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One of the hallmarks of Oxford University is its vaunted University of Oxford Writing and Style Guide, which is THE grammar guidebook for people who want to actually be good writers, rather than space-minded newspaper editors or whatever.  Oxford’s most famous contribution to grammar and punctuation is the Oxford comma.  Basically, when you’re making a […]

Once upon a time, News Corp’s acquisition of MySpace was hailed as a genius move.  MySpace was the hottest property online, and News Corp picked it up for a fraction of its total worth, despite the fact that Rupert Murdoch had to pay $580 million for it.  Shortly after the sale, MySpace signed a $900 […]

In the old days, World of Warcraft used to hook people by giving them a free 14-day trial.  If you had a friend who played, maybe you’d get a free month.  Either way, it was just long enough to hook people and make WoW a full-fledged cultural phenomenon.   But that wasn’t enough for the […]

It’s a tense scene.  Wildfires have surrounded the Los Alamos National Lab, threatening America’s nuclear weapons laboratory.  The nearby town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, has seen 12,000 residents evacuated by firefighting crews after the Las Conchas wildfire moved from the Santa Fe National Forest towards the Los Alamos nuclear facility, rendering Los Alamos a […]

Lauren Cohan as Bela Talbot on “Supernatural”   Most people wouldn’t recognize the name Lauren Cohan, but fans of CW’s “Supernatural” will certainly recognize her face. Cohan is probably best known for her role as the self-serving thief Bela Talbot, who frequently annoyed the Winchester brothers in her quest for acquiring all things antique and […]

Jeff Bezos is a man with a dream.  That dream?  Build something that will puzzle future generations long after he is dead.  his solution?  Build a giant clock that will keep accurate time for 10,000 years.  Fortunately, others have laid the groundwork for Bezos’ folly; all it takes is his money.  Here’s how you build […]

It’s every basketball player’s dream.  You travel to New York City and you hear David Stern call your name as the number one pick of the NBA draft.  Only one person can do this every year; this year’s top NBA Draft pick was Duke point guard and do-it-all hoopster Kyrie Irving, who played only 11 […]

You would think that life in an Amish community would be clean, wholesome, and free from the distractions of the modern world.  You’d be wrong.  As it turns out, Amish communities are home to serious drug abuse and sale, puppy mills, and now attempted sex with minor children.  That’s right, the Amish have discovered sexting, […]

It’s not every day that a movie franchise drops its top star, but that’s just what happened when director Michael Bay fired Megan Fox from his latest Transformers film.  As it turns out, Megan Fox was fired from Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon because she broke Godwin’s Law.  When Megan Fox compared Michael Bay […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is the company that controls all URLs available and runs the entire World Wide Web.  When you type in popfi.com and it takes you here, that’s because I bought the URL from the guy that bought the URL from a company that’s a registered URL […]

Since cars began, it seems as though there’s been a rule.  Every 3000 miles, rain or shine, you change your oil.  Whether you drive a van, a sports car, or a car that runs on fat, you have to change your oil after 3000 miles.  Consider that myth busted.  According to Jiffy Lube, the world’s […]