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Wired Buys Reddit
Speaking of acquisition Tuesday, in a move that surprised many, Wired (via their parent company Condé Nast Publications) purchased the popular news tracking service Reddit.…
Google Acquires JotSpot
On Tuesday, Google announced its latest acquisition, Jotspot, a company based in Palo Alto that provides advanced hosted wiki services.
Web 2point2
Web 2point2, the follow-up to last year’s highly successful Web 2.1 event, takes place next Thursday, November 9th and Friday, November 10th at the Microsoft…
Michael Crook Sends Boing Boing False DMCA Claim
Yesterday after the story broke about The EFF suing Michael Crook for sending false DMCA claims, Xeni started reporting about on it at Boing Boing.…
EFF Sues Michael Crook for Bogus DMCA Claims
The EFF has just filed suit against Craigslist copycat scammer Michael Crook for filing bogus DMCA claims. In September, a blog post about Michael Crook…
Don & Tracy’s Pirate Ship Halloween Party
For the last 7 years my friends Don and Tracy have been creating amazing Halloween displays in the front yard of their Richmond, CA home.…
Flickr Photo Album WordPress Plugin
I recently came across my all-time favorite WordPress plugin, Flickr Photo Album. It pulls in all of your Flickr photos, galleries and photo information, using…
SomaFM’s Doomed Channel
SomaFM recently launched their new “Doomed” channel just in time for Halloween. Here’s what’s in current rotation. Dark and scary industrial-inspired music for tortured souls.…
Extra Action Marching Band’s Scary Halloween Bash
Sonic juggernauts The Extra Action Marching Band are returning from an extended hiatus for their big “Scary Halloween Bash” tomorrow night (Tuesday, October 31st) at…
We Are The Strange
We Are The Strange is a unique feature length animated film that mixes 8 bit video game culture and Anime. It was created by M…