For example. (Photo: Screencap)

Babblr–the Chrome extension that enables instant chat on the Tumblr Dashboard--is giving it another go, starting June 3. Earlier this month, the company launched its chat product, allowing users to IM with friends and rando followers alike. You know, so you can connect with everyone who loves your sexually charged Megatron fanfics.

Unfortunately, the demand-- to the tune of 250,000 subscribers and 30,000 downloads within three hours of launch--completely fried Babblr's servers, inspiring a DefCon 2 freakout from Tumblr's hysteria-prone community. Users are still babbling about whether Babblr was actually a virus, while tech-savvy users post theatrically exasperated rebuttals. For instance:

People seem to be forgetting when they talk about babblr, that it was an overly ambitious project by 3 guys. 3 guys. Also, it’s still pretty much in beta and there are thousands of people signing up for it. There’s bound to be a few kinks. Even pottermore shut down due to strain on the servers. And think of how many people they had working for them.

Even Pottermore has server troubles, you guys.

Now Babblr is relaunching, having partnered with Realtime.co and promising they'll have plenty of servers this time. Of course, the rollout will be a little better managed--donors are getting first crack on June 3, with a wider release "soon to follow." So get ready to do your worst, tweens!

Mr. Backus (Photo: Facebook)

British math genius Peter Backus was pretty convinced he was going to be alone forever. He didn't presume this because of the number of cats he owned or because he seemed genuinely comfortable eating out at restaurants by himself. Instead, he wrote a paper (PDF) where he applied the Drake equation, a "probabilistic argument used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy," to discern what exactly his chances of finding love were. Turns out, they weren't so hot.

Mr. Backus wanted a university-educated woman between the ages of 24 and 34 that he finds attractive; since he estimated "generously" that he only finds 1 in 20 London-based, educated and age-appropriate women attractive (picky, picky!), he ended up with a pretty low number. By his estimates, Mr. Backus guessed that there were only 10,510 women in all of London that fit his parameters. This gave him a 1 in 285,000 chance of finding love--"about 100 times better than finding an alien civilization we can communicate with," he wrote. Tough break, guy.

Mr. Backus had luck on his side, though. CNET reports that not only has he found a girlfriend, but they tied the knot this weekend, proving there's hope for super picky single math nerds yet! The two met at a dinner hosted by a mutual friend, though, so you might have to actually log off OKCupid and leave your apartment if you want to improve your odds. Good luck out there.

LONGREADS

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Take a Hard Line on the Internet at Rally of 40,000 Men (And Me) In which our intrepid reporter sneaks into Citi Field in drag. 

Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York’s Futurist Set It's the end of the world as we know it, and they feel fine.

The Battle Over Revenge Porn: Can Hunter Moore, the Web’s Vilest Entrepreneur, Be Stopped? Victims and hackers are on the case.

Meet Betabeat's 2012 Tech Insurgents Ambiable agitator Anil Dash, Tumblr's Mad Man Rick Webb, and the merry pranksters of OkFocus.

Jonah Peretti’s Meme Streak Making viral happen inside the factory at BuzzFeed.

THE YEAR IN HEADLINES

Uber Bulldozes Its Way into New York City's Taxi Market Before all the bureaucratic setbacks, CEO Travis Kalanick revealed his grand plan.

Flash Dance! Luxury Flash Sales Sites Regroup After Layoffs Can Gilt Groupe cross the IPO finish line without scuffing the lacquer on its Louboutins?

How to Avoid Being Pushed Out of the Company You Founded Insiders dish on Naveen Selvadurai's defoundering.

Records Point to Credit Card Fraud by Silicon Swindler Shirley Hornstein She used her friend's credit card to buy a plane ticket in her name. Twice. 

Investors Wonder About the Future of TechStars New York Will TechStars New York maintain its prominence?

OP-EDS

We Need to Make Tech Uncool Again A call to arms for the idealistic nerd in us all.

Friends Investing in Friends: When It Comes to Startups, Is the Fix Already In? Is Startupland an insider’s game?

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Why We’re Definitely in a Bubble The social media bubble is real, and it's spectacular.   

Social Media Companies Have Absolutely No Idea How to Handle the Gaza Conflict War in the time of social graphs.

Area Blogger Worried People Will Think Reality Show Is Real A little perspective on Bravo's version of Silicon Valley.

TINY GEMS

Diary of Two Snapchat Addicts We just can't help ourselves.

Google Says ‘Gchat’ Is Not a Word Ubiquitous noun/verb is totally unofficial.

What Y Combinator Startups Actually Do, Based on Their (Unpronounceable) Names Zapier: Birchbox for swords?

Tortoise & Blonde Thought ‘We Want To Sit On Your Face’ Was a Good Idea for a Slogan "This was a family decision."

In Which We Went to Bravo’s Casting Call for the Real Wantrepreneurs of Silicon Alley The first tech party where someone tried to yank up our skirt! 

But first, don't forget to download all your patches! (Photo: CinemaBlend)

This week, in questionable partnerships: The antivirus makers at Kaspersky Labs have teamed up with The Dark Knight Rises for "The People of Gotham City Sweepstakes." The winner gets to be Batman for a day (though without the onerous crime-fighting responsibilities), because why not?

If the name Kaspersky Labs sounds familiar, that's probably because it's the company that figured out the connection between the Flame and Stuxnet viruses.

The contest posits that the villainous Bane has unleashed a devastating computer virus on Gotham, and humbler Interneters like yourself must fight back, by entering this contest. We're envisioning a frustrated Batman, suited up to bash heads but instead peering over the shoulder of a computer technician, which just sounds thrilling.

In a statement released yesterday, founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky sounded really, really excited about this contest and about The Dark Knight Rises in general:

Like the Dark Knight in his struggle against the insidious threats posed by Bane, Kaspersky Lab fights the equally insidious threats posed by cybercriminals all around the world; in this way we’re both quite simply ‘here to save the world.’ I think joining forces with The Dark Knight Rises is a compelling way to engage Batman fans across North America and reinforce our mission to fight cybercriminal activity around the world.

Sounds like someone will be attending a midnight screening in costume. Own up, Mr. Kaspersky: Was this whole contest cooked up as an excuse to compare yourself to Batman?

The grand prize winner will receive a "Batman New York City Experience," including "a personal hand-to-hand mixed martial arts training session" and "a life-size adult Batman costume," plus, of course, a Kaspersky gift bag. (Doesn't everyone just download these things nowadays?)

No word on whether the prize includes having Michael Caine serve as your butler or Christian Bale scream at you for 15 minutes.

But a select few think a little bigger and get a little crazier. In fact, we're starting to wonder whether they're executing on plans they've had since they were 13, because their current lives are exactly what a 13-year-old boy would dream up if he were asked to imagine being a billionaire.

There are seven guys (yes, they're all dudes) that we've got in mind.