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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.

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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

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YOLO: Just Girly Things

In the inaugural edition of YOLO, Lindsey Weber tackles a new teen craze on Tumblr—Just Girly Things. 

On Aug 13, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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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

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GaymerCon caters to LGBT geek culture

But others perceive the effort as backfiring, segregating gay gamers instead of uniting the gaming community.

On Aug 8, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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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

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Which of your Facebook friends are single?

Relationbook.me didn't set out to be a dating site.

On Aug 3, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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Montell Jordan slow jams MSN headlines

These are hard times for '90s R&B singers. 

On Aug 2, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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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

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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

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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. 

On Jul 27, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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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

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The “History of Wooing Women” in under 4 minutes

This four-minute medley offers a timeline of love songs that starts in 1955 and ends in 2010, to hilarious effect. 

On Jul 25, 2012 by Lindsey Weber

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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

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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

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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