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Buy: Boxed Water

Ok, so I drink a lot of bottled water.  Sorry guys.  I know it’s supposed to be really selfish or whatever, but that’s a personal branding choice I’m willing to make.  I get thirsty!
Anyway, I’m not sure how I feel about this advance in packaged water design.  On one hand, I can’t really picture myself [...]

Don’t Buy: Economic Determinism for Monsters

Back in November, this chart from the sci-fi blog io9 caused a stir in economics- and zombie-loving circles. It purported to show an uptick in the number of zombie movies produced in times of economic or social unrest. As the creators said:
Still, even correcting for the fact that there are more movies being made today, [...]

Don’t Buy: The First Dog

B-Rock finally found a dog for the white house. This is Bo. The first dog. UGH!
I understand The President has a lot of things on his plate but picking out a dog is something that shouldn’t take more then an afternoon at a shelter.
Anywho, Bo is a gift from Ted Kennedy. Is apparently a boy [...]

Buy: SNL’s Gilly

Of all the recurring characters on SNL, Gilly has by far the most basic of sketches. You could probably make one with a math equation: 3(Forte intro + Moynihan whine + Keenan with broken arms + annoying guest + Wiig) + violence2 = sketch. Her catchphrases (’Uh-huh’ and ‘Sorry’) are so simplistic that you can’t [...]

Buy: NY Times Trend Stories

Normally, the Sunday Style section is where you’ll find the occasional New York Times trend piece that suggests the paper’s staff was raised entirely in a bubble of North Face and granola, but yesterday (a Wednesday!) one such piece appeared. That story was “Yoga With Your Dog“:

In Chicago, Kristyn Caliendo does forward-bends with a Jack [...]

Buy: LiveMocha

After multiple tries, my opinion hasn’t changed: Omegle is a failure. But if you are still dying to chat with a stranger from anywhere in the world, and you want to do it in a foreign language, I have the perfect site for you!

Welcome to LiveMocha, the free online language learning site. I’m [...]

Buy: Dinosaurs

I am pretty sure this speaks for itself. What did we do before the internet. Someone would have told me that they saw this and I would have just assumed they were addicted to crystal meth. Now anything is possible.
What a wonderous world we live in! I hope it gets cloudy with a chance of [...]

Don’t Buy: March/April Madnesses

Now I am what you would call a sports fan. I get upset when my teams win or lose, call bad plays, or do things I disagree with. Now as a sports fan there is a lot of tradition invovled with your team. Since players can’t stay forever you wan’t a few things to stay [...]

Buy: April Fools Day News

One of my favorite things about April 1, (besides the fact that it is my wonderful mother’s birthday,) is that you can’t trust any news you read. In the past, news organizations have convinced their readers that the Swiss were having a fertile spaghetti harvest, that the island of San Serriffe would be a great [...]

Don’t Buy: Officially Made Fan Videos

You know those videos on Youtube that are either created by tweens girls or horny boys? The videos are usually a mash up of clips of the show put to a cheesy emotional pop ballad, or just montage of some chick looking hot. And these videos have a place, that place is youtube. Youtube is [...]