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The Philly Twitteralysis

The old saying goes, “You are what you eat.” Well, that’s just stupid. (I am so not the lamb gyro with lettuce, tomato and hot […]

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The iPad 7 Is Coming!

Psst! Have you heard? About the new iPad? No, not iPad 3. Those rumors are so old, they might as well be fact. iPad 4? […]

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More Cute Polar Bear Cubs? Nooooo!

It seems like only yesterday when I was obsessed with a tiny polar bear cub named Knut (pronounced kuh-noot). But it was 2006 and I […]

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Doctors Whine About iPads

A recent article on Shots, NPR’s health blog, bemoaned the lack of tablets in American hospitals. It would be quite costly to convert current medical […]

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Memo to Local Media: Stop Live-Tweeting the Sandusky Trial

John Bolaris tweets a lot. Since joining Twitter on June 30, Bolaris has tweeted almost 5,300 times, or a little more than 30 times a […]

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Dexter Is Killing Joan Didion

It used to be, back when we all read books, that right about now, with the Three Wise Men lumbering into our line of vision, […]

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Siri’s Not Pro-Life. She’s Just a Crappy Doctor

You guys know Siri, right? She’s the lady who lives inside the new iPhones and can tell you anything you want to know. Well, sort […]

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Is It Possible That Our Twitter-Obsessed Mayor Isn’t Communicating With Occupy Philly?

Yesterday afternoon, Michael Nutter held a press conference at City Hall to address the latest developments with Occupy Philly. “Occupy Philly has changed so we […]

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Modern Warfare 3 Jeeps: Trading Real Adventure for Fake War

Jeep Wranglers used to be the sexiest cars on the road—at least, in my humble opinion. Long before SUVs came along with their showy moon […]

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Rick Santorum Sure Does Love Twitter and YouTube

This week, Rick takes to the Interwebs with Tweets and videos. He says that he’s not running in the Republican nomination race—he’s walking.

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How Facebook Is Killing Fashion

When it comes to Facebook, there are many opportunities to scroll back through your profile and feel regret. I think we could fill no less […]

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The Best Part of the Great 2011 Blackberry Outage

For three days last week, Blackberry users were pissed—and justifiably so. Last week, Blackberries all over the world stopped functioning. The outage surprised millions of […]

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Texting and Dating: How to Navigate Relationships in the Digital Age

Dear Monica, How do you know when texting is becoming too much? — O.S., Center City Texting can be a great way to enhance budding […]

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Why You Still Love Netflix After This Qwikster Screwup

Remember when you loved Netflix? Even you—what they call the “hidebound, skeptical Philadelphian who balks at anything new” (because what was so wrong with the […]

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The Kindle Hasn’t Erased All Hope for Books

Since I’ve been a bibliophile since childhood, my nirvana is this scene: my own town of Collingswood, 200 book stalls, tents set up for readings […]