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Digg, It’s Time to Add a ‘Marijuana’ Category

In the last 30 days, there have been 881 stories submitted to Digg that relate to marijuana. The topic is one that lights a flame within the Digg community. Dozens of stories hit the front page every month regarding the mild illegal substance.  While legalization has been always been a concept ...

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May 22, 2009

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The Long War: Music Piracy in 1897 (NYTimes)

You thought that music piracy was a product of modern times, didn't you? Have a look at the image below (and the original PDF linked at the bottom) for a New York Times article from June, 1897 discussing music piracy - of course the perpetrators were Canadian. Source: NY Times

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April 26, 2009

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Rick Astley: Back on Tour

We never gave up. He never gave up on us.  He just needed a couple of decades to get back in the game. BBC reports that he's back.  Not many details available yet, but check out the BBC video as our man describes his triumphant return to entertainment.  Special thanks to ...

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March 5, 2009

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The Pinocchio Paradox

This image found on Reddit brought a surprising number of points and comments.  It's quite humorous and somewhat thought-provoking (for a second) but otherwise, just a clever play on a relatively common theme.  Digg, on the other hand, didn't seem to get the joke, as their top submitter of all ...

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March 1, 2009

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Lost Dog

Sorry, just couldn't resist posting it.

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March 1, 2009

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Where do we go from here?

It's been a wonderful 4 month run.  We enjoyed helping to get a man the award he deserves.  We've made tons of friends (as well as some enemies at MTV). As much as we would like to focus solely on Rick Astley, there just doesn't seem to be enough content. ...

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January 14, 2009