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Before pets became outlawed due to food shortages in 2075.

June 2, 2015

Facebook Unethically Experiments on Users, Now It’s Time to Delete

Going from creepy to completely unethical, Facebook ran a psychology experiment on almost 700,000 users. I've had a tenuous relationship with the service over the years, and now, I'm deleting my…

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June 30, 2014

Higher Education

College Applicants Find a Spot in the Social Media Graveyard

Welcome to the social media graveyard. Joining the ranks of Gilbert Gottfried, Pax Dickinson, Mike Bacsik, as well as lesser known workers, we can now make room for college applicants.

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November 12, 2013

Technology

Learning from Facebook’s Blunders: 3 Rules for Confidential Data

Facebook's atrocious treatment of user privacy isn't news anymore, but the details are worth studying if you deal in sensitive data. Educational institutions handle a lot of confidential information, so…

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June 28, 2013

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Each fall the coats on the hooks get a little longer.
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Hurricane Lee is coming up the coast. Rain, wind, and flooding in Boston?
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Tesla Syndrome and Enshittification seem to be two articles in conversation with each other.
(8/18/2023)

Rainy and the kids are away with their grandparents.
(7/20/2023)

We’re in Maine and falling in love with Rangely.
(7/3/2023)

Will we get our passports in time?
(6/30/2023)

Will we get our passports in time for our trip?

I’m nervous.
(6/28/2023)

Sifting through Truman Capote’s notebooks for new insights into the creation of In Cold Blood.
(6/26/2023)

Are there any e-ink tablets that do just ebooks, notes/drawing and music? That would be great for my kids.
(6/21/2023)

The World’s Digital Memory is at Risk, “much data loss today occurs in ways that are deeply unjust and that have monumental implications for both culture and politics.”