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The Worst Ways to Choose a Computer Password
My son Jake came home from college this weekend to watch the Super Bowl with us — I think because he likes my guacamole. The […]
Why Do Trolls Especially Hate Women?
If you’re a reasonably well-adjusted person, you probably don’t spend much time in the comments sections of local news stories — maybe not any time at […]
ESPN Unbundles from Cable. Can Comcast Compete?
One thing that’s kept cable from going the way of the music industry in recent years, observers agree, is this: Hulu, Netflix, and other mainstream […]
Pa. Supreme Court Cancels Justice McCaffery’s State-Provided Internet, Takes His Computers
There’s a lot about the temporary removal of Justice Seamus McCaffery from the court that almost makes you want to send pornographic emails at work. […]
Our Prayers Are Answered: HBO Plans Netflix-Style Service
Are you the kind of person who would like to pay for HBO and not, like, everything else on cable? Then today’s a good day […]
10 Commenter Tropes That Should Get You Banned From the Internet
If it were up to me, we’d just call it a failed experiment, like New Coke or Lindsay Lohan’s music career. We tried it. It […]
“Daddy in Seat 16C” Is from the Jersey Shore
The viral item du jour is a letter one woman published on her blog, thanking an anonymous guy in a suit for being such a sweet airplane […]
Kai the Homeless Hitchhiker Pleads Not Guilty
Remember Kai the Homeless Hitchhiker and Viral Internet Sensation Who Allegedly Killed a Guy in Jersey and Then Tried to Escape from the Greyhound Station […]
Philly’s Google Zeitgeist: Here’s What We Searched for Every Single Day of 2013
We are about to be inundated by 2013 Year-in-Review videos, articles, blogs, cable shows and radio marathons. The most interesting review is already out – […]
NBC 10 Sends Weekend’s Most Inappropriate Weather-Related Tweet
The good folks at Reddit flagged this one before NBC 10 had time to scrub it.
7 Reasons Amazon Drones Are The Dumbest Idea I’ve Ever Heard
You’ve heard about Amazon drones, the Seattle-based e-tail giant’s new idea to use drones to deliver packages on the same day to customers, particularly those […]
VIDEO: A Dude Randomly Hugging People on Independence Mall
A man hugging strangers. And sometimes getting rejected. On Independence Mall. That is all.
Somebody Recreated Philly’s City Hall in Minecraft
Using Minecraft, an award-winning update on Sim City, some architectually savvy Redditor has created a pretty accurate rendering of Philadelphia’s City Hall. It’s great, except it’s […]
Kai The Homeless Hitchhiker Indicted for Murder
Kai the Homeless Hitchhiker Cult Hero, who became famous for hitting a guy in a head with a hatchet, has now been indicted for the […]
A GIF of Eddie Vedder Falling Down During His Philly Concert
This happened during Tuesday’s Pearl Jam show at the Wells Fargo Center, much to the misguided amusement of long-sleeved blue shirt over there.