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Back to the Howling Old Owl in the Woods: “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is Still Awesome

Posted by Katie Ehlers on Sat, Mar 6, 2010

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Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” was released in 1973, and I was released in 1979, so I don’t consider it an exaggeration to say I have loved this song my entire life. It’s one of those tunes I didn’t quite understand as a kid, but got to me anyway. Because that’s what the best [...]

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OK Go are Geniuses

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Mar 2, 2010

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And I’m not just saying that because my organization is buds with them. I adore OK Go’s poptastic latest, Of the Blue Color of the Sky, and the band just keeps outdoing themselves with their cheeky-but-brilliant videos. Case in point, this latest clip for the song “This Too Shall Pass.” I don’t want to spoil it [...]

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Transparency or Cyberstupidity?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Mar 2, 2010

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It’s clear that the coming years will present major tests for security on the internet. We’ll also likely see further debate about privacy and First Amendment issues online, with personal data, intellectual property and child pornography topping the laundry list of concerns. But in the wake of the attack on Google in China, let’s start [...]

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The Best Song Ever By Anyone

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sat, Feb 27, 2010

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Christian Rock is the greatest. “Shine” by Final Placement from sharity world on Vimeo.

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Is Online Obscurity Better Than Popularity?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Feb 25, 2010

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I read an article in last month’s WIRED that I meant to talk about here but kept forgetting to. It’s about how people’s idea of social networks is to grow them to epic proportions as a sign of their digital worth. Yet bigger isn’t always better online. Maybe you have more “followers” than your peers [...]

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