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Weekend Update, 02.07.09

in News on February 7, 2009 at 4:24 pm PT

What spreads faster than economic gloom and doom, and is more infectious than professional anxiety? That phenomenon known as “25 Things.” Just in time for Facebook’s fifth birthday, the record-breaking waste of time may have reached critical mass this week. Elsewhere this week…

Barely Digital: Mocking Geeks Instead of Pols

in News on February 3, 2009 at 12:58 am PT

The fine folks at Barely Political, who made the famous–infamous, really–Obama Girl online videos that went viral during the presidential election, have moved onto the tech sector for their comic inspiration. The latest Next New Networks comedy site is called Barely Digital and is up in beta, with later plans to roll out a full network. Here are two of the first video efforts.