This is awesome. How The Troll Stole YouTube! If only it were this easy to silence assholes in real life.
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Living In A Screw You Wonderland
This is pretty great. Musician Jim Keyes decided to record himself singing Winter Wonderland and post it on YouTube because hey, Christmas. Warner Music decided to enforce its copyright and have it taken down because hey, they are asshats. Keyes decided fuck that noise, and recorded himself singing a parody song all about how those …
Popular Fake Stories Are Still Fake, So Please Stop Sharing Them, You Stupidfaces
I’m just going to leave this Snopes list of the 25 pieces of hoax-ridden garbage that you’ve been circulating and annoying people with by email and Facebook the most in 2015 right here in the hopes that at least one of you will look at it and resolve to cut it the fuck out this …
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There’s A Dumb, Pointless App For That
I learned several things from this video, chief among them that it’s way too easy to make apps. I thought this was going to peak way too early once they got to the date streaming one, but no. There are a few here that are equally stupid, unless you think bringing phones into your bedroom …
Black Friday Body Count: Best Buy Down!
I’m still waiting for the first real life store riot of the day, which is legitimately shocking to me. But it seems that Best Buy Canada has given us the online equivalent by shitting the bed not long after their big sale started. The online backlash against Best Buy Canada began shortly after the company …
6 Things That Have Nothing To Do With Thanksgiving But We’re Going To Say They Do Because It’s That Time Of Year And We Need The Clicks
I’ve seen websites go to some pretty great lengths to tie content into a holiday theme, but this is one of the weirdest listicles I’ve ever seen. In an attempt to make you feel better about having to spend time with your family on Thanksgiving, the Crime Feed blog which can be pretty good sometimes …
When Accessibility Meets Music, You Get…An Album?
Here’s a little quick something to hopefully get me moving. A week or so ago, Steve found out about this album put out by 13 people who are accessibility keeners, and also like to make music. It’s called Accessibility Rocks, the Web Accessibility album. Each artist has donated a song that they created. The proceeds …
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Sure Was
Posting alleged threat against Wilfrid Laurier was ‘dumb decision,’ accused says I’m not sure how big a story this was anywhere else, but locally it was pretty huge news for obvious reasons. To catch you up on what happened, last week, the Waterloo campus of Wilfrid Laurier University was put on lockdown after a threat …
The Kitchener Public Library Is Lending Out WiFi Hotspots Now
This is kind of neat. If you live in Kitchener and need one, you can now borrow a WiFi hotspot from the public library. Anyone age 18 or older with a library card can borrow one of the devices for up to three weeks, just like borrowing a book or a DVD. The devices, which …
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Thanks To the U.K. Government, Children Will No Longer Have Access To Age Inappropriate Music Videos Until They Put In 30 Seconds Of Work
What a fantastic, child protecting initiative this is. I’m sure it will work exactly as intended. But don’t just take my word for it. I imagine all of those little kids who absolutely cannot get Facebook accounts because they haven’t yet turned 13 would feel exactly the same way were they to actually exist. The …