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Jack the Horse Tavern (4)/5) on Yelp.com

Jack the Horse Tavern (4)/5) on Yelp.com
There’s so much here to call diners to attention, and as we found last night, there’s so much …

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Lamest Edit Wars

Lamest Edit Wars
I read Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars for sustenance.…

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However it may seem, this speed hump in Philadelphia is nothing more than flat pieces of plastic burned into the street. Municipal officials say the month-old program will soon be expanded. (via To Slow Speeders, Philadelphia Tries Make-Believe – NYTimes.com )

However it may seem, this speed hump in Philadelphia is nothing more than flat pieces of plastic burned into the street. Municipal officials say the …

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NYer’s Remnick isn’t interested in moving on to anything else

NYer’s Remnick isn’t interested in moving on to anything else

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David Remnick tells Trevor Butterworth he’s happy at the New Yorker. He wouldn’t …

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Watch the growth of Wal-Mart across the country as time passes.

Watch the growth of Wal-Mart across the country as time passes.

Watch the growth of Wal-Mart across the country as time passes. It’s like …

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Magazine layout stop-motion video (via magculture)

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The legacy Usenet leaves behind is that some of the worst blowhard behaviors online were born there, too, and still won’t die. The kids Twittering their gripes in public today probably had parents who replied-all “I don’t see why this is news” on Usenet a decade ago. But for anyone who was on Usenet in its brief halcyon days, sad or not, these are the blocks of amber that preserve an Internet before their moms showed up. Before everybody showed up. At least we can all agree on one thing: The Internet was so much better when we were the only people on it.

The legacy Usenet leaves behind is that some of the worst blowhard behaviors online were born there, too, and still won’t die. The kids Twittering …

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No one likes you, leverage. You exemplify all that is wrong with the English-ish in which press releases are written. Despite the popularity you flaunt as though it justifies your nasty self, we all hate you. Seriously. Just leave.

No one likes you, leverage. You exemplify all that is wrong with the English-ish in which press releases are written. Despite the popularity you flaunt …

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