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In January 2012, 26-year-old Matthew Keys landed a journalist’s dream job as the deputy social media editor for Reuters.  In a journalism world where you need to be online and navigate Twitter trends, this is both a great job and a great position to be in as it’s one of the few positions that the […]

As someone who has been working at PopFi since 2008, I depend on a whole bunch of blogs to keep me up to date on what’s cool, what’s weird, what’s fun, what’s the latest tech, etc.  At the moment, I probably subscribe to 200 blogs and RSS feeds covering just about any possible topic, and […]

From 2004 until 2007, Veronica Mars was a full-fledged mini-phenomenon.  Never popular enough to get huge ratings or on a prominent network enough to get serious critical attention, Veronica Mars still somehow managed to lure in a devoted group of followers who were crushed when The CW ended the show (the show started on UPN, […]

As the smartest member of the animal kingdom, dolphins have a unique skill-set.  They’re a combination of adorable and vicious that makes them effective when used as combat forces.  Many countries, including the United States, have had killer dolphin programs at some point, and most are still active.  Three of Ukraine’s military dolphins have escaped […]

Saber-rattler-in-chief isn’t one of the many titles Kim Jong-Un has given himself, but it should be.  The North Korean dictator has been carrying on the family tradition of making war-like gestures towards South Korea, with one crucial difference.  North Korea has officially ended the 1953 armistice that brought the Korean War to an end.  Is […]

Violence in schools seems to be growing at an exponential rate, or at least we’re hearing about it more often.  After many recent episodes of school violence, people have called for arming someone–anyone inside a school that would be capable of stopping, or at least slowing down, a dedicated shooter, be it a security guard, […]

As winter continues to cling tenaciously to the last remaining weeks of winter, tourists flocking for sun and fun on Florida’s beaches are running into a little bit of a problem.  That problem is shark-related.  Sharks can go just about anywhere and survive in all sorts of odd conditions, but off the coast of Florida’s […]

Tuna is a weird food.  It’s either super cheap or very expensive, depending on what kind of tuna you get and where you get it from.  It also kind of depends on the kind of tuna we’re talking about.  When it comes to Bumble Bee, the company has been canning various types of fish since […]

For 14 years, Venezula was the private playground of popular president Hugo Chavez.  He postured and preened, rattling his anti-US saber, and maintained a great deal of popularity among his constituents and country for his efforts.  He reached out to all of South America’s communist, proto-socialist, and anti-US elements, particularly the Castro family of Cuba, […]

Since taking over as the host of Comedy Central’s hit news/satire program The Daily Show, Jon Stewart has become something other than a comedian who reads from a teleprompter.  Somehow, he’s become a major force for change and an American opinion broker.  He’s gotten health care for 9/11 first responders and even led a massive […]

The cell phone is both the scourge of modern life and the best thing to happen to the modern world.  Cell phones make life so much easier, but they’re also really obnoxious in public places.  That’s why some places discourage cell phone use, and in a lot of coffee shops, if you approach the counter […]

When it comes to getting drugs across the border and into the United States, Mexican narcotraffickers are a creative and busy bunch.  They have created massive tunnels to sneak under the border and submarines to swim through and around the border where security is weakest.  Drug shipment routinely come through the air along the US […]

In 2005, Alex Smith went from starring at the University of Utah to being the top pick in the NFL draft, picked by the prestigious San Francisco 49ers.  After that, though, he may as well have been with a new team every year, despite not moving actual location.  The Niners went through a different offensive […]

When it comes to the reality competition show Dancing With The Stars, the “stars” portion of the program’s title can be debatable, but there’s no argument over who has the most success.  Generally, athletes, former athletes, and those with previous dance experience seem to do the best on the show, which makes sense since it’s […]