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Really Quite Good

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:44:02 -0400

I am not the brightest man you'll ever meet or the most insightful, so I won't try to be and simply say that these new ads from Microsoft are great (although they don't directly advertise anything). The concept behind them, just being purely wa...

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Go Buy "Violet in Private"

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:21:33 -0400

A great book by an awesome writer I am lucky enough to call a friend has released "Violet In Private" this week, #3 in a series of 3 about the life and times of Violet Greenfield - a fresh-faced 19 year-old runway model headed to Vassar College. ...

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I Ain't Gettin' My News From No Other Sources

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:03:27 -0500

I'm not too into video gaming anymore, but I do have to say that what Rockstar is doing leading up to the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV is most impressive. I especially like the following news widget:

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Rock On, Old Man, Rock On

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:25:45 -0500

I just came across this article about a 72-year-old man who was arrested for possessing and transporting what appears to be a couple of hundred pounds of marijuana. The gentleman probably would not have been caught if he hadn't popped the trunk t...

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Interesting Article

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:17:03 -0500

I just cam across this article from Slate.com (a Ben Russell favorite) that explains (or at least tries to) how the police look-up information on you. It's pretty vague though and leaves many questions unanswered (such as: how much information is...

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Boston College #4 in the polls

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:41:18 -0400

I told myself I would not give myself the pleasure of posting anything until after I was done writing my GD monkey-on-my-back Masters thesis, but like any good junkie I have broken down and gone against that to discuss Boston College football bein...

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Great Week for my Friends

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:44:47 -0400

I just wanted to quickly post the following promotion of my friend's work: "Internet People," the first episode of "The Meth Minute 39" which is written and produced by Dan Meth was launched on September 6 and has already received many rave revie...

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Boston Post (part 1)

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:57:26 -0400

I just came across the following YouTube video that apparently was created by a recent alum on this Boston College blog and thought it was very fitting, with the drunken Irish music and the focus on the best football team ever - the BC Eagles: ...

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Reason Number Nine Million And One I'm Going to Hell

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:35:19 -0400

I recognize that it's twisted that this story about Katie Couric traveling to Iraq and Syria to report made me smile, but it did. I can just see stodgy, old white TV executives for CBS sitting around the boardroom table weighing options: "We've ta...

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Worst Fortune Ever

nobody@vox.com(Luddy) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:31:54 -0400

I week or so ago I received the following in a fortune cookie: Awesome....

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