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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Your name on the net |
| 5:04:51 am mst / 13 March 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source BBC News 172 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| From the article: "Once upon a time, finding someone with the same name as you was a pleasant novelty. Today, the internet has transformed every one of your namesakes into a potential enemy..." |
| The EgoSurf site mentioned in the article is also pretty entertaining. |
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| Interesting fact by jwales 11:49:56 am mst / 13 March 2001 / # 1 |
| There is a "fantasy professional wrestler" named Jimmy Wales. Apparently, "fantasy wrestling" is a hobby some people have -- they *write* wrestling events on the net. There are whole leagues.
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