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The Perils of Online Dating
On November 13, 2009 at 4:48 am
A little forewarning: This piece goes into some intimate details. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. A longtime friend met his wife through online dating. They’ve had two children together, live in a quaint suburban home and seem for the most part quite happy. Seeing how successful he has been and given [...]
25 Random Things About Me, Nancy Pelosi
On November 5, 2009 at 11:32 am
Parcbench is a hard hitting, fact finding, truth spilling machine. It is not some kind of gossip rag like Us Weekly or the New York Times. For example, we passed on the New York Times story that reported Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s son Trigg is actually a robot created by Exxon Mobil. (but we’ll [...]
Username, Password, Gender: Logging in as the Opposite Sex
On September 17, 2009 at 10:43 am
I know what it’s like to be a guy. I’ve been doing it for twenty-four years now. I was always curious what things were like for the opposing team, though. Subtle differences in the gender roles always caught my eye; for example, most of the interactions I see and partake in involve the guy approaching [...]
Anonymity Unbound – Cyber Babies vs. Cyber Bullies
On September 2, 2009 at 6:42 am
Before the Internet went corporate, a few keystrokes revealed plenty about a person … name, location, even where you had been online and for how long. Now he or she can give you the finger (figuratively speaking) and the bully’s identity remains elusive. They call it cyber bullying, and the National Crime Prevention Council reports [...]
Way To Go, Web 2.0!
On June 23, 2009 at 3:10 pmWeb 2.0? The next generation of more interactive and social web technology? Ever heard of it? I have, in tech blogs and the like. I can’t say I’ve ever had someone come up and start talking to me about it. Maybe I’m hanging out with the wrong people… Well, Web 2.0 is significant because on [...]
