Tag Archives: internet phenomena

Please Share Less Info With TikTok

TikTok is a terrifying place. Users regularly show their entire face, cons that they’ve attended, [...]

NeoPets Is Still Online, Somehow

Neopets was huge. At 21 million users during its peak, the website was a behemoth [...]

Is Brand Twitter Over?

Popular fast-food restaurant chain Wendy’s has been getting a lot of attention online. It’s not [...]

How To Handle A Hack: Blizzard in 2012

In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. [...]

Pirating Is a Crime

Piracy is a crime. Don’t pirate things. They’re serious about it. There are real reasons [...]

Sony’s DRM Nightmare

In 2005, an organization had been covertly installing a program similar to a rootkit onto [...]

Don’t Delete Your System32

System 32 is essentially the heart of the computer’s software. Task manager, the boot-up instructions, [...]

Remember the Apple Wheels?

Ah, Complaining. Apple Wheels The Apple Mac Pro cost several thousand dollars, and it looked [...]

The World’s Most Specific Shirt

You’ve probably seen some variation of the shirt. You’re wondering how it’s so wildly specific. [...]

Online Investment In Dud Projects

During the 2010s, a number of huge enterprises got investor money, started a project, maintained [...]