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Citizen journalism is one thing. A good thing, even. But institutionalized regurgitation of other blog posts and (worse yet) press releases?
It’s bad… and not in a bad/good way.
Time to coin yet another new word:
Regurgiblog, /reeg-URGE-ehh-BLOG/ noun: a blog post that wraps a mere handful of somewhat original sentences around multiple paragraphs of the widely [...]
The question begs to be asked. Did spammers fuel the sub-prime mortgage crisis? This is no common conspiracy theory, my friends. It’s common sense. Indulge me if you will and take a gander at the raft of unsolicited mortgage offers that fill your inbox. A huge percentage of these loan offers tout remarkably low teaser [...]
I just got an email from “domainrenewal-online.com,” letting me know that “It is time to renew your domain name.” With all the domains I own, I get these emails all the time. The problem is, domainrenewal-online.com is not my domain registrar. I’ve never used them. Not once. Not ever. This led me to believe that they [...]
You just have to feel for David Beckham. Posh is going on tour this fall and poor David hasn’t started a single game for the LA Galaxy. He hasn’t even played 17 minutes (in a friendly with Chelsea, where his ankle took another knock). And now, allegedly bootleg LA Galaxy jerseys bearing Becks’ name and [...]
When the rumors started to fly this week about the launch of an ultra-cheap Google PC or a mysterious “Google Cube” at CES, I just shook my head. Trace it all back to the original LA Times article and it’s all the more bizarre. Some folks might think that Google is ready to ship something [...]
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