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Wired looks at the secret lives of comic book store employees (This was me in the 1990s).

Here’s a disdainful view of writing for the Internet (as opposed to other media). I suppose I’d take this essay more seriously if it wasn’t presented in unreadable white text on a black background. As the Mythbusters say, “well *there’s* your problem!” (Actually this piece makes some compelling points, but I think the basic argument is flawed, or at least requires a skewed perspective to accept — perhaps I’ll elaborate more later.)

Greg Rutter‘s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something

Say goodbye to productivity for the rest of the day when you click here and play this Incredible Machine copy flash game.

Paul Spinrad on big tent atheism. I agree with his central thesis, and though he doesn’t specifically call Dawkins to the carpet for being part of the problem, I still want to point out that I do not believe Dawkins is guilty of what Spinrad is complaining about. (huge discussion thread in the comments)