The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Gay Disaster: Grindr Hacked http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/gay-disaster-grindr-hacked http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/gay-disaster-grindr-hacked#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:57 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/gay-disaster-grindr-hacked So this finally happened: "A popular 'meat-market' smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information of users." Ta da! But wait, there's more: "A security expert who did not wish to be named... said that the Grindr and Blendr apps 'had no real security.'" The modern age is fun where we just trust all our data and naked pictures to anyone who makes an app!

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]]> So this finally happened: "A popular 'meat-market' smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information of users." Ta da! But wait, there's more: "A security expert who did not wish to be named... said that the Grindr and Blendr apps 'had no real security.'" The modern age is fun where we just trust all our data and naked pictures to anyone who makes an app!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/gay-disaster-grindr-hacked/feed 10 The Greatest Photo of the "End" of the "Iraq War" http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:30:10 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war Ha ha, here's the greatest picture of the end of the Iraq War, by Al-Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom: the assigned seats at the "Yay The Iraq War Is Over" ceremony also informed attendees in which bunker they should take shelter, in case they were all bombed or shot at or whatever. Enjoy your war zone with no war (sort of)!

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]]> Ha ha, here's the greatest picture of the end of the Iraq War, by Al-Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom: the assigned seats at the "Yay The Iraq War Is Over" ceremony also informed attendees in which bunker they should take shelter, in case they were all bombed or shot at or whatever. Enjoy your war zone with no war (sort of)!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war/feed 5 Eggs Die http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/eggs-die http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/eggs-die#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:00:18 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/eggs-die The tendency will probably be to focus on the fact that old women can't have babies, but I think the real takeaway here is that you can still look pretty even into your forties. So cheer up, crones!

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]]> The tendency will probably be to focus on the fact that old women can't have babies, but I think the real takeaway here is that you can still look pretty even into your forties. So cheer up, crones!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/eggs-die/feed 13 "TechStars: The TV Show": Cash-Hungry Youngs Pimp Tech, Selves http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/techstars-the-tv-show-cash-grabbing-youngs-pimp-tech http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/techstars-the-tv-show-cash-grabbing-youngs-pimp-tech#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:10:39 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/techstars-the-tv-show-cash-grabbing-youngs-pimp-tech
Oh, no. Coming in September to Bloomberg TV (I think that's channel 547803 in New York?), it's TechStars! A TV show based on the entrepreneurial mentorship bootcamp program! This is formatted as a reality show, and was shot at TechStars' last three-month incubator program in New York. It's all about winning that big check for your hot startup, just like in real life. (Ha.) But it's not just about tech! It's about stars too! Because money = fame, and fame = money, and both of those = validation. This all fits into my theory that the current bubble is more of an emotional bubble, not actually an economic bubble. It's a celebrity industrial complex bubble. So: Who will be the Puck? Who will be the Spencer and Heidi? (Answer: someone who will look back on the experience with regret.) Anyway. YOU KNOW WHO'S REALLY A STAR ENTREPRENEUR IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD? THE DRY CLEANERS ON THE CORNER AND THE DUDE WHO RUNS THAT DELI BY YOUR HOUSE AND THE LADY WHO GETS A USURIOUS BANK LOAN FOR A TAXI MEDALLION.

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Oh, no. Coming in September to Bloomberg TV (I think that's channel 547803 in New York?), it's TechStars! A TV show based on the entrepreneurial mentorship bootcamp program! This is formatted as a reality show, and was shot at TechStars' last three-month incubator program in New York. It's all about winning that big check for your hot startup, just like in real life. (Ha.) But it's not just about tech! It's about stars too! Because money = fame, and fame = money, and both of those = validation. This all fits into my theory that the current bubble is more of an emotional bubble, not actually an economic bubble. It's a celebrity industrial complex bubble. So: Who will be the Puck? Who will be the Spencer and Heidi? (Answer: someone who will look back on the experience with regret.) Anyway. YOU KNOW WHO'S REALLY A STAR ENTREPRENEUR IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD? THE DRY CLEANERS ON THE CORNER AND THE DUDE WHO RUNS THAT DELI BY YOUR HOUSE AND THE LADY WHO GETS A USURIOUS BANK LOAN FOR A TAXI MEDALLION.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/techstars-the-tv-show-cash-grabbing-youngs-pimp-tech/feed 5 The 'Tree of Life' "No Refunds" Sign http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-tree-of-life-no-refunds-sign http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-tree-of-life-no-refunds-sign#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:59:12 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-tree-of-life-no-refunds-sign This "Warning: Terrence Malick Film!" sign, published by Next Projection (and, update! Apparently actually photographed by reporter Joe Meyers, which, should it really be that hard to find and give credit on the Internet people? Sheesh!) was posted for movie-goers at the Avon, in Stamford, CT. What's to even say? Do people really ask for their movie-ticket money back because... they were bored? Another reason to despise Connecticut. (via)

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]]> This "Warning: Terrence Malick Film!" sign, published by Next Projection (and, update! Apparently actually photographed by reporter Joe Meyers, which, should it really be that hard to find and give credit on the Internet people? Sheesh!) was posted for movie-goers at the Avon, in Stamford, CT. What's to even say? Do people really ask for their movie-ticket money back because... they were bored? Another reason to despise Connecticut. (via)

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-tree-of-life-no-refunds-sign/feed 66 Horrifying Incident Reveals Surprising Fact http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/horrifying-incident-reveals-surprising-fact http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/horrifying-incident-reveals-surprising-fact#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:00:49 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/horrifying-incident-reveals-surprising-fact "A man on a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been charged in federal court with sexually assaulting a passenger and then karate chopping a federal sky Marshall who came to detain him."
—There are direct flights from Paris to Atlanta??? Who knew? What's next, Kuala Lumpur to Sacramento?

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]]> "A man on a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been charged in federal court with sexually assaulting a passenger and then karate chopping a federal sky Marshall who came to detain him."
—There are direct flights from Paris to Atlanta??? Who knew? What's next, Kuala Lumpur to Sacramento?

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/horrifying-incident-reveals-surprising-fact/feed 24 Gaddafi to Make Horrifying, Nonsensical Speech, Experts Predict http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/gaddafi-to-make-horrifying-nonsensical-speech-experts-predict http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/gaddafi-to-make-horrifying-nonsensical-speech-experts-predict#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:46:39 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/gaddafi-to-make-horrifying-nonsensical-speech-experts-predict

BREAKING Al Arabiya: Reports that Muammar Gaddafi will be delivering an address on TV soon #Libyaless than a minute ago via webSultan Al Qassemi
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Rumors on the Internets suggest that Gaddafi is going to take to the TV soon with a speech. Maybe he's going to apologize for everything! (No?)

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BREAKING Al Arabiya: Reports that Muammar Gaddafi will be delivering an address on TV soon #Libyaless than a minute ago via webSultan Al Qassemi
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Rumors on the Internets suggest that Gaddafi is going to take to the TV soon with a speech. Maybe he's going to apologize for everything! (No?)

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/gaddafi-to-make-horrifying-nonsensical-speech-experts-predict/feed 5 "Here are some things that are OK to say about the news of the attack on Lara Logan" http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/here-are-some-things-that-are-ok-to-say-about-the-news-of-the-attack-on-lara-logan http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/here-are-some-things-that-are-ok-to-say-about-the-news-of-the-attack-on-lara-logan#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:34:47 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/here-are-some-things-that-are-ok-to-say-about-the-news-of-the-attack-on-lara-logan Mansplainer, for Men: What Is and Isn't OK to Say About the Lara Logan Story.

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]]> Mansplainer, for Men: What Is and Isn't OK to Say About the Lara Logan Story.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/here-are-some-things-that-are-ok-to-say-about-the-news-of-the-attack-on-lara-logan/feed 15 When Web Giants Steal http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/when-web-giants-steal http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/when-web-giants-steal#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:30:56 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/when-web-giants-steal

dear @aol, we did not give you permission to rip our video off of YouTube, remove our credit, and put it on aol.comWed Feb 02 20:31:06 via webImprov Everywhere
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Netiquette! This is how to use someone's video. And yes, this is how to get busted for stealing someone's video.

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dear @aol, we did not give you permission to rip our video off of YouTube, remove our credit, and put it on aol.comWed Feb 02 20:31:06 via webImprov Everywhere
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Netiquette! This is how to use someone's video. And yes, this is how to get busted for stealing someone's video.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/when-web-giants-steal/feed 5 Hercules & Love Affair's Hour-Long Gay Dance Party Download http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/hercules-love-affairs-hour-long-gay-dance-party-download http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/hercules-love-affairs-hour-long-gay-dance-party-download#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:10:13 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/hercules-love-affairs-hour-long-gay-dance-party-download And you can download the mix here. The new album is out today in the UK; the whole thing can be heard here.

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]]> And you can download the mix here. The new album is out today in the UK; the whole thing can be heard here.

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