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By Nitasha Tiku 1/10 3:00pm

The Most Glorious ‘Special Instructions’ Customers Have Requested on Seamless

Sure, social networks may know you better than Seamless–Facebook knows what you like, Google knows what you search for, Twitter knows who you follow, OkCupid knows how you like it. But ordering meals to your door is still an oddly intimate experience. Often you’re sitting in your home hungry, lazy, vulnerable to your Read More

By Nitasha Tiku 11/06/12 12:00pm

I Tumbl For You

Portland Painter Attempts to Elevate Your Nude Tumblr Selfies Into Art

If you’re a painter trying to explore themes of exhibitionism and voyeurism, one microblogging site has you covered. And how! “There must be 50 million unique Tumblr sites and I think 49 million of them must be of nudity!” Portland artist Dan Gluibizzi ”jokes” to Wired.

That would help explain how Tumblr just crossed over into 20 billion pageviews. Read More

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