what Google looks like from a U.S. IP address today
For the benefit of my non-U.S. readers on this day of Web strikes by American sites to protest SOPA/PROTECT IP…
FlickFilosopher.com will join the SOPA protest on Wednesday, January 18
The Stop Online Piracy Act will kill the Internet as we know it…
question of the day: What intimate celebrity bodily details should we obsess about next?
Behold Celebrity Bra Sizes, the site wherein speculation is engaged upon scientifically determining the dimensions of the mammary glands of famous women.
question of the day: Google is guessing at the sexual orientation of celebs — is this weird?
Google isn’t revealing any secrets, it’s just summarizing the conversation about a celebrity. But why suddenly make a special point of summarizing so succinctly about this particular aspect of a person’s life?
Facebook smears Google; Disney trademarks “Seal Team 6”; men made ‘Bridesmaids’ suck; more: leftover links
Plus: Johnny Depp can’t see his own 3D POTC movie; Woody Allen sorta down on his own movies; why did Mel Gibson’s The Beaver flop?
Demand Media’s scam is an insult to our culture
Demand has made an absolute bloody fortune flooding the Web and spamming search engines with total crap. And now they’re all, “Oh, hey, we know our stuff sucks. Sorry!”
Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links
Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…
Banksy won’t be allowed at the Oscars; how to watch the Oscars online; Justin Bieber cuts hair and Twitter quakes; more: leftover links
Plus: Larry King says CNN oversold Piers Morgan; why is Liam Neeson box office gold, anyway?; Google smacks down content farms; more…
Sam Worthington surprised by ‘Titans’ sequel; book banning makes a comeback in the U.S.; early ‘Siskel & Ebert’ now watchable online; more: leftover links
Also: Billy Ray Cyrus wishes Hannah Montana had never happened; thoughtless tweeting brings down Nir Rosen; J.K. Rowling ticked at unauthorized biopic; more…
question of the weekend: How are your reading habits changing with the advent of ebooks and social media?
I’m certainly giving my Kindle a workout, and expect that I will read more classic novels this year than I have recently, because it’s so easy to find and download good e-versions of them… and because I’m feeling a little guilty about selling and giving away so many books…
