Yesterday, Groupon made a major announcement regarding its company’s leadership when it announced the replacement of CEO Andrew Mason with two others in their new roles as co-chief executives. The announcement was made unceremoniously and with little more than a brief thank you to Mason. Here’s the full press release about Mason’s replacement: Groupon (NASDAQ: […]
Some of us wonder about the future. We wonder what the future would be like if written by our favorite authors: William Gibson, Iain Banks, Jules Verne. The more cautious and knowledgeable warn against living in the worlds of Clive Barker, Jeff Noon, and Stephen King. Others argue about the dangers of Aldous Huxley and […]
No one is going to argue against the notion that hockey is a rough sport. Movies have been made highlighting the violence inherent in the game for decades. Most recently, the critical darling Goon, starring Sean William Scott and Liev Schreiber, takes its place along other memorable movies about the bloody ice sport, like Slapshot, […]
I like the word cunt. Along with fuck, cunt is one of my favorite words. In my native South London, I use it as punctuation. A noun, a verb, and an adjective. Savoring the hard C, the drawn out U, ending in the satisfying NT. A word that is like the sex it describes, just […]
In an increasingly digital world, vestiges of the romantic past grow increasingly remote and rare. Old-fashioned dating has been supplanted largely by online dating communities such as eHarmony, OKCupid, and Match.com. Beyond these more mainstream (and somewhat accepted) love-finding services, there exists a more secretive, more sex-focused, and location-oriented arena of lustful personal interactions. Nowhere […]
Comics have reached a new frontier thanks to Ball State University Professor Christina Blanch. Enrollment is now open for Blanch’s new course “Gender through Comic Books”, which will use comics to explore “questions of gender identity, stereotypes, and roles.” The course is structured as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that allows anyone with internet […]
What’s a tech site without a fun list of what they think are some of the greatest Amazon spoof-reviews? Little did CollegeHumor dream almost four years ago when they review-bombed the infamous Three Wolves tee-shirt what majestic awfulness they had truly created. Over 2,300 reviews, each one more ironic than the last, brought this T-shirt […]
Less than a week away from the 2013 Academy Awards and ABC Digital has given film freaks, celebrity hangers-on, and even red carpet mavens an impressive mobile app that delivers an award-worthy experience. Here’s ABC’s video introduction to the app: I’ve been using the Android version of ABC’s Oscars app for several days now, and […]
“A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.” — Anais Nin There’s been a little disturbance in the force of the coffee world lately, with the […]
PayPal has long been the standard in sending money electronically between two people. The e-commerce business has also been a stalwart in the SMB website market for accepting credit cards, and PayPal makes it easy for non-profits to accept donations from members. However, PayPal’s user interface has been the same for years and the company […]
