January 2010
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Limerick odes to GeoCities
Dear GeoCities, I’ve completely forgotten about you, but I will miss you none the less. When I heard the news a few months ago that Yahoo was shutting you down, I was heartbroken. I had not visited one of the many circa 1995 websites you hosted in years, but as they say, distance only makes the heart grow fonder. I hope you’re not offended that I forgot about you. It’s...
Jan 18th
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Dear event organizer
It was a pleasure speaking with you just now on the phone. I’m following up with a written request for a press pass as you’d suggested. I’m requesting this press pass to cover your event for Twitter.com, a popular Internet website with a monthly readership of over 60 million. I can make available articles, or “tweets” as we call them here in our virtual newsroom,...
Jan 10th
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“The Underwear Bomber is precisely the sort of story we humans tend to overreact...”
– Bruce Schneier
Jan 7th
“Professional acquaintances whom I find insufferable on every other platform...”
– David Carr
Jan 2nd