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Bullies on the Interactive Playground

Facebook and I had a deal. I agreed to give them a basic amount of my information, use their site regularly to increase site traffic (and therefore their potential for ad revenue), and promote the site to my friends. In exchange, Facebook agreed to let me use their servers to post my vacation photos, interact with friends and control my privacy settings.

Without my consent, Facebook broke the deal. Continue reading »

The Lies They Weave on Reality TV

I’ve always been a bit of a know-it-all — a statement which comes of no surprise to anyone who knows me. But behind the need to show everyone how smart I am is a need to actually be smart. I like to collect weird information. So tonight I went to a special presentation at CBC … Continue reading »

Cooking Up a Mess

New recipes, like sex positions, need to be practiced.  You’ve got to get the basics down before attempting to go it alone. But I am a terribly impatient person, and I can’t follow a recipe. More accurately, I refuse to follow a recipe. It’s not that I think that I am somehow more qualified than … Continue reading »

Whois Lizz Bryce

This weekend I bought my own domain name and became the proud owner of LizzBryce.com. The practical use has yet to be determined, but for $5 I figured I couldn’t go wrong. As it turns out, the simple act of purchasing a domain name is the Internet equivalent of spray painting my personal information on … Continue reading »