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Not Even Smart Enough to Be a Dweeb

My nephew is getting World of Warcraft. This is terrible. He’s not smart enough to be a nerd — or a geek. He’s just doomed. He’s not even smart enough to be a dweeb. He’s just going to be a spazz. Agh.1 Anonymous friend regarding anonymous nephew↩

Cancelling My Facebook Membership

At first, I was willing to let the controversy over Beacon pass without taking any action. I was not aware of Beacon’s data collection affecting me personally; I suspect I did not see Facebook take any data from me because I had made a systematic effort to minimize the amount of data I was giving [...]