Either that or they truly are a bunch of spoiled and scarily fucking clueless kids who honestly have no idea why people are upset about this, because they truly have no moral compass and they view this whole thing as just another pain in the ass hurdle to get over on the way to becoming rich. In which case, yeah, I’m, like, rilly rilly super glad that they’re, like, gathering information on me?

—Fake Steve, on Zuckerberg, Facebook and the beacon fiasco

How to make your own bacon

My own personal version of the internet is now complete

Multimedia pioneer leaving

The DTH covers Rich Beckman’s move to Miami. Rich was, in every sense of the word, my college mentor, this is certainly a loss for UNC, but a great opportunity for Rich.

Originally, he was a derivative of Odin, a Norse god who carried around a bag to capture naughty children, had little ravens as helpers, and rode an eight-legged flying white horse. Which, I must say, is fucking rad.

—David McRaney on Santa and “the reason for the season”

Adventures in $40 eyeglasses

Matt Haughey’s got some great advice on how to buy glasses without spending too much cash. The internet wins again!

One of the principal findings was that the classic so-called missionary position, which is so easy on earth when gravity pushes one downwards, is simply not possible.

—Pierre Kohler on the challenges of sex in space.

Seriously – this was the fanciest invasion of privacy ever.

—Anil Dash on Clear Card the privacy stealing, line jumping, actually making travel enjoyable service.

Chrys Wu launches Ricochet, a smart blog about news and media

And other stuff that cool people care about. You *are* cool, aren’t you?