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January 16, 2008
Waste Time With Your Friends
Not long ago, Gelf told journalists everything they wanted to know about Facebook but were afraid to ask. With the breakneck pace of Facebook's development, the section on Facebook applications could use some updating. At the time of the original article (way back in August), Facebook Platform was just in its infancy. Months later, the apps have gone from a few, mostly useless programs that are good for a quick diversion, to many mostly useless programs that can occupy users for hours on end. Below, Gelf highlights some of the more interesting and fun apps popping up in a news-feed near you.
Internet
December 6, 2007
Seussical Domain Names
As someone who works for a company called GELF (and is about to launch a new company with an even sillier name), I'm always entertained when stodgy media outlets are forced to discuss the newest high-tech advance as taking place at a company called something like Xobni. Evidently, that self-consciousness has turned into inspiration, as several different news organizations have taken it upon themselves to chide entrepreneurs for looking to a certain literary M.D. for inspiration.
Media
November 16, 2007
Who Deserves Anonymity?
A few days ago, the St. Charles Journal, a small newspaper in Missouri, published an article about Megan Meier, a 13-year-old who committed suicide after receiving hurtful messages from her MySpace crush. The story was particularly explosive because it turns out that the crush was a horrible hoax conjured up by adults—including the mother of one of Megan's former friends.
Media
June 25, 2007
iPhone Almighty
With the release of the iPhone mere days away, anticipation is building to a near-religious fervor. If only that were a metaphor. All over the internet, the newest Cupertino, California, creation is being referred to as the "Jesus phone." And several media outlets reluctantly have gotten on board to spread the good word.
Internet
May 6, 2007
Giving 419s an Iraqi Flavor
Gelf recently received an email from a Major Ralph Harland of the UN peacekeeping force in Iraq asking for assistance in the transfer of funds across international borders. This was a bit suspicious, because Gelf is unacquainted with such an individual. We're also pretty sure—unless some secretive accord was recently struck—that there is no UN peacekeeping force in Iraq.
Internet
February 23, 2007
Burst Media
Dear Publisher: Thank you for your interest in Burst Media. In order to complete the evaluation of your application, we require verification of your association with the web property(s) on the application. Please post a copy of this entire e-mail...
Internet
November 6, 2006
Really Perverted Justice
Another bizarre side effect from our nation's misguided anti-pervert campaign: This week, former Kaufman County, Texas, District Attorney Louis Conradt shot himself after PervertedJustice.com and NBC tried to entrap him for soliciting, online, someone posing as a 13-year-old boy (Associated Press). A couple of months ago, Gelf came down hard on such sensationalist pervert vigilantism, and specifically noted that Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" and sites like Perverted Justice were causing more problems than they were fixing. Now, a legally innocent man is dead.
Internet
August 22, 2006
Hacking Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick, the famous hacker who spent five years in jail after breaking into the systems of several tech companies, had a few of his own websites defaced by hackers over the past few days. On each site, the homepage was replaced with a sprawling missive about the lameness of hacking, sex with Mitnick's grandmother, and shoutouts to friends, all sprinkled liberally with "fucks." Also, there's a picture of Mitnick with a crude penis drawn onto his forehead and cum on his hands and mouth. (You can see a screengrab of the page here.) Funny and newsworthy, but how should a reputable tech news site cover the incident?
Internet
August 18, 2006
First the Tattoo. Then the Film.
Jim Dozier loved the idea of Snakes on a Plane so much that he got a huge, multicolored tattoo of the film's logo before he ever saw the film itself. Yesterday, he watched the movie for the first time. Gelf caught up with Doz to ask him if SoaP deserved the hype—and the ink.
Internet
June 23, 2006
Net Neutrality Rocks. "Net Neutrality" Sucks
Has anyone, aside from the Swiss, ever stood up for his or her neutrality? No one ever says, "I feel very strongly about neutrality," because, well, neutrality is inherently neutral and is not something people tend to get worked up about. Perhaps that's why, even though Google, Microsoft, the Christian Coalition, and MoveOn.org have all spoken out in favor of "network neutrality," most people still don't have a clue, let alone a care, that—courtesy of some bills making their way through Congress—the beloved internet may soon undergo some drastic and terrible changes. Language is a powerful tool.
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