Digital Age
The Government Is Watching You Tweet
As a country, we are now more concerned with guarding utility and government computer systems against hackers than we are with real-world troubles like terrorism, […]
Tailgating, Cell Reception Will Improve at Eagles Games This Year
The Eagles have spent the offseason trying to appease their players and fan base. Next up, the gods. With all the talk of the future […]
The Internet Can’t Help You Pee at Osteria
A few weeks ago, when I was in New York, I went to Momofuku Ssäm Bar in the Village. You already know what that place […]
How Facebook Killed Party Etiquette
Growing up, I was taught—probably like you were—that it was best be a little discreet about one’s social engagements. It wasn’t just about preserving an […]
Celebrity Memoirs Will Survive Armageddon
I’m at Book Expo America in New York, which is for booksellers, authors, publishers, literary agents and the like—in other words, people who read, people […]
Creepy Friend Requests Aren’t the Thing to Fear on Pre-Teen Facebook
My two kids who are under the age of 13 don’t know about Facebook, and I could not be happier. They don’t care about Facebook […]
How to Work Around Comcast’s File-Sharing Crackdown
If you can’t get the Feds to do it, you’d better do it yourself. Starting July 1st, major American Internet service providers will become copyright […]
Your Four-Year-Old Daughter Clearly Needs a Makeover
Of the 120 emails I received last weekend, one shouted out to me, and it wasn’t the one that said, “Score a homerun every night […]
My Wedding Gift to Mark and Priscilla Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg announced over the weekend that he and his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, had gotten married. He did so over Facebook. I wish them […]
I Can’t Wait for Sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” holds a special place in my heart, and not just because of its pitch-perfect take on the lighter side of evil […]
Paoli’s DuckDuckGo Wants to Bring Google to Its Knees
What prompted you to create a search engine like DuckDuckGo, and play David to Google’s Goliath? I was going in a bunch of different directions […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Man Purse
I really wished I’d had my man purse with me the night I met Darren Daulton. (How often does a guy get to say that?) […]
Falling Bear Is Suspended in Time (and Air) Forever in Our Hearts
A week or so ago, Andy Duann, a kid at Colorado University-Boulder, snapped a photo of a tranquilized bear tumbling out of a tree. The […]
Facebook Timeline Brings Order to Your Messy Existence
I do not like straight lines. I don’t like standing in them, I don’t like drawing them, and I certainly don’t like cutting in them. […]
What to Do if You Become Internet Famous
Back in December I wrote this blog post and it went viral. To date, there have been close to 700,000 views and countless other reproductions on […]