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Buy: Billy Mays (not his products)

We all know Billy Mays… you know, the guy on infomercials always yelling at you to buy his products? OxyClean, Big City Slider, Mighty Putty; you name the problem and he’s probably made some product to fix it.
But I’m not here to post about his products (I never have nor probably will use them), I [...]

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: 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 [...]

Don’t Buy: Omegle

So, there is this new website called Omegle where you can chat with a stranger. I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t that what AOL chatrooms and bars are for?
Well, Omegle offers you a sense of anonymity unmatched by a clever screen name or telling people your name is “Savannah.” You are given no [...]

BODB: David Lynch TV

First: By “David Lynch TV,” I don’t mean Twin Peaks. That would be a definite Buy.
What I do mean is his newly launched website, David Lynch Foundation Television. The David Lynch Foundation was created to promote Transcendental Meditation, which Lynch has been practicing for 35 years, and to provide funding for students to [...]

Buy: Turtles’ Web 1.0

2009 marks the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I just found out! And what month are they hosting a party? APRIL! Get it?
They made this super rad video to give 39 Clues about where the party’s going to be:

Up and down!
So what emotion came over me as I opened an email from [...]

Buy: Food Friendzy

One of the main problems with Facebook’s actual usefulness as a promotional tool is that most of its applications are really annoying. Yes, I thought it was adorable when my study abroad friend sent me virtual smažený sýr through the Czech Food app, but now it’s merely irritating when every other day I’m notified [...]

Buy: The Hitler meme

The 2004 German film Downfall [Der Untergang] was an unflinching look at Hitler’s final days that sparked a national debate in its home country over of its humanizing depiction of the Fuhrer. You’ve probably seen it - or at least, you’ve probably seen clips of it. For in the United States one scene from the [...]

Buy: American Idol is Canceled

As you know, I watch garbage on TV. Utter garbage. Rock of Love, Gossip Girl, PBS… you get the idea. But one piece of garbage I never got behind was American Idol.
It was cool that they use texting to involve the whole country, sure, that was new and cool. But now it’s old and [...]