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24 hour blackout of various sites in protest of SOPA, the new iPhone may be released in March 2012, Internet usage reached an all-time high in 2011, 24 million users on Zappos.com are in danger of credit card fraud, all that and more in today's Tech Roundup. More»


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  • With nine dogs in tow, two women hiking a trail in the hills below the Hollywood sign yesterday discover the severed human head of an unidentified male homicide victim, possibly of Armenian descent, after two of the dogs started playing with a plastic bag containing the head. [LATimes]
  • Anthony Bourdain (one of our favorites at the GofG L.A. office) calls out Paula Deen, celebrity chef whose specialty lies in the kind of food you find on ThisIsWhyYoureFat, for publicly revealing she has Type II diabetes, followed immediately by announcing she's the new spokesperson for diabetes medication Victoza. [TMZ]
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Today, many major websites are partaking in the largest online protest in history to stop internet censorship bills (known as SOPA and PIPA) from being enacted in the United States. So far, U.S. Representitives have put the brakes on SOPA, however PIPA (Protect-IP Act) is still a real threat to our rights as Americans and the principles we uphold as a country. If this piece of legislation passes, it will dampen the creative innovators and severely inhibit people's access to information around the world. Major sites, like Google, Tumblr, and Wikipedia, are taking a stand by blacking out their sites. More»

The experiment: start an email chain in a private list serve asking for everyone’s most interesting Wikipedia articles. Wait for three weeks. Select the most interesting seven. Make a cool slideshow.

Want to add to this list? Post your find in the comments below or send us a tweet.

When bored at work or up late at night, everyone can use a handful of really interesting Wikipedia articles.

  • Stock markets around the world are tumbling in the wake of yesterday's Wall Street meltdown. [AP]
  • Sexy photos of ten year old Thylane Loubry Blondeau in French Vogue are causing an uproar. [ABCNews] More»

Microsoft acquires Skype for 8.5 billion, Google's annual IO Tech conference is today in San Fran, Youtube's movie rental service, more Google news all over the internet today including Apple topping them as the world's most valuable company, Vogue launches Voguepedia and much more! More»

Moments after Kathryn Bigelow became the first female Best Director Oscar winner for The Hurt Locker,  goons celebrated the breakthrough and defaced the movie's Wikipedia page with petty, vile sexism.  Can we check the tape to see if Harvey Weinstein was tapping away on his iPhone as they announced the win? More»

  • Radio station claims to have copy of Tiger Woods's statement. Starts with, "How you doin?" [TMZ]
  • Lost footage from "The September Issue." [TheCut]
  • Harvard kids venture into the wild, otherwise known as Tufts. [IvyGate]
  • Google makes donation to Wikipedia. [SFGate]
  • Judge declares Lindsay Lohan is taking probation seriously. [EOnline]
  • NBC New York launches "Feast" blog. [Feast]
  • The 25 most influential right wing media figures. [DailyBeast]

Wikipedia has gotten some heat lately for publishing the "answers" to the Rorschach blot test, which psychiatrists have been administering to patients for over 90 years. Bad news for analysts, great news for us! After reading the Wikipedia page, we at Guest of a Guest feel fairly confident we can accurately analyze your social life, thus saving you thousands of dollars a year in therapy!

So go ahead, tell us: What does the image at left make you think of?

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We always get a kick out of Ivy Leaguers who try to drink with the best of 'em. Normally this purusit is reserved for the tubby frat boyzs of Alfalfa State, but the guys and gals of Princeton University certainly give them a run for their money. This upcoming weekend (June 1st-3rd) upwards of 20,000 alumni and guests will descend upon the college town of Princeton NJ and consume over 350 kegs of beer, the single largest private beer order in the country! It is no wonder why this is the most well-attended college reunion in the world.

Some other curious facts about Princeton (from Wikipedia):

Class Jackets (Beer Jackets) - Each senior class designs and distributes a beer jacket, which class members wear until their twenty-fifth reunion, at which point they receive class blazers. (At major reunions (multiples of five), each class receives a new themed P-rade costume.) Beer jackets are so named because they were originally worn to protect the wearers' clothing from beer. However, modern incarnations are also designed with voluminous inner pockets to conceal and carry beer cans.

Newman's Day - Students attempt to drink 24 beers in the 24 hours of April 24. According to the New York Times, "the day got its name from an apocryphal quote attributed to Mr. Newman: '24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not.'"

Nude Olympics - annual (nude and partially nude) frolic in Holder Courtyard during the first snow of the winter. Started in the early 1970s, the Nude Olympics went co-ed in 1979 and gained much notoriety with the American press.

Prospect 11 - referring to the act of drinking a beer at all eleven eating clubs on Prospect Street in one night. With the recent closure of Campus Club, this has become impossible; however, the historical Cannon Club is due to reopen in Spring 2008, and the Prospect 11 will return.

Robo - commonly played team drinking game at Princeton University, thought to have originated there. Beirut is equally popular.

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And finally, this interactive Google map shows the resulting outcome of the marriage between dorksters and alcohol. Some of the best parties we've been to were thrown by geeks....this weekend will obviously be no exception.

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