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Do You Read the New York Times, or Skim It?

The other day in class, one of my students said, “As I’m sure you saw in this Sunday’s Times … ” Her insightful comment was […]

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What You Need to Know About Apple’s New iPad

You may have heard about a little shindig Apple held yesterday. The tech giant, as is their wont, built up a mighty buzz for their […]

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You Watch Television? How Very Lowbrow of You.

I was at a dinner party on the Main Line two weeks ago with a group of people I didn’t know that well.  And like […]

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Who Said It: Rush Limbaugh or Philly.com Commenters?

I’m not really sure why there is such an outcry over Rush Limbaugh’s latest remarks. After all, this is hardly something out of character. He […]

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How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?

Last Saturday night—Sunday morning, really—I was lying in bed, groggily listening to a couple fight in the middle of the street. “Who is she?!” a […]

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Traffic App for iPhone and Droid: Waze Will Help You Beat the Schuylkill

Ever wish you could pick a route home based on how bad traffic will be 15 minutes from now? Waze, the GPS-based navigation app that […]

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Comcast Presents its Netflix Competitor “Xfinity Streampix”

Yeah, that’s a lot of “x”‘s. But at least there isn’t an “!” in the name. Xfinity Streampix is Comcast’s streaming video service. It’ll cost […]

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Who’s Ready to Tweet Lindsay Lohan’s Funeral? #SoSad

I don’t know if you heard, but Whitney Houston died. If by chance your response to that statement was, “No, I hadn’t heard,” please let […]

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Ed Rendell Didn’t Think He Was Talking to a Reporter

When I was managing editor of Philadelphia Weekly in the largely predigital 1990s, readers frequently came by the office to give us tips. Some panned […]

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Google Refuses to Help Temple Grad With Her Creepy Google Cyberstalker

Earlier this week in Philadelphia’s Federal Court, 25-year-old Temple grad Cailin Arena and her friend Patricia McWilliam of South Carolina sued a John Doe they […]

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How You Know When It’s Time to Buy an iPhone

Last week, I missed out on The Darkness, a cheeky British glam-rock band who played a sold-out show at the Trocadero. As a small consolation, […]

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Bitterness Loves Company on the Internet

The reviews are in. I wrote a story in this month’s Philadelphia magazine. Perhaps you saw it. It was a profile of a woman named […]

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Do You Think Your Therapist Gossips About You?

Gawker has a new column featuring a Q&A with an anonymous therapist. In the first installment, the therapist is asked several questions that most of […]

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A Dude’s Guide to Pinterest

So when I first heard someone talking about this new social network Pinterest, I thought it was, y’know, maybe a Foursquare for avid bowlers. Or […]

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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bunch of Women Scorned: Just Ask Susan G. Komen and SJU

I’ve never seen the women in my office more outraged than they were by the news last Tuesday that pink-ifying breast-cancer juggernaut Susan G. Komen […]