March 25, 2008 at 7:57 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: 1980s, akismet, bad guys, comments, commercialist, company, email, internet, lies, love, marketing, nickelback, original, popularity-contest, radio, website-popularity, world, worst ·
Ordinarily, I get really excited when there’s mail sitting in my inbox saying that I’ve gotten a comment! While a lot of times it’s just an approval request for some spammer than actually bypassed Akismet, there are the periodic genuine comments which are always a joy. (And I thank you, commenters, for taking the time [...]
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February 12, 2008 at 1:32 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: alternative, Fnord, hierarchy_of_needs, invention, moon zijp, Nature, personal_happiness, popularity-contest, porn, pubic_area, ridiculous, Science!, shenis, tools, trap ·
A while back I wrote an article discussing the less-than-finer points of an invention known as the “shenis”. The inventor happened by here just yesterday and decided to let me know that she wasn’t terribly enthused by my rather negative first impression.
Well, once the subject of “what’s a girl to do when there’s no sit-down [...]
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January 29, 2008 at 12:23 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: blogging, description, disinformation, Dream Log, Fnord, gimmick, goals, Guides, Help the Author, lifehack, networking, news, personal happiness, politics, popularity-contest, problogger, search, seo, structure-of-the-internet, Twitter, website-popularity, work ·
Let it never be said that Twitter is a useless web app. Thanks to Twitter friend doshdosh, I’ve discovered an article which may assist me in refining my goals for this website, such as they are, and increase readership and hopefully feedback as well.
The article on problogger.net is titled From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers [...]
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January 3, 2008 at 11:48 am Post Author: Giania Tags: 1980s, Articles of Interest, campaigning, classic rock, diesel, Goodies, Help the Author, huey lewis, internet, music, musical-contribution, petition, popularity-contest, radio, records, vinyl, wiki, wikipedia, words ·
Huey Lewis is in dire need of your assistance. Wait, he is? According to MattressPolice.com he most definitely is in need of YOUR help, and my help, and apparently anybody’s help. Harnessing the power of the mighty internet, this fellow named Diesel (I’ve got a funny story about that name in another context, but [...]
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October 22, 2007 at 4:38 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: always sunny in philadelphia, Articles of Interest, charlie day, comedy, Fnord, FX, media, meme, personal happiness, popularity-contest, reuters, ridiculous, television, youtube ·
It may always be sunny in Philadelphia, but that doesn’t mean you’ll necessarily want to take a close look at the inhabitants.
In this article from Reuters, it notes a few interesting, negative tidbits about the City of Brotherly Love.
The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, [...]
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October 12, 2007 at 5:02 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: Fnord, hierarchy_of_needs, Nature, novelty, oddities, personal_happiness, popularity-contest, porn, pubic_area, ridiculous, Science!, seo, shenis, tools, trap, vagina_surgery, vices, wtf ·
If I may be so bold as to quote Animaniacs…
“It’s time for another good idea, bad idea”
Good idea:
A device that allows folks with female sex organs to pee standing up.
Bad idea:
Fashioning said device to look something akin to a giant golden dildo.
It’s certainly a device that’s an invention of necessity. Yet I fail to see [...]
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October 3, 2007 at 6:13 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: blogging, comments, delurk 2007, description, gentle_readers, gimmick, Help the Author, lifehack, networking, news, personal_happiness, politics, popularity-contest, search, seo, structure-of-the-internet, website-popularity ·
Hey kids! In conjunction with my desire to generate more user feedback here at the RKNet, I wish to take a moment to voice my support for The Great Mofo Delurk 2007.
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some RSS. It allows me to read far more interesting articles per day than visiting individual blogs [...]
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September 8, 2007 at 4:10 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: blogging, description, disinformation, Dream Log, Fnord, gentle_readers, gimmick, Help the Author, lifehack, networking, news, personal happiness, politics, popularity-contest, search, seo, structure-of-the-internet, Uncategorized, website-popularity, youtube ·
Dear Diary,
Today I was all excited because I thought I had a bunch of comments. “12 comments in moderation”, I saw on my dashboard! My goodness! It was like a dream come true. A chance to find out who - if anyone - is reading, and find out their thoughts on any one of the [...]
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August 17, 2007 at 2:24 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: bad guys, disinformation, Fnord, Goodies, internet, Internet Toys, news, placing_the_blame, politics, popularity-contest, propaganda, ridiculous, rumor_mill, scientology, Uncategorized, wall_of_shame, wiki, wikipedia ·
If you’re in the mood to unearth evidence of spin control and disinformation on that internet bastion (or bastard depending on one’s viewpoint) of information, Wikipedia, then Wired’s blog Threat Level has just the post for you.
Here they provide links to Virgil Griffith’s Wikipedia Scanner. A tool specifically designed to out a lot of the [...]
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July 9, 2007 at 2:50 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: Articles of Interest, bad guys, comedycentral, Ectomo, film-clips, Fnord, genital_mutilation, hierarchy_of_needs, laser_vaginal_rejuvenation, media, Nature, oddities, personal_happiness, popularity-contest, porn, pubic_area, ridiculous, Science!, Uncategorized, vagina_surgery, vaginoplasty, vices, wiki ·
Pointed out by Ectomo: From the blog Next Nature comes an article discussing Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation surgery and Designer Laser Vaginoplasty. (Caution: If you’re at work, there’s a big picture of a woman’s pubic area at the top of this article. if you turn it sideways it looks like a frowny mouth with a five [...]
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