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hilarious ne revolution team photo i got from the ‘fan download’ section so i think its fair use.  ne revolution 1 – atlante 0 it was a game i could’ve gone to. a game i wanted to go to. but fate had other plans, and so i peered through the snow and color distortion on [...]

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i’ve told this story before. often in fact. but this is certainly the most succinct telling i ever managed. after starting at the berkman center for internet society where i’ve been working this summer, i was approached to tell this tale for the record as a part of the digital natives project. i was more [...]

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ah the north end. what is about its thin, cloistered streets that makes me so romanticize the place? perhaps its something to do with the area’s rich feast tradition. as a bastion of roman catholic italians for over 100 years, the north end has long inculcated southern european culture in the very heart of old [...]

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i’ve been biking to work for over four years now. every year it was a little further (a mile, then two and a half miles, now five and half miles). so obviously having a bike in working order was essential. i had a specialized hard rock for a while there, but it had seen better [...]

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as i endeavor to ride the nerd card into the cool camp, purchases like this loyal army joystick hoodie (warm gray) are inevitable. but for real yo, its a warm, well-fitted hoodie with some excellent game controllers drawn hipster-style on it. and i think that’s cool. and i think that makes it a worthwhile purchase [...]

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the pinker tones will force you to dance at wand point . image by ventura mendoza. creative commons 2.0. or maybe you have, in which case, hats off. but if you haven’t, allow me to introduce them. ladies & gentlemen, i give you the pinker tones, barcelona’s answer to daft punk. in many ways, the [...]

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i frickin’ love tina fey. and here’s why: she’s wicked f!@#in’ funny. and she’s a chick. and she’s kinda got the sexy librarian thing going on. a little bit. not really. but really, she’s wicked funny.

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omg. OMG. O.M.F-ing.G. matt stone and trey parker have done it again. as the creators and directors of south park, these two gents have seen, made, and manufactured more than a lion’s share (which i’ve always assumed means alot) of controversy. but almost all of that (their work with scientology and mormonism being notable exceptions) [...]

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one question: who the hell would drink this? besides hipsters that is. and idiots.

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it is never too early to start planning for something you care about. in fact, i think i may already be late. why? because i am planning for the world cup, and i don’t think i need to qualify that with words like FIFA or soccer. it’s the world cup, and i want to go [...]

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