Twitter Bans Repetitive Tweets

Twitter is banning repetitive tweets. By "repetitive tweets", they mean identical microblog entries repeated over time, not the same what-you-had-for lunch type of tweet that you send over and over and over and...

Google Building Maker for Ex-Legomania, Web 2.0 Junkies

Google launched their Google Building Maker today. Essentially it's a mash-up between Google Maps and 3D building blocks. They let you play with it for free, and you create 3D building models for free, Google...

@Rihanna and @Twilight Join Twitter, Tweens Commence Following

Yes, the day has come: tween sensations Rihanna and Twilight both have official Twitter accounts and already have, frankly, a shit-ton of followers; 25,458 and 58,883 respectively as of now. Not shockingly their...

Pepsi AMP Apologizes for 'Before You Score' iPhone App

Pepsi AMP was in the hot seat over the weekend over their "Before You Score" iPhone app, which gave (male)  users a list of stereotypical females they could expect to meet at a bar, and then presented them...

36% of You Check Facebook or Twitter after Sex

Holy crap. 36% of people under 35 check Facebook or Twitter after sex. 40% do so while driving. While tweeting/texting/Facebooking while driving is breathtakingly stupid, at least y'all are only doing it half as...

Post Offices Closed on Columbus Day? Post Office Holidays 2009

It's Columbus Day: all public schools and public offices are closed. This means post offices. Post offices are closed on Columbus Day. They've always been closed on Columbus Day. They likely will continue to be...

Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap T-Shirts Rising in Popularity?

So it appears that in the realm of novelty t-shirts, according to recent trends anyway, the one with the slogan 'fat people are harder to kidnap' is rising fast in popularity, but we just have one question, is it only fat people that can wear them?Can a skinny person pull...

Averagecats.com: the Antidote to LOLCats

Averagecats.com is like the antidote to LOLCats. It points out that your LOLCats aren't so clever, and that the cats themselves are not doing anything funny. They're just being cats. Get over it. Actually, the site...

Propitious Esculent: Why Are Potatoes Suddenly Buzzworthy?

Okay, this one's killin' me. Your humble and loyal Truemorist has no f*cking clue why the term "Propitious Esculent" is suddenly buzzworthy... or why it's trending in conjunction with Taxi Driver psycho Travis...

#Mileycomeback: Miley Cyrus Dumps Twitter for Liam Hemsworth

Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Destiny Hope Cyrus, that underage chick who moonlighted as a pole dancer at the VMAs, or whatever you may call her has officially left the twitterverse. And the twitterverse is...

Twitter Stuck! Is Twitter Down?

No Fail Whale yet, but Twitter is currently stuck. I've gotten zero new tweets in the last two hours. Very annoying. Is Twitter actually down, but still showing content? I have no idea. Meanwhile, how the hell am...

Drew Carey Bids $1 Million for @Drew Twitter Name

Comedian Drew Carey has bid $1 million for the rights to the "@Drew" Twitter name. The current owner, Drew Olanoff, is auctioning @Drew as a fundraiser for Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG foundation.  Drew...

Splatter: Corey Feldman Web Series: The F in WTF is for 'Feldman'

I just watched the trailer Corey Feldman's new web series. Corey Feldman's web series is called Splatter, and the trailer is live on Netflix. And on Youtube (and attached to this article). It's for mature audiences...

Find Chuck Norris on Google with "I'm Feeling Lucky". Or Not.

If you go to google and type in "google chuck norris", then hit "I'm feeling Lucky", a funny thing happens... you get 0 results, a long with a terse reminder that you don't find Chuck Norris.. he finds you. The...

RIP Jimmy Krasley?

I wondered why the term "Jimmy Krasley" was such a big search trend, and it may not be a funny story after all. When searching the web, I only found a Facebook page. When searching Twitter, though, I found a...
 

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