"Well if you really want to live, why not try and make yourself?"

This is why people on the island have weak morality

It all makes sense now...

Updated Lost "Time Loop" Theory

To gear up for tonight's episode of Lost I offer the updated version of an extensive lost theory. Take a look, it is certainly worth the read.

3 University of Kentucky Journalists Jailed at RNC

On Monday night, three journalists from the Kentucky Kernel were arrested while documenting the protests outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Ethics of Buying Bundles

Mac users love their apps, there is no doubt about it. There are sites out there dedicated to finding and posting hundreds of mac apps or updates a day and we eat it up. Also, there are several groups that take this process a bit farther.

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Pownce Goes Public: User First Impressions

As many of you are probably aware, Pownce--internet start-up from Digg founder Kevin Rose--opened up to the general public and is now no longer constricted to invitation-only beta testing.

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The Hipster Geek Gift Guide

Its Christmas and I have been browsing through tons (TONS!) of buyers guides and gift guides in search of that perfect something for my friends and family.

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Google prepares to launch Squidoo-Wikipedia game changing mash up

When it comes to Google, nothing should surprise us any more.

Student sues teacher for anti-Christian remarks

A high school student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against a teacher, accusing him of making offensive comments in class about Christianity. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Santa Ana accuses teacher James Corbett of demonstrating "a sense of hostility tow …

What to do when your article dies

So there I was two days ago after posting my latest article, "5 Most Anticipated Mac Apps of 2008" and I watched as my article died.

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Moveable Type Finally Goes Open Source

Watch out wordpress:

Five Most Anticipated Mac Apps of 2008

A lot of events are poised to take place in 2008; the next MacWorld, the winter olympics, the presidential election and Lindsey Lohan's next stint in rehab, but amidst all the shake up what I am really excited about is the unveiling of all sorts of new mac apps.

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Should your blog be a microblog?

Bloggers face increasing challenges which amount exponentially as the number of new blogs grow. Each niche has its small sect of popular contributors which lead the pack in the producing content which will amass the most amount of readers.

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Final notes on the future of e-books

As I'm sure everyone has heard by now Amazon's Kindle has pressed e-books out into the public eye in a way that no product has done before. In the days that ensued the official release of Kindle the product certainly lived up to its name, but not in the way Amazon predicted.

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The New Enlightenment Era

A few weeks back I attended a "campus crossfire" (an open forum debate) at my university on the topic of religion and morality.

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Can Bloggers Withstand The Siren Call of Payola? Not When Big Media Is Calling.

In light of some of the recent discussions had on Newsvine about press passes and people being serious citizen journalists Deep Jive Interests points out an article in the Wall Street Journal that shows bloggers fail to up their journalistic efforts when big money comes along.

Newsvine: Who waters the seeds?

Recent posts (here and here) have proven that there are a lot of folks out there known as "lurkers" who check out articles and seeds but never comment or vote for them.

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Deep Jive Interests » Twittering Vs. Blogging: What Constitutes Journalism?

There's an interesting debate over at Fred Wilson's blog about whether Twittering, or blogging, represents journalism. My take on it is that they *both* do.

Deep Jive Interests » MC Hammer Declared An "Expert" — Web2.0 Finally Jumps The Shark.

If you hadn't heard, TechCrunch20, the conference which alleges to put a sense of merit back into startup conferences, has declared MC Hammer a Web2.0 "expert" and put him on the panel of judges.

Five Myths About Open Sourcing Debunked

There aren't too many people these days who don't know about open sourcing. As open source projects like Linux, Firefox, and Wikipedia grow, more and more people begin to learn about how open sourcing can change the world.

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Why Blogging is like the Open Source Project

From what I understand web users typically agree that there are two main reasons why bloggers blog. Basically people do it for fun or for money.

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5 Steps to Pimp Out Your Mac Desktop

Originally posted at A Higher Level.

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Microblogging and You

As the blogging bubble is on the cusp of bursting a new wave of online posting is becoming more and more popular. This new style web 2.0 trend is called microblogging, and all the hot shots are doing it.

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Tour My Front Page

With Newsvine's redesign it is now possible customize your user experience. Like many of you I have been tweaking my front page time and time against in the past two days. Now, I believe I have my front page looking great.

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A New Take on Web Design

If you have ever contemplated designing a web site for fun or even plan on designing as a profession then you probably know what it takes to become a good designer. Its not just the expensive computer, the cool apps, or even a good eye for design.

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Endo: The Best Mac RSS Reader You've Never Heard About

From the same amazing people who brought you ecto, an OS X blogger client, comes the best mac RSS reader you've probably never heard about before. RSS readers are a dime a dozen, and Mac exclusive apps are becoming a wildly popular trend.

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