Author: Joanne McNeil

By Jun 20,2004

Night of the living spam

Have you ever tried to imagine what a spammer looks like? “Vigrax,” for example, could be a slovenly European–Dutch probably–writing these bizarre email advertisements in a dark, dirty studio apartment...

By May 31,2004

Mean girls and boys online

Orson Scott Card’s protagonist in Ender’s Game outwitted a school bully by manipulating his e-mail account to send an embarrassing message to the classroom, but what if the class nerd isn’t the...

By May 16,2004

Downloading depravity

I refreshed my web browser on the New York Times website to see a photo from Abu Ghraib change to one of Hugh Jackman tap dancing his way to a Tony award...

By Dec 07,2003

Hot air at the D.C. city council

Last Wednesday, the D.C. City Council Public Works Committee held a public hearing on the proposed “Smoke-free Workplaces Act of 2003.” The bill, as introduced by city council members Adrian...

By Jan 08,2000

The end of YouTube

Like Steve Carell, cherry cheesecake, and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: the awesomeness of YouTube is something we all can agree on. But everything good — on the Internet, at least...