"Barack Hussein Obama fired back at Autralian PM John Howard today, invoking the familiar “nutroots” chickenhawk meme at a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa Responding to Howard’s criticism of Obama’s Iraq surrender-by-May plan, Obama lashed out at Howard by minimizing the...

created by nukegingrich | 6 years ago
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