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5 Ways to Ruin Your Website

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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Ever since the dawn of time, Man has asked himself: what is the best way to make a website look like an unprofessional mess? It would be arrogant of me to claim to know the answer, but I can still offer my opinions as an Internet Anthropologist™ — the most prestigious position in the modern world.

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Five Horrible Arguments for Circumcision

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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Circumcision represents something. Whether your country makes it the norm or not, making your decision based on that fact alone shows that you can’t be bothered thinking for yourself; you should do research and make an educated decision, because myths and misconceptions are rampant when it comes to routine practices like this.

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CONTROVERSIAL RANT: Religion Makes You An Arrogant Douchebag

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Jason Hicks.

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Today I will focus on the kind of personalities believing in a sky wizard attracts rather than the merits of said sky wizard. Because you see, to actually believe in such supernatural phenomena, these people have to have an ego as big as the god they believe to be real.

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Why Five-Paragraph Essays are Bullshit

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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There’s nothing more classic than the five-paragraph essay. They’re what people think of when they hear the word: an introduction, a thesis, three body paragraphs, a conclusion, and a bibliography. Everyone has written some in school before, so they must be the pinnacle of academic achievement, right? Nope.

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I’m disappointed with Vodafone

Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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Vodafone are my mobile phone service provider, and generally, they’ve been great: I use a pay-as-you-go system, so I top up regularly, and they give me all kinds of promotional offers… they treat you like royalty. That is, up until a couple of days ago, when I started becoming assaulted by their text messages. Apparently the quality of their service has declined to the extent where they send me an alert, retract that alert, then retract the retraction of that alert. Observe.

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Five web design patterns that I hate

Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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Web design has generally improved with time, but there have been some advancements in web technologies that have only decreased the quality of web design. So, just to rant a little bit, I’m going to talk about five web design patterns that I hate.

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Film release dates suck

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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If you’re an American, you have it easy; films come out, stay in the cinema for a couple of weeks, and they’re given ridiculous age certificates meaning you can enjoy any film regardless of your age. Some people aren’t quite so privileged.

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