R.I.P AIM
AOL recently let go of their entire Instant Messaging department. All 45 of them. In honor of AIM, I thought about writing this entire blog post without punctuation. But remembered how awful being…
Best Facebook Movie Ad Ever
Why is it the best ever? Because it tells me everything I need to know about the movie: Guy Pearce is in it. There’s a photo of Guy Pearce He saves the President’s…
Game Review: “Alan Wake’s American Nightmare”
So, here’s a game that I picked up for $20 off the XBox Live Arcade: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. Technically, it really costs $15, but because Microsoft sells items on the Arcade using…
Magic: It’s a Black Thing (or the artist previously known as “I’m not racist”)
Angels are singing on high with a beautiful chorus of harmonious song. The lion is laying with the lamb, and wolves are playing rigorous games of chess with bunnies. It’s a good day….
Meme-No-More
Dear universities in this great country, I’m done. I’m done with your memes. Done. STOP IT. I know you all think it’s really funny. All your stupid little jokes that only students at…
The most hipster turntable in existence
Hipsters love record players, it’s true. It’s one of the many ways to get into a pissing contest with some other hipster. In this case vintage is better. You might think that the…
Get a Google Street View tour of B&H in NYC and gawk at electronics + Hassidim
It’s like a shitty first person role-playing videogame from the early 90′s. Except all you do is imagine some pushy Hassidic salesman while staring at lots of electronics. I just want to know:…
Dispatches From the Wiki Blackout: My 10 Favorite Twits
In case no one has yet told you about it, you need to check out @herpderpedia, a collection of excellent tweets from Wednesday’s Wikipedia Blackout in protestation of SOPA, or the Stop Online…
The Internet Blackout and an Anti-Corporate Rant
I’m sure by now everyone has at least heard the commotion over SOPA and PIPA, the two acts in Congress that would fundamentally change the nature of the internet. Wikipedia, Reddit, and a…
Let me shatter your illusions of Hipsters and Fixies with math right quick.
Fact: Hipsters love bikes. Fact: most of the bikes hipsters love are fixed-gear, or “fixies.” Fact: Even though most of us don’t understand them, hipsters love statistics. Especially HJs. How are we going…




