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the internet is fun the internet is NOT fun

Dear Google, I don’t give a crap about your April Fools pranks but I do actually give a crap about useful services

By theogeo | by theogeo

Listen. I don’t hate fun. Really, I don’t. I have even been known to HAVE fun every now and again. I encourage it. Within reason, of course! But this is getting ri-frickin-diculous. That link that you probably hovered on but did not click is a roundup of all the April Fools pranks Google staged in 2013 alone. I realize that Google is a global ginormamegacorporation that employs tens of thousands of people, so it’s possible…

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Bitchy McComplainsalot webshits

Another thing that is making me grumpy

By theogeo | by theogeo

Google Reader is basically worthless now. They’ve removed all the share functions and the “add to reader” bookmarlet doesn’t work anymore, so my prime method of bookmarking and sharing interesting stuff on the web has evaporated. I can still read through the feeds I’m subscribed to, yes, but now all those neat, weird little tidbits that would cross my radar thanks to the smart, funny people I pal around with on Reader will no longer…

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the internet is fun

Google ain’t skeered, I guess

By theogeo | by theogeo

When Nashville got Google Street View before Memphis did, I wasn’t terribly surprised. I’ll bite my tongue on that subject. But when Little Rock got it before we did? That smelled. I just imagined Google minions being too chickenshit to drive around slowly through the 901 hood in their little 360-degree-camera-topped cars. Heh. But who’s got two thumbs and is a total dumbass? >>>THISGUY.<<< View Larger Map Edit: B-Rob at the CA reminds me of…

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