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MySpace is Huge (in the US)

by natecooper | Jun 28, 2006 | culture, digital media, nate, technology

MySpace has a ridiculous amount of market-share for the U.S. market of Social Networking Sites I have an account with 5 of these top 10 social networking sights. I guess I’m a demographic finally. I visit YouTube and Flickr so frequently that I should have an...

Is Jon Stewart Bad for America?

by natecooper | Jun 28, 2006 | culture, media, nate, television

Jon Stewart is bad for America? Some how I don’t see how the fact that the Daily show “drives down support for political institutions and makes young people more cynical about government” is such a bad thing. Isn’t a more complacent populace...

Pickle Phobia

by natecooper | Jun 28, 2006 | culture, humor, media, nate, television

Is this real? It’s pretty ridiculous. I think my favorite part is when the word pickles is overlayed on the screen. Typical Maury.

Flagr

by natecooper | Jun 27, 2006 | cities, cool, culture, nate, technology

Flagr is a new social networking site that works with a map overlay to show profiles based on location. Looks pretty cool but I’ll wait for the private maps feature in the new version. Could be interesting as a way of tracking my...

BitTorrent Repents

by natecooper | Jun 26, 2006 | culture, digital media, movies, nate, technology

BitTorrent being used by Duke City Film Festival Its good to see the technology used for good instead of being berated for being evil. info on the Duke City Shoot Out

‘Rescue Me’ Character Goes too Far

by natecooper | Jun 26, 2006 | culture, media, nate, television

When a TV show crosses the line I don’t watch this show at all but I enjoy Dennis Leary. It’s kind of incredible that they would write something like a rape into a TV but still expect the audience to identify with the character. (You might need to get an...