technology-and-love
Why It's Now Legal to Look at Child Porn Online in New York
An appeals judge has just ruled that it’s legal to view child pornography online in New York, and the internet is blowing up. James D. Kent, an assistant prof at a college in upstate New York, was convicted after his “work computer was found to have...
The GIFt of Life: Biology in 12 Endless Loops
Bio-GIFs are the animated gifts biology has gifted to the Internets. And here's 10 of the best of them, presented in one particular order. Which is the order that the deterministic biology of my brain dictates as I type this post (we are all biological...
Want to Buy the Navy's Most Secret Stealth Ship? It's Up for Auction
With all of the press coverage afforded to struggles to uncover our government's secrets -- like high-profile Freedom of Information Act requests for torture docs -- t's sometimes easy to forget that, occasionally, top secret stuff gets released...
Sex Gadgets of the Rich and Shameless
Sex sells. A lot. Put aside all the exciting teledildonics hype for a second and remember that the old-fashioned sex toy industry is valued at $15 billion and growing. And if you believe sexuality counselor Ian Kerner, sex toys have now gone mainstream...
With Their Jobs Threatened by Roombas, Texas Maids Get Naked
iRobot's line of autonomous Roomba vacuum cleaners has been extremely popular with both lazy (or, in some cases, "lonely":http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/emotional-attachment-roombas-suggests-humans-can-love-their-bots-seriously...
Egypt Banned Porn, But How Much of the Internet Is That?
The recent web pornography ban in Egypt has raised questions about the evils of censorship (and porn) and the changing tide of popular attitude of Egyptians. It perhaps reflects the emerging influence of more conservative Muslim elements in government...
What Kind of Times Are These - the Wreckage of Adrienne Rich
I have been preparing for Adrienne Rich's death for awhile, in a way, just by searching out her poems wherever I can find them.
We're All Doomed: Birth Control Pills For Men
A "new wave of research":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/07/wanted-new-birth-control-choices-for-men.html is looking for more diverse birth control options for men. Two methods being worked on right now include a daily pill for making sperm...
Self-Help for the Ultimate First World Problem, Internet Addiction
"Last month, 51-year-old Craig Smallwood, an online gamer, was given leave by a court in Hawaii to proceed with a lawsuit against NC Interactive, complaining that he received insufficient warnings regarding the alleged 'addictiveness' of its online...
The Mojave Phone Booth Is Still Ringing
Nowadays, we're all alone together and catching viruses left and right from the comfort of laptops in bed. But back in the Wild West of 1990s Internet, when something really caught fire on the 'net people literally hopped into their cars and drove for...
Online Post-Dating Gives You Feedback on Why You're Not Dateable
Holy cow. I can't believe this exists. "WotWentWrong":http://wotwentwrong.com/ is apparently a site set up so that people can leave feedback for someone they dated a bit and didn't want to see any more. "According to Jezebel":http://jezebel.com/587882...
The Emptiest Sex Cams
For the past several weeks I have been obsessed with live, for-pay sex cam sites. I tried a couple of times to look at them in a sexual way, pulling it while trying to type and chat with the person on the screen, but I'm a cheap skate and it gets...