Lindsey Weber
Lindsey Weber is a writer and editor who’s worked for Flipboard, Mel Magazine, Slate, Eater, Wirecutter, Billboard, and more. She currently hosts a VR talk show called Conundrums.
YOLO: #Imagine
Lindsey Weber explains #imagine, a teenage take on fanfiction that’s sweeping Twitter.
On Aug 20, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Wikipedia for the Weird: List of organisms named after famous people
Even Simon (Avalanchurus simoni) and Garfunkel (Avalanchurus garfunkeli) have their own fossils.
On Aug 14, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Italian creative agency proposes Wikipedia redesign
New!’s “The Wikipedia Refined” includes dramatic changes to the crowd-edited encyclopedia’s design, but users aren’t convinced.
On Aug 9, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Wikipedia for the Weird: Inventors killed by their own inventions
In her new column, Lindsey Weber examines the curious case of James Heselden, Li Si, and Thomas Midley, Jr.
On Aug 7, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Montell Jordan slow jams MSN headlines
These are hard times for ’90s R&B singers.
On Aug 2, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Preparing for Send No Email Day (or not)
This proposed international holiday is going to straight to our spam filter.
On Jul 31, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Dane Cook jokes about Aurora shootings, gets flak from Internet
“Somebody in that theater, about 25 minutes in, realizing it was a piece of crap, was probably like ‘ugh fucking shoot me,’” Cook joked at the Laugh Factory. For many, the bit came too soon after last week’s tragic shootings.
On Jul 27, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
An annotated guide to @Horse_ebooks
Writer Jack Stuef is tracking down the source material for the beloved Twitter spam bot, one tweet at a time.
Facebook’s Price For Power puts users at center of political scandal
The latest Facebook Connect campaign inserts users into the narrative of the Starz drama, Boss.
On Jul 25, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Twitter urges “Dark Knight” star to “Bale Out Aurora”
Many online called for actor Christian Bale to don his Batman costume and pay a visit to the victims of Friday’s shooting in Aurora, Colo., but support for the idea was far from unanimous.
On Jul 24, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Grindr outage not actually caused by Olympic athletes
Despite reports, the popular gay dating site says the arrival of the Olympic teams in London was not responsible for a server outage over the weekend.
On Jul 23, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Pitbull sent to Alaska, along with Twitter user who pranked him
The Internet prankster behind the plan to “exile” rapper Pitbull to Alaska has been invited along on the trip… and he’s actually going.
On Jul 17, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Everything you wanted to know about the 23-minute Juggalo infomercial but were afraid to ask
Spoiler alert: comedy, wrestling, barbecue, and cats.
Internet backs Frank Ocean against haters
Haters came out of the woodwork after the the Odd Future singer revealed he once had a relationship with a man, but fans on Twitter and Tumblr are fighting back with messages of love and acceptance.
On Jul 10, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
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